Guardians and families

The contestant is the record; the people are a list

A contestant is the girl on your roster. Separately, people have logins and attach to her.

• Herself — her own login. Optional, and absent entirely for young children.
• A guardian — required under 18, receives everything, and is the contact of record.
• A follower — a grandparent, an aunt in the audience. Same alerts, no standing.

Everyone attached gets the alerts on their own phone. She still counts once on your list, once in a draw, and once in your read counts.

Her birthday decides what is required

• Under 13 — a guardian only. The child has no login at all; her mother holds the account.
• 13 to 17 — a guardian is required, and the contestant may have her own login as well.
• 18 and over — the contestant alone, and no guardian fields are shown.

We show you her birthdate and never tell you she has aged out, because division names and cut-off dates vary by pageant system. The dates are yours to apply.

It does not matter who signs up first

Whoever holds the registration email arrives first and claims the record.

If it is the mother's address, she is setting up her daughter's alerts and attaches as guardian — the daughter never needs an account. If it is the teen's address, she is asked for her guardian's email and her mother gets her own invitation. Same result, opposite order.

Because your import creates the contestant record first, nobody ever signs up out of nowhere and there is no ordering problem to manage.

Two households

Both parents can be attached and both receive everything, on their own phones.

Removing someone takes effect immediately and completely — not at their next sign-in. Schedule, alerts, and history all stop on the next request. This matters in a custody situation and is treated accordingly.

Who can add people

Only the contestant herself, if she is 18 or over, or a guardian. Nobody can attach themselves to a girl uninvited — there are no follow requests, ever.

Followers cannot add other people, cannot message you, and cannot change anything.

What you see

One line per contestant, with a count of how many people are attached and how many have alerts working — so "her mother is set up, she is not" reads at a glance.