DYW Scholarship HistoryDistinguished Young Women is a scholarship offered for excellent educational achievements amid girls attending high schools. A girl may get involved in a scholarship program during her sophomore or junior year of studying. Distinguished Young Women was instituted in 1958 and previously named America’s Junior Miss. In 1963 Junior Miss had its branches over 50 states in the country. In 1987 the program developed and officially presented its system: a concept â€Be Your Best Selfâ€. On June 26, 2010 the name of the Program was altered and the winner of this year acquired a title of Americas first Distinguished Young Woman.The support programs act on the local, state and national levels. The head office is located in the programs birth place in Mobile, Alabama.Distinguished Young Women mission is to support high school girls’ development and stimulate progress of their individual potential.DYW MissionThere are certain skills and qualities which Distinguished Young Women demand from grant winners and develop in the members. They are:1.To encourage further education;2.To give scholarships;3. To develop girls self-confidence, communicational and performing abilities;4.To educate them to interview as well as save face on general public;5.To support academic, sports, on-stage, communicative, and discuss achievements;6.To give them the chance to have an impact on others lives.Award presentation grew to become a national event on Tv for a number of times. Be Your Best Self Program and its 5 Main ElementsOutreach Be Your Best Self develops young people self-esteem. This program, which is constantly promoted by Distinguished Young Women, acts all over the Usa. Its 5 main components are:1.Being healthy;2.Being studious;3.Being accountable;4.Being ambitious;5.Being involved.Each scholarship laureate visits every state and, of course, her own area to bring these ideas to young people and to encourage them to share the same life principles.
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