Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s “Do You Want to Be A Real Model?” Rules

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

By entering Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s “Do You Want to Be a Real Model?” you agree to be bound by the following Official Rules: 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY:

No purchase necessary to enter or to win.  All federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations apply.  Void where prohibited. 

ELIGIBILITY:

This contest is open to female residents of the state of Minnesota who are 18 (as of 11/12/2008) years of age or older and who are legal residents of the United States of America.  Contestants who have performed modeling services for other agencies are eligible to enter; however, contestants who have earned more than $10,000 in modeling fees in any one-year period are ineligible to enter.  Employees of the contest sponsor, MSP Communications (MSP) and its affiliated parent (Key Investment, LLC), and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective officers, directors, representatives and agents ("Contest Entities"), entities furnishing prizes or otherwise connected with the conduct of this contest and their immediate families and members of their households, are all ineligible to participate in the contest.  All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply.  Void outside of the United States and Canada and where prohibited by law.

HOW TO ENTER

Enter online by visiting www.mspmag.com/realmodel, completing the questions found on the registration page, and by uploading two color photographs of yourself.  Photographs must consist of one headshot and one ¾ or full-length shot.  NUDITY IS UNACCEPTABLE and any photographs containing nudity will not be considered.  Photographs must be in color and taken during the 2008 calendar year.  Please make sure the pictures are of good quality and are not blurry.  The model must be the only person in the image and the model should be standing against a solid background.  Limit of one entry per person.  
Online entrants must be the authorized account holder of the e-mail account from which the entry is made.  All entries, including photographs, become the sole property of the Producers (“Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, MSP Communications, its sponsors and affiliates”), and entries including photos will not be returned.  Producers assume no responsibility for lost, illegible, incomplete, unconfirmed, damaged, late or misdirected Contestant forms, all of which will be void, or internet technical, hardware, software, telephone or transmission failures of any kind which may limit a person's ability to enter the contest.  All entries must be received by December 19, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. 

SELECTION OF FINALISTS

Contestants will be judged on the information provided on their entry form, including personal statistics such as height, weight, clarity of photographs, and essay.  There are no height or size restrictions to enter.  Three groups of Finalists will be selected by a panel of judges comprised of representatives of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, MSP Communications, its sponsors and affiliates.  The Producers reserve the right to request additional photographs and/or a videotaped interview of a contestant prior to the announcement of the Finalists to be used to narrow the selection.  Judges will base their decisions to break any ties on the additional photographs and/or videotaped performance provided by the Contestants.  Finalists will need to be available periodically during the judging period (“November 13, 2008 –February 16, 2009”) to provide further information or photographs to the Producers or their eligibility will be forfeited.  Photographs of each group of Finalists will be posted online at www.mspmag.com each week for members of the public to vote on a winner.  The winner from each group of Finalists will compete for the Grand Prize. 

SELECTION OF GRAND PRIZE WINNER

One Grand Prize Winner will be selected by members of the public from the winners of each group of Finalists.  Photographs of the winners of each group of Finalists will be posted online and the Grand Prize Winner will be voted on by members of the public at www.mspmag.com.  The Grand Prize Winner will be determined on February 12, 2009.  The Grand Prize Winner will be notified by phone and mail and required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release, which must be returned within 14 days of the date on the notification letter.  Any prize notification letter returned or undeliverable or failure to timely return Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/ Publicity Release will result in prize forfeiture and award to a runner-up.  No substitution for prizes except as may be necessary due to unavailability, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded.  Prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash.

PRIZES:
GRAND PRIZE: Minimally One GRAND PRIZE winner will be featured in the pages of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine and online at www.mspmag.com 
FINALIST PRIZES: The 2nd place through (up to) 30th place runner-ups will win a one-year online posting of picture(s) and video (if applicable) at www.mspmag.com.  Any expenses not mentioned above are the winner's responsibility.

RELEASE

Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited) for Producer and Sponsors to use Finalists’ names, images and likeness for advertising, promotional, and  publicity purposes worldwide without additional compensation and without prior notice for one year following completion of judging.
Participants in this contest hereby waive and release, and agree to hold harmless Producers and their affiliates, from and against, any and all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that they may have, or which may arise, against any of them for any liability for any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, including but not limited to any injury, loss, damage, whether direct, compensatory, incidental or consequential, to person, including death and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from their acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize in the contest, or their participation in this contest or any contest or prize related activity, or any travel related to the contest or prize related activity.  Producers are not responsible for any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from entering or downloading any materials in the sweepstakes.  Producers and Sponsors reserve the right to cancel or suspend advertising the contest on the internet should a computer virus, unauthorized intervention or other cause corrupt the integrity or proper conduct of the promotion.  Producers and Sponsors reserve the right to disqualify any entrant found to be disrupting the operation of the contest or web site.

GOVERNING LAW

This contest is governed by Minnesota law.  By participating in this contest, entrants agree that Minnesota courts shall have jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this contest and that venue shall be only in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

MISCELLANEOUS

Additions or deletions to these rules may be made at the discretion of (MSP) and may be enacted at any time. Basic Contest Rules and addenda are available for review during regular business hours at the (MSP) office located at 220 South 6th St., Suite 500, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402. A copy of the rules can be requested through the mail or by sending e-mail to kwhitmore@mspmag.com.

To receive a list of winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, c/o Marketing Department 220 South 6th St., Suite 500, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402. Please specify name of Contest and either "Rules" or "Winners.