Complete rules & regulations
HOW TO ENTER:
All entries must include three recent photographs of the entrant. Note: entrant must not be wearing any makeup in any of the photographs and must include one close face and one head-to-toe photograph.
Entries can be made in one of the following ways:
1) Fill out the entry form (available in the April 2008 issue of More Canada Magazine, available on newsstands beginning March 24, 2008), include three recent photographs and send to:
More Model Search
c/o Transcontinental Promotions
P.O. Box 907
Willowdale, ON
M2K 2T6
2) Enter online by visiting www.moremagazine.ca, downloading the application form and mailing it to the address above with three recent photographs or follow the instructions for submitting an application form and photographs online.
3) Enter in person at an open call at the Tabi locations below in one of the following cities:
Vancouver: Mon., Sept. 8 – time and location to be confirmed
Calgary: Tues., Sept. 9 – time and location to be confirmed
Edmonton: Wed., Sept. 10 – time and location to be confirmed
Ottawa: Thurs., Sept. 18 – time and location to be confirmed
Toronto: Sat., Sept. 20 – time and location to be confirmed
Note: All times are local.
Entries are limited to one per person for the duration of the model search. Illegible entries, bulk mailings, or reproductions are ineligible. Entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on the closing date, Monday, September 22, 2008. No purchase necessary. Note: All photographs must be original and must not infringe the rights of any third party. All entries will automatically become the property of Transcontinental Media G.P. No photographs will be returned.
The photographs submitted must not be in bad taste, pornographic, offensive or otherwise inappropriate, may not have been published previously or be currently submitted to another promotion or publication, and the right to use the photographs submitted for this contest must not be restricted in any way. Submission of an application cannot defame or invade the publicity rights or the privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal, proprietary or intellectual property rights. The Contest Sponsors reserve the right to request additional supporting documentation to confirm that the applicant is the person featured in the photographs submitted. In the event that the Contest Sponsors determine that the applicant is not the person featured in the photographs submitted, both the applicant and the person featured may be disqualified in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Sponsors.
PRIZES:
Five finalists will be selected from all eligible entrants between September 23, 2008 and October 10, 2008 by a judging panel chosen by More (Transcontinental Media G.P.), in its sole and absolute discretion, based on the judging panel’s assessment of the entrants’ overall appearances as evidenced by their photographs submitted with their applications and the information on the entry forms themselves. The finalists will be required to travel to Toronto for a photo shoot and finale event from November 10 to 14, 2008, departing on dates to be specified by More Magazine. Failure to attend the photo shoot and finale event and/or to travel on the specified dates will result in disqualification and forfeiture of prizes. The duration of the trip is to be determined based on the Contest Sponsors’ scheduling requirements.
Finalists will be interviewed in-person by the judging panel, during their stay in Toronto, prior to the photo shoot, at Elite Model Management Toronto. One winner and four runners-up will be selected from the five finalists by the judging panel, based on its assessment of the finalists’ overall appearance and interviews.
One winner will receive: 1) A one-year modeling contract with Elite Model Management Toronto; 2) Return economy airfare from the international airport closest to the winner’s residence (provided it is outside of the Greater Toronto Area) from which the designated airline flies to Toronto, Ontario for participation in a More photo shoot; 3) Hotel accommodations for four nights at The Fairmont Royal York; 4) one Spa treatment at the Elizabeth Milan Premier Day Spa; 5) Photo shoot with More magazine for feature in a Spring 2009 issue of More magazine; 6) one $1,000 Tabi gift card; 7) one Movado Vivo diamond watch (0605741); 8) one Euphoria by Calvin Klein fragrance package; 9) one Yves Saint Laurent makeup gift basket; 10) one Shiseido Skincare basket; 11) one gift certificate for a Shiseido facial massage and 12) and appearance on Canada AM. Approximate value of winner prize is $6,000 (CAD) based on Vancouver departure. Some meals and ground transportation to and from the airport in Toronto are included. All other expenses, including tips and spending money are the responsibility of the winner.
Each of the four runners-up will receive: 1) Return economy airfare from the international airport closest to the runner-up’s residence (provided it is outside the Greater Toronto Area) from which the designated airline flies to Toronto, Ontario for participation in a More photo shoot; 2) Hotel accommodations for four nights at The Fairmont Royal York; 3) one Spa treatment at the Elizabeth Milan Premier Day Spa; 4) Photo shoot with More magazine for feature in a Spring 2009 issue of More magazine; 5) one $500 Tabi gift card; 6) one Movado Vivo two-tone watch (0605753); 7) one Euphoria by Calvin Klein fragrance package; 8) one Yves Saint Laurent makeup gift basket; 9) one Shiseido Skincare basket; and 10) one gift certificate for a Shiseido facial massage. Approximate value of winner prize is $4,300 (CAD) based on Vancouver departure. Some meals and ground transportation to and from the airport in Toronto are included. All other expenses including tips and spending money are the responsibility of the runners-up.
Entrants selected as finalists will be notified by phone before October 17, 2008. If a selected entrant does not reply to notification within 48 hours or is not reached for any reason, including, but not limited to, the fact that a selected entrant has a call privacy feature on his/her telephone, or if any selected entrant does not meet all of the conditions of winning as set out in these contest rules, she shall not be declared a finalist (or the winner or runner-up, as the case may be) of this contest, and an alternate entrant shall be selected.
Prizes must be accepted as awarded and are not transferable or convertible to cash. Should a winner or runner-up refuse a prize, the Contest Sponsors: More (Transcontinental Media G.P.), Elite Model Management Toronto, Tabi International Corporation, Canada AM (CTVglobemedia), The Fairmont Royal York, COTY, Yves Saint Laurent, Shiseido and Movado (collectively, the “Contest Sponsors”) and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, and advertising and promotional agencies are released from any obligation related to the prize. The Contest Sponsors retain the right in their absolute discretion to make substitutions of equivalent kind or value in the event of the unavailability of any element of the prize for any reason whatsoever.
The Contest Sponsors have the right to withdraw the portions of the prize consisting of the modeling contract with Elite Model Management Toronto and the opportunity to participate in a photo shoot for More magazine if there is a material change in the physical appearance in the winner or runner-up from the information contained in, and the photographs submitted with, the application submitted.
CONDITIONS OF WINNING:
An entrant’s mailed, emailed or online entry (including the photos required by these contest rules) must be received by 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on the contest closing date, September 22, 2008. An entrant’s open call entry must be received on the date of the open call audition. To win, selected entrants must have complied with these contest rules, must sign a standard declaration and release form confirming compliance with these contest rules and acceptance of their prize as awarded and releasing the Contest Sponsors and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, and advertising and promotional agencies from any damage or loss that may result from entering this contest or accepting and/or utilizing a prize, and must sign a liability/publicity release form granting the Contest Sponsors the right to use their name, city of residence, voice, biographical information, photograph, image and/or likeness without compensation for publicity or programming purposes, commercial or otherwise (except where prohibited), without payment or compensation, throughout the world in perpetuity. Selected entrants must return the completed forms within five (5) days of receipt. If the completed forms are not returned within the deadline, the selected applicant will be disqualified and another entrant will be selected. The new selected entrant must return the completed forms within five (5) days of receipt.
As an additional condition of being declared a finalist (or the winner or runner-up, as the case may be), each selected entrant must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited skill-testing question which will be administered by the Contest Sponsors or their agent at a mutually convenient time.
Any photographs and/or video produced for, at or in connection with this contest may be used for advertisements and/or promotional materials surrounding this contest and may also be used by the Contest Sponsors in their advertising, promotional, in-store, online and collateral sales and public relations materials.
By submitting an application in respect of this contest, all entrants automatically agree to the use of their photographs, names, images, likeness, biographical information and places of residence, without compensation, in print, radio or televised publicity relating to the contest, and in the pages of More magazine, and automatically acknowledge that they waive the right for any payment, day fee or other monetary compensation from, in conjunction with or in any relating to the Contest Sponsors or the photo shoot for More magazine. No negotiations with agents of any entrant will occur. All communications will take place directly between the Contests Sponsors or its representatives or agents and the entrant.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO WIN:
This contest is open to all female legal residents of Canada who are 40 years of age or older at of the time of submission of their applications and who are not currently represented by or under contract to a modeling agency, except employees, directors and officers (and those with whom they are domiciled) of the Contest Sponsors and their respective parent companies and affiliates and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and advertising and promotional agencies. All finalists must send in a photocopy of a valid government-issued picture identification (e.g., a driver’s license or passport).
ADDITIONAL RULES TO NOTE:
INCOMPLETE OR LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Contest Sponsors and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and advertising and promotional agencies shall not be responsible for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, destroyed, illegible, incomplete, postage due or misdirected entries, or for any failure or malfunction of any hardware, software or telecommunication component relating to online entries, or for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, or the failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by More (Transcontinental Media G.P.) on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to an applicant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in or relating to this contest or the promotion thereof.
More (Transcontinental Media G.P.) reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the online portion of this contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of More (Transcontinental Media G.P.) corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, More (Transcontinental Media G.P.) reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way.
The Contest Sponsors and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and advertising and promotional agencies shall not be responsible for any inability to satisfy these contest rules which arises from any situation which is outside of their control, including but not limited to a situation of strike, lock-out or other labour strife in the workplaces of any sponsor or in the workplaces of any organization or entity whose services are used for running this contest. More (Transcontinental Media G.P.) reserves the right to terminate, close or suspend, or alter the rules of, this contest at any time, in their sole and absolute discretion, without prior notice, for any reason whatsoever. Applicants agree to abide by these contest rules and the decisions of the independent judging panel, which are final.
The information collected by the Contest Sponsors on the application forms will be used to select and contact the selected entrants, in accordance with these contest rules, and will also be used by the Contest Sponsors for marketing and promotional purposes which may include, by way of example, sending updates on special events and advance notice of new arrivals, promotions and store openings.
THE JUDGING:
The decisions of the judging panel shall be final with respect to all aspects of the contest. The contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. No correspondence will be entered into except with the entrants selected as finalists (and as the winner and runners-up, as the case may be) and individuals requesting a copy of these contest rules. The odds of an entrant being selected depend on the number and quality of eligible applications received by the contest closing date. All applications will automatically become the property of the Contest Sponsors and none will be returned.
CONTEST SPONSORS:
The Contest Sponsors are More (Transcontinental Media G.P.), Elite Model Management Toronto, Tabi International Corporation, Canada AM (CTVglobemedia), The Fairmont Royal York, COTY, Yves Saint Laurent, Shiseido and Movado.
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