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Nikon Inc./Wilhelmina Kids& Creative Management LLC/Parenting Magazine
Nikon Coolpix Pride and Joy Baby Photo Contest
2003 OFFICIAL RULES
Nikon
Coolpix Pride and Joy Baby Photo Contest (the "Contest") begins
at 12:01 AM Eastern Time ("ET") on October 13, 2003. All entries
must be received no later than 11:59 PM ET on December 15, 2003.
Eligibility:
The Contest is open to legal U.S. residents who are newborns to 24 months
old (except residents of CT, CO, VT, MD and Puerto Rico) at time of entry.
Employees, officers, directors and members of Wilhelmina Inc., Wilhelmina
Kids & Creative Management LLC ("Wilhelmina Kids"), Nikon
Inc. ("Nikon"), Parenting Magazine, a division of the Parenting
Group, Inc., (collectively, the "Sponsors"), their respective
parents, divisions, affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies,
subsidiaries and agents, including immediate families and household members
of each are not eligible. Entrants who have performed services for other
agencies are still eligible to enter, however, entrants who are under
contract with a modeling agency are not eligible to enter. Entrants who
have earned more than $5,000 in modeling fees in any one year are ineligible
for this Contest. Entrants represented by Wilhelmina Kids are ineligible.
Void in CT, CO, VT, MD, Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. All applicable
U.S. federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.
To
Enter: To enter, you must complete an Official Entry Form (legibly
print or type), available online at prideandjoybaby.com or by attending
open call events at call events at select locations, and submit along
with a current photo (as specified below) and $4.95 nonrefundable processing
fee payable in U.S. funds only. If $4.95 nonrefundable processing fee
is via check/money order, make payable to: Pride and Joy Photo Contest.
If payment is via Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, complete appropriate
section on entry form. All entry forms must include a signature of a parent/legal
guardian. Online entries must be completed and submitted by a parent or
legal guardian. With each entry (mail, online, in person), submit one
color or B&W photo depicting entrant's appearance, personality, photogenic
quality and vitality. Photos may be any snapshot, no smaller than 3"
x 4" and no larger than 8" x 10". No slides, transparencies
or photocopies are permitted. Legibly print entrant's name on back of
photo. For online entries, photograph must be entrant's original, untouched
digital photo and photograph must be submitted in a JPEG (.jpg) or PNG
file format and cannot exceed 1.7 MB in file size. Entry materials consist
of completed entry form, photograph and fee. You can submit entry materials
in one of 3 ways: 1) By mail: Send your entry materials to: Pride and
Joy Baby Contest, PO Box 9221, Central Islip, NY 11722. 2) Online: Submit
your entry material at prideandjoybaby.com. 3) In person: attend an open
call event and submit your entry materials at: Wilhelmina New York office:
300 Park Avenue South, NY, NY; check prideandjoybaby.com for Los Angeles
and Miami locations). Date of such events will be announced and publicized.
Entrants
may enter only one time per family, regardless of method of entry. Incomplete,
inaccurate, damaged, illegible and/or postage-due entries will be disqualified.
Entry forms only may be photocopied. An Official Entry Certificate will
be mailed within 3-4 weeks after original entry is received and qualified.
Sponsors
shall have the right to disqualify any entries that they deem to be obscene
or otherwise not in good taste, as determined by Sponsors in their sole
discretion. Entries must be in keeping with Sponsors' images and may not
defame or invade the publicity rights or privacy of any person, living
or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any third party's personal, intellectual
property or other proprietary rights. Entries and photos become property
of Sponsors, can be used by Sponsors for any lawful purpose, and will
not be returned. By entering, parent or legal guardian of entrant agree
to be bound by the terms of these official rules and the decisions of
the Sponsors and judges which are final and binding on all matters relating
to this Contest.
Baby
Finalists: Three Baby Finalists and three Alternate Baby Finalists
will be selected on or about January 9, 2004 by qualified judges (agents
of Sponsors) based equally on appearance, photogenic quality, and vitality,
as determined from entrant's submitted photo entry. In the event of a
tie, an additional, qualified, "tie-breaking" judge shall determine
the three Baby Finalists from such tied entries using the criteria herein.
Baby Finalists will be notified by mail and telephone. Only Finalists
will be notified. The parent or legal guardian of each Baby Finalist must
execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability and Publicity
Release (unless prohibited) and model release within 7 days of issuance
of such documents. Failure to properly and/or timely execute and return
such forms and/or failure to comply with any portion of these Official
Rules will result in disqualification, his/her place as a finalist will
be forfeited and, at Sponsors' sole discretion, awarded to the next Alternate
Baby Finalist. The return of such documents within the allotted time shall
be the sole responsibility of each respective parent or legal guardian.
Baby
Finalist Prizes: Each Baby Finalist will receive a Wilhelmina Kids
Package which includes: a three (3) year contract with Wilhelmina Kids
for exclusive representation in the field of modeling; 100 Wilhelmina
Kids Photo Composite Cards; inclusion in special client mailing promoting
the Finalists; Wilhelmina Kids Portfolio Book; inclusion in Wilhelmina
Kids Annual Promotional Book; a Wilhelmina Date book; a Wilhelmina Kids
management company tour and meeting with managers; posting on Wilhelmina
Kids website for a period of time determined in Wilhelmina Kids sole discretion;
Nikon Coolpix 2100 Digital Camera; 1-year subscription to Parenting Magazine;
attendance at awards dinner; a 3-day/2-night trip to New York City for
Baby Finalist and two (2) parents or legal guardians (who must be at least
18 years of age) to participate in a photo shoot with Nikon in January
2004 (specific dates to be determined by Sponsors at time of notification).
Baby Finalists may be featured and parent or legal guardian of Baby Finalist
must agree to him/her being featured in a Nikon advertisement as well
as on national television (for no additional compensation). Parent or
legal guardian of each Baby Finalist must agree to the standard terms
and conditions of model contracts, including Wilhelmina Kids' standard
commission on gross income and entitlement to a customer-service charge,
and may be required to travel, which travel expenses may not be reimbursed.
Failure to attend and/or travel on the specified dates, to agree to sign
the model contract or to agree to the Nikon advertisement as well as national
television coverage may result in disqualification. His/her place as a
finalist may be forfeited, and at Sponsors' sole discretion, awarded to
the next Alternate Baby Finalist. Wilhelmina Kids does not guarantee that
it will obtain any modeling or other work for the Baby Finalists or the
Grand Prize Winner.
Trip
includes ground transportation to New York City or round-trip coach airfare
from the major U.S. gateway airport nearest Finalist's home, ground transportation
to/from airport in New York, standard hotel, double occupancy for 3 days/
2 nights, and a stipend of $200/ day for food. Actual value may vary based
on Baby Finalist's point of departure and dates of travel. Certain travel
restrictions and blackout dates may apply. Method of transportation to
be determined based on finalists' proximity to New York City. Total estimated
value of all prizes excluding contracts is $10,000 for each Finalist plus
an additional $400.00 for the Grand Prize Winner. Total ARV of all prizes
awarded: $30,400.00. All details not specified herein are at Sponsors'
sole discretion. Parents or legal guardians of Baby Finalists are solely
responsible for all trip expenses not specified herein as being awarded,
including but not limited to all taxes, gratuities and meals and/or beverages
in excess to the $200 per day specified above. Travel must be made through
Sponsors' agent, on a carrier of Sponsors' choice. Parents or legal guardians
of any Baby Finalist must travel together on the same itinerary. Parents
or legal guardians of Baby Finalists are responsible for obtaining travel
documents. Parents or legal guardians of Baby Finalists must sign, notarize
and return a publicity release (unless prohibited) and an affidavit of
liability release prior to issuance of travel documents. Prizes will be
awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either expressed
or implied. No transfer, cash equivalent or substitution of prize is permitted,
except by Sponsors who reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to
substitute any prize (or portion thereof) for one of comparable or greater
value if prize (or portion thereof) cannot be awarded as advertised.
Grand
Prize Winner: After meeting and evaluating all three Baby Finalists
while in New York, the judges will select one Grand Prize Winner based
equally on Finalists' appearance, photogenic quality, and vitality. Grand
Prize Winner may be featured in an additional commercial announcement
to be run during the third hour of the Today Show programming. In addition,
Grand prize Winner will receive a Coolpix 3100 digital Camera and Nikon
School voucher in the amount of $100 for a school in Winner's area.
Miscellaneous:
The parent or legal guardian of each entrant (including the Baby Finalists
and Grand Prize Winner) grants Sponsors and their designees the right
to use the entrant's name, hometown, voice, photograph (including any
photograph submitted with entry) and likeness without additional compensation
in advertising and promoting future Model Search contests conducted by
Sponsors, and also in promoting and advertising Nikon and/or its products,
except where prohibited. By entering this Contest and/or accepting any
prize in connection herewith, entrant's parent or legal guardian releases
and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Sponsors, their respective parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, retailers, advertising and promotional
agencies, and the directors, officers, members, agents, successors assignees,
licensees, shareholders and employees of all of the foregoing (collectively,
"Releasees") from and against any and all claims, actions, and
liability for any injury, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses
(including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees), disputes,
and/or disability resulting from participation in this Contest and/or
acceptance of any prize (including, without limitation, any travel related
thereto). Releasees are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen,
misdirected, or illegible, entries or email; or for lost, interrupted
or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website,
or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications
or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines,
or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions
or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties,
or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network;
or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or
the failure to capture any such information. Releasees are also not responsible
for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users,
tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with
or utilized in the Contest. Releasees are not responsible for injury or
damage to entrants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting
from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use
of the web site. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Contest
or website, as solely determined by Sponsors, will be disqualified. Should
any portion of the Contest be, in Sponsors' sole opinion, compromised
by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes
which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsors, corrupt or impair the administration,
security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsors
reserve the right at their sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate
the Contest and select Finalists and one Grand Prize Winner from all eligible,
non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed
fair and appropriate by Sponsors. By entering contest, entrants' parents
or legal guardians agree to receive promotional mailings from Sponsors.
Prizes will be awarded based on full compliance with these official rules.
Winners
List: For a complete list of the Finalists (available after January
31, 2004), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Pride and Joy Baby
Contest, FINALISTS/WINNERS LIST, 300 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010,
or visit www prideandjoybaby.com. Requests received after April 30, 2004
will not be honored.
Sponsors
of the Nikon Coolpix Pride and Joy Baby Contest are: Wilhelmina Kids &
Creative Management LLC, 300 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010, Nikon
Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747 and Parenting Magazine,
Parenting Magazine, a division of the Parenting Group, Inc. 530 Fifth
Avenue-4th Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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