CoverGirl Designer Handbag Giveaway

OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
OPEN ONLY TO FEMALE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES (excluding Maine) & D.C., AGE 13 OR OLDER.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. U.S. LAW GOVERNS THIS SWEEPSTAKES

  1. HOW TO ENTER: The sweepstakes begins at 8:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on September 9, 2009 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on November 21, 2009 (the "Entry Period"). There are three ways to enter: (a) WEB Entry: Submit a web entry by visiting www.covergirl.com/antm and following the on-screen entry instructions. Normal time rates, if any, charged by Internet service provider will apply. (b) SMS Entry: Submit an SMS Entry from your wireless phone by sending a text message "antm" to 24475. Standard carrier's messaging rates apply. Other charges may apply. (c)WAP Entry: Submit a WAP Entry by visiting www.WAP.covergirl.com/antm on the WAP or mobile internet browser on your wireless phone or device and following the on-screen entry instructions. Carrier-specific charges for WAP usage may apply, depending on your individual wireless pricing plan, in accordance with your wireless customer agreement. By submitting an entry, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges, which will be final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. All entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM ET on November 21, 2009. No purchase necessary. You are responsible for all charges imposed by your Internet service provider and/or wireless service provider (as applicable), including any applicable taxes on such services, in connection with your submission of an entry.

    Entrants are limited to one (1) Sweepstakes Entry, whether by SMS Entry, Web Entry, WAP Entry. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Delivery of Prize requires a street address (no P.O. Boxes) located within the 50 United States or the District of Columbia (Void in Maine). Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected, technically corrupted or garbled entries, which will be disqualified, or for problems of any kind, whether mechanical, human or electronic, in connection with the submission, receipt, storage and/or processing of entries. Only fully completed entries are eligible. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.

  2. ELIGIBILITY: This sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia, who are female and 13 years of age or older as of the date of entry. VOID IN MAINE. Employees of The Procter & Gamble Distributing LLC ("Sponsor"), its subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, and advertising, promotion and Internet agencies, and their immediate family and household members, are not eligible. Void where prohibited by law. In the event of a dispute regarding any WEB or WAP entry, the entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry (i.e., the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address).
  3. RANDOM DRAWING: GRAND PRIZE: One (1) potential Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing conducted by the Sponsor, whose decisions are final with respect to all matters relating to this sweepstakes, on or about November 30, 2009 from all eligible entries received as of the close of the Entry Period. Limit one prize per person. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. The potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by e-mail, standard mail and/or telephone, at Sponsor's discretion. If any potential winner cannot be reached by e-mail or telephone within three (3) days of initial attempt and/or fails to respond to any notification attempt within three (3) days, or if any attempted notification or prize delivery is returned as undeliverable, the prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. The potential Grand Prize winner will be required to complete and return to Sponsor an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability, and, if legally permissible, a Publicity Release within five (5) days of attempted delivery of same. If the potential winner is a minor under the laws of his or her state of residency, prize will be awarded in the name of the winner's parent or legal guardian, who will be required to complete the Affidavit/Release. Each Grand Prize winner's guest will also be required to execute and return an affidavit/release within five (5) days of attempted delivery of same to potential Grand Prize winner. Failure to complete and return any required affidavit or release within the specified time period will result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected.
  4. GRAND PRIZE: The Grand Prize is a selection of designer handbags selected by Sponsor and an assortment of CoverGirl® products selected by Sponsor. Approximate retail value ("ARV") of the Grand Prize is $2500. Exact value will depend on market conditions at time of prize fulfillment. The prize consists only of the items expressly specified in these Official Rules. All expenses and costs associated with the acceptance or use of any prize are the responsibility of the winner. The prize will be awarded if properly claimed. No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of right to receive prize permitted, except in the discretion of Sponsor, which reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. All federal, state, provincial and local taxes on prize value are the sole responsibility of winner. An IRS form 1099 will be issued in the name of the Grand Prize winner.
  5. GENERAL RULES: Acceptance of a prize constitutes an irrevocable grant of permission by the winner (and the winner's parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor in his/her state of residence) for Sponsor and its promotional partners and licensees to use his/her name, address (city and state), likeness, photograph, picture, portrait, voice, biographical information and/or any statements made by Winner regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor for advertising and promotional purposes without notice or additional compensation, in any media now known or hereafter developed (including without limitation posting Winner's name and photograph on the Internet), except where prohibited by law. By participating, entrants (and parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor in his/her state of residence) and winner (and winner's parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor in his/her state of residence) release and hold harmless Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies, Procter & Gamble, and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors, from any and all liability, for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in the Sweepstakes, or possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of the Prize or participation in any Sweepstakes-related activity and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy or merchandise delivery.

    Entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules or attempt to interfere with the Sweepstakes in any way shall be disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical, human or other errors in these Official Rules, in the administration of the Sweepstakes, in the announcement of the Prize, and/or in any advertising or other associated promotional materials in connection with the Sweepstakes. US cell phone carriers: Verizon, Sprint, Cingular, Nextel, Alltel, T-Mobile, Dobson, Boost, Amp'd, AT&T, Cincinnati Bell Wireless, Western Wireless, Cellular One, US Cellular, Virgin Mobile and/or each of their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees are not sponsors of this Sweepstakes, and none of the above-listed entities will have any liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection with participation in this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded.

  6. Disputes. Under no circumstances will entrants be permitted to obtain awards for, and each hereby waives, all rights to claim punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages, and/or any other damages, including attorney's fees or other such related costs of pursuing a claim. The Sweepstakes is governed by, and will be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, and the forum and venue for any dispute shall be in New York, New York.

    In case of dispute as to the identity of any SMS entrant, entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the wireless phone or device used to submit an entry. Sponsor may require any entrant to provide Sponsor with proof that such party is the authorized account holder of the wireless phone or device. Any attempted form of entry into the Sweepstakes, other than the entry methods stated, is prohibited; no automatic, programmed, robotic or similar means of entry are permitted. Sponsor, its affiliates, partners and promotion and advertising agencies are not responsible for technical, hardware, software, electronic, network, telephone or other communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, errors in transmission, lost or unavailable network connections, telephone connections, wireless phone connections, web sites, WAP sites, Internet, or ISP availability, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate capture of entry information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed transmissions which may limit or restrict an entrant's ability to enter the Sweepstakes, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's phone, or other matter relating to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes.

    Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, extend or suspend this Sweepstakes should (in its sole discretion) any virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, fraud or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes. In such case, Sponsor will randomly select the winner from all eligible entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes and/or any associated web sites and/or WAP sites. Sponsor may void an entrant's Entries without refund and prohibit an entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes (and future promotions) or winning the Prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including but not limited to the use of automated entry programs, the use of automated entry devices, entry through multiple phone accounts owned by the same entrant or by participating in, or benefiting from, a syndicate, group or block entry process or system), or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor representatives. Any entrant found to be violating these Official Rules may be prohibited from participating in current and future promotions, in Sponsor's sole and absolute discretion.

    CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

  7. Use of Data: Trust is a cornerstone of our corporate mission, and the success of our business depends on it. P &G is committed to maintaining your trust by protecting personal information we collect about you, our consumers. Click here for the full details of our Privacy Statement: http://www.pg.com/privacy/english/privacy_notice.html. By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants acknowledge that they have read and accepted Sponsor's privacy policy.
  8. For the name of the winner, available after December 15, 2009, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: CoverGirl Designer Handbag Giveaway, c/o United Entertainment Group, The Metropolitan Tower, 142 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
  9. Sponsor: The Procter & Gamble Distributing LLC, 1 P&G Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202.