HOW IT WORKS: Submit a video (1 minute maximum) telling us: How you give back to make the world a better place and why this makes you beautiful, inside and out. See Rule #3 for entry instructions and video requirements.
ELIGIBILITY: Open only to female residents of the 50 United States (excluding Maine) and the District of Columbia who are 21-40 years of age at time of entry. Employees of Procter & Gamble, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void in the State of Maine and where prohibited by law.
TWO WAYS TO ENTER:
ONLINE: Beginning 9:00am (ET) on 1/5/10 through 4:59pm (ET) on 6/30/10, visit www.covergirl.com and follow the online entry instructions, uploading and file/format requirements. You may enter as often as you wish but there is a limit one online entry per email address per day, and each entry must be different.
IN PERSON: Go to a designated Cover Girl “Clean for Clean” Contest entry recording location in 5 sponsor-selected cities across the U.S. (visit covergirl.com for dates, times and locations) where entrants can complete an Official Entry/Release Form and record their entry submission. If, at any time during the entry recording, Sponsor deems an entry as inappropriate, recording will cease and the entrant will be disqualified. Entry recording locations will operate for approximately a 4-hour time period. Any entrants remaining after the allotted time period will be given instructions on how to enter online. Limit one entry at an entry recording location per person.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Entries must be in English. All material submitted becomes property of Sponsor and will not be returned. No correspondence will be acknowledged or entered into. Videos must be no longer than one minute. If a video is longer than one minute, only the first minute will be judged. Illegible or inaudible entries are void. Video entries/submissions can be in color or black and white and may be enhanced with your own original graphics, special effects and/or animation, as applicable.
Submission must be your original work that has not been previously published nor won a prize or award. Modifying, enhancing or altering a third party’s preexisting work does not qualify as Entrant’s original creation. The submission cannot contain any unacceptable clothing or adornments, or display any commercial/corporate advertising other than Sponsor’s (including but not limited to corporate logos, brand names and slogans) and they must not contain defamatory statements (including words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic group); they must not include threats to any person, place, business, or group; they must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm, entity, and they must not in any way violate applicable federal, state, or local laws and regulations as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Submissions may not contain indecent behavior, profanities or obscenities, including but not limited to nudity, or pornography, and may not in any way disparage persons or organizations associated with Sponsor. Sponsor/judges reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any entry that, in their sole opinion, refers, depicts or in any way reflects negatively upon the Sponsor, the Contest or any other person or entity, or does not comply with these requirements or these Official Rules. Submissions must be suitable for presentation in a public forum, in sole determination of judges and/or Sponsor.
If the submission contains any person(s) other than the entrant, by entering this contest, entrant agrees to receive permission from other person(s) featured in the video (or from parent/legal guardian if other person(s) featured are considered minors in their state of residence) for Sponsor to use their likenesses for publicity including, but not limited to posting on website(s) and must make written copies of such permissions available to the Sponsor upon request. Entrant must also receive prior written permission from the videographer of their video if the video entry was taped by someone other than the entrant him/herself. Persons under the age of 13 may not appear in a video submission.
JUDGING: All eligible entries received will be preliminarily judged to determine the top 20 entries from online entries and the top 20 entries from entries received at the in-person recording locations. Preliminary judging will be conducted by D.L. Blair, Inc., an independent judging organization whose decisions are final on all matters relating to the contest. The top 40 entries will then be judged by a panel of Sponsor representatives under the supervision of D.L. Blair, Inc., to determine one Grand Prize winner from the online entries and one Grand Prize winner from entries received at the in-person recording location. All judging will be based on the following criteria: Ability to Convey Commitment to Cause – 50%; Appropriateness to the Cover Girl Image – 35%; Sincerity – 15%. In the event of a tie, tied entries will be broken based on the highest score for “Ability to Convey Commitment to Cause”. Winners will be notified by mail.
PRIZES: Two (2) prizes, with a total approximate retail value of $10,000 will be awarded as follows: (2) Grand Prizes (one winner from online entries and one winner from in-person entries) – A 5-day/4-night “humanitarian” trip for winner to Africa with a Cover Girl (subject to availability), including round-trip coach air transportation from major airport nearest winner’s home, “rustic” accommodations (at Sponsor’s discretion), ground transportation from/to winner’s home/airport and while in Africa, $250 spending money and the opportunity for winner to participate in a photo shoot ($5,000 ea.; there is no retail value associated with participating in a photo shoot). Winners are solely responsible for all other expenses not specifically set forth herein, including but not limited to meals, additional transportation, souvenirs, upgraded room accommodations and other incidentals and items of a personal nature. The actual retail value of the prize will depend on winner's point of departure/return. Trip must be taken on dates specified by sponsor. Dates of departure/return are subject to change. Prizes consist of only those items specifically listed as part of the prize. Limit one prize per person or household.
GENERAL RULES: Potential winners will be required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility certifying that the submission is her own original work and she holds all rights to the submission, that the submission has not been previously published, has not won a previous prize or award and that she has followed the Official Rules of the Contest. Additionally, potential winners will be required to complete a Release of Liability, Prize Acceptance Form and, if legally permissible, a Publicity Release. All documents must be completed and returned within 10 days of attempted delivery of same. Noncompliance within this time period or return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification without further notice and an alternate winner will be selected. All travelers must possess valid travel documents (e.g., U.S. passport that is valid at the time of travel and valid for at least 6 months after the return date of the trip, visa, etc.). No substitution or transfer of prize by winner permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize of equal or greater value. All applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of winner. In no event will more than the stated number of prizes be awarded. All material submitted becomes the sole property of Sponsor and none will be returned. Sponsor/judges reserve the right to: (a) use contestant’s name and likeness and reproduce/distribute all entries submitted in any and all media throughout the world in perpetuity, (b) alter, amend, edit or change entries prior to distribution and (c) use, distribute, reproduce, alter, amend and copyright entries for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. By accepting prize, winners agree to hold Sponsor, its directors, officers, employees and assigns, harmless against any and all claims and liability arising out of use of prize. Winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this promotion or use or redemption of any prize. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its agencies to use winners’ names and/or likenesses and/or entry submissions for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, including a winners’ list, unless prohibited by law. Entrants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor, its directors, officers, employees and assigns, harmless from and against any and all liability and damages. By participating in this promotion, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the judges’ decisions which are final. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any promotion materials and the terms and conditions of the Official Rules, the English version of the Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control. If an entrant submits more than the stated number of entries permitted, and/or if the Sponsor suspects that an entrant attempted to obtain additional entries by using multiple email addresses, registrations, identities or any other method, all entries submitted by the entrant will be declared null and void. All material submitted becomes the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prizes.
WINNERS: To receive a list of winners, click here or send an email to winners.list.request@dlblairsweeps.com with WINNERS 8420 as the subject line. Requests must be received by 6/30/10. Winners list will be sent after winners have been verified.
SPONSOR: The Procter & Gamble Distributing LLC, One P&G Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202.
NOTICE TO ONLINE ENTRANTS: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Not responsible for faulty, incorrect or mistranscribed phone transmissions, incorrect announcements of any kind, technical hardware or software failures of any kind including any injury or damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in or experiencing any materials in connection with the promotion, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission that may limit a user's ability to participate in the promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the promotion if fraud, misconduct or technical failures destroy the integrity of the program; or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration or security of the program as determined by Sponsor/judging agency/administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event of termination, a notice will be posted online and all eligible entries received prior to termination will be included in the judging. Any damage made to the Web Site will be the responsibility of the authorized e-mail account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. Proof of submitting entries will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Any entries which are suspected of being fraudulent (including those using robotic, automatic, programmed or similar methods of participation) will be disqualified, based on determinations made solely by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to prohibit the participation of an individual if fraud or tampering is suspected or if the account holder fails to comply with any requirement of participation as stated herein or with any provision in these Official Rules.