MODEL SEARCH 2022 RULES AND REGULATIONS
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Models are required to submit an application via NashvilleFashionWeek.com from April 21 - June 3, 2022. Models may be contacted by AMAX as applications are received for an in-person interview at the AMAX office. (Please note that this on-site meeting does not guarantee you as a finalist. Model Search applicants will be informed via email and/or phone on or before June 15, 2022 if they have been selected as a finalist. Finalists will have the opportunity to meet AMAX Talent model scouts at a live casting in June. Ten winners will be announced this summer. Please email modelsearch2022@amaxtalent.com if you have any additional questions.
MODEL SEARCH RULES
THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO EVERYONE 16+ WITH NO OTHER AGE, SIZE, HEIGHT OR GENDER RESTRICTIONS
No experience or purchase is required for eligibility to participate in the Nashville Fashion Week Model Search sponsored by AMAX Talent. Applicants under the age of 18 must have parental/guardian permission to apply.
1. THE COMPETITION: Nashville Fashion Week Model Search Competition involves submitting an application and an in-person interview with AMAX Talent. AMAX Talent will select finalists from all eligible applicants and ten winners will be awarded the prize package.
2. THE ENTRY PERIOD: The entry period for the Competition begins on April 21 and ends at midnight on June 3, 2022.
3. ENTRANTS BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES: Your entry into the Competition constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the “Sponsors” (defined in below), which are final and binding. If you are named the winner, delivery of the prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Official Rules.
4. ELIGIBILITY: Employees of the Sponsors and each of their affiliates, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible to participate in the Competition.
5. HOW TO ENTER: Submit an application at NashvilleFashionWeek.com. Limit one entry per person.
6. PRIZE WINNER SELECTION: The winners will be determined by the panel of judges based on their perceived opportunity of success as a model. The potential winners will not receive the prize until her/her eligibility and identity has been verified.
7. VERIFICATION OF THE POTENTIAL WINNER: Except where prohibited, the potential winner must sign and return to the Sponsors, within 3 days of the date notice is sent to the potential winner at the email address or postal address given to the Sponsors, the affidavit of eligibility, proof of age at time of entry, and liability/publicity release in order to claim the prize. If the potential winner cannot be contacted, or fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release within the required time period, that potential winner forfeits the prize and an alternate winner will be chosen outlined below.
8. ALTERNATE WINNER: If any winning contestant is found to be ineligible, another contestant may or may not be named a winner. The potential winners will not receive the prize until his/her eligibility and identity has been verified. This process will be repeated by placing until a winner is verified.
9. PRIZE: Ten winners will win a modeling contract and development with AMAX Talent.
NOTE: No cash or other substitution for the prize is permitted, except by the Sponsors, who reserve the right to substitute the prize with another prize of comparable or greater value that will become effective upon announcement.
10. RELEASE: TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN EXCHANGE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER AND PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION AND WIN THE PRIZE, YOU, FOR YOURSELF, YOUR HEIRS, NEXT OF KIN, ADMINISTRATORS AND EXECUTORS, FOREVER WAIVE, RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS (“RELEASE”) ANY AND ALL RIGHTS, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES, COSTS, ATTORNEYS’ FEES, EXPENSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION WHATSOEVER (“CLAIMS”) THAT YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST THE SPONSORS, THE COMPETITION VENDORS AND SUPPLIERS, NASHVILLE FASHION WEEK, NASHVILLE FASHION WEEK’S SPONSORS AND SUPPLIERS, THE JUDGES, PRIZE PROVIDERS AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED ENTITIES (THE “RELEASED PARTIES”) AND EACH SUCH RELEASED PARTIES’ OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS. THIS RELEASE COVERS, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIMS ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF YOUR ENTRY INTO AND PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION, YOUR STATUS AS AN ENTRANT, FINALIST AND/OR A POTENTIAL AND/OR ACTUAL WINNER, AND/OR USE OR NON-USE OF THE AIR TRANSPORTATION, HOTEL, SUPPLIES, AND/OR PRIZE AND INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CLAIMS BASED ON PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, PROPERTY DAMAGE, LIBEL, SLANDER, DEFAMATION, INVASION OF PRIVACY/PUBLICITY, PORTRAYAL IN A FALSE LIGHT AND ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE SPONSORS’ EXERCISE OF THE PUBLICITY RIGHTS YOU HAVE GRANTED TO THE SPONSORS HEREUNDER. FURTHER, YOU HEREBY RELEASE THE RELEASED PARTIES FROM ANY THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLAIMS ARSISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ENTRY. THIS RELEASE SURVIVES THE EXPIRATION OF THE COMPETITION.
14. PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited, participation in the Competition constitutes your consent to the Sponsors’ use of your name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown and state for promotional purposes in perpetuity in any media, worldwide, without further payment of consideration to you and without obtaining any prior approvals.
15. COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION: The Sponsors will collect personal information from you and the other Competition entrants that will be used by the Sponsors in connection with the conduct of the Competition including (but not limited to) notifying you and the other entrants if you are chosen as a finalist.
16. REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: All reproduction rights to your entry will remain with you. However, all finalists agree that the Sponsors are granted the non-exclusive reproduction rights for the Sponsors’ advertising, promotion, print publication, and Internet purposes. The Sponsors agree not to sell any of the entry photography, or any reproduction, unless an additional agreement is reached with the entrant involved.
17. GENERAL CONDITIONS: The Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, postpone, suspend and/or modify the Competition for any reason as determined by the Sponsors in their sole discretion. The Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be: (a) falsifying an entry or providing false information; (b) tampering with the operation of the Competition; © in violation of these Official Rules; or (d) acting in a fraudulent or deceptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Competition may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsors reserve the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Sponsors’ failure to enforce any of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. The Sponsors are not responsible for (i) lost/delayed entries; (ii) email failures; (iii) any printing errors; or (iv) typographical errors.
18. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by you, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Competition; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning or unavailability of any computer, cable, network, hardware, software, Internet service or website; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Competition; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Competition or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to your computer, hardware or software, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from your participation in the Competition or receipt, redemption or use of the prize.
19. DISPUTES: Except where prohibited, you agree that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Competition or any prize awarded, other than the administration of the Competition or the determination of winners, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate Tennessee State Court located in Nashville, Tennessee; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Competition, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will you be permitted to obtain awards for, and you hereby waive all rights to claim, any punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of you and the Sponsors in connection with the
20. You may refer an applicant(s) to the competition by tagging them on Instagram, or sending them to an announced open call event. Model must confirm referral for prize to be collected.
Competition, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Tennessee without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Tennessee or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Tennessee.
20. THE COMPETITION RESULTS: To view the Competition results and/or this document please visit amaxtalent.com.
21. THE ORGANIZERS: The Nashville Fashion Week Model Search Competition is sponsored by AMAX Talent in cooperation with Nashville Fashion Week.
22. Contestants may enter from any geographic location in the US, but AMAX will not provide for travel expenses if contestant is chosen to attend finals.