Clinique Star Tour 2011

Clinique Star Tour Contest
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
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PURCHASE OF RM35 VOUCHER IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST.

CONSUMER DISCLOSURE
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OPEN ONLY TO CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF MALAYSIA WHO ARE BETWEEN 15 – 25 YEARS OLD (FEMALE ONLY) AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY.

By entering this Promotion, entrants accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Any violation of these rules may result in disqualification. All decisions of the judges regarding this Promotion are final and binding in all respects.

1. PROMOTION PERIOD. Promotion begins at 12:01 A.M. E.T. on July 2nd, 2011 and ends at 11:59 P.M. E.T on August 2nd, 2011, when all entries must be received ("Promotion Period").

2. ELIGIBILITY. This contest (the "Promotion") is only open to female only citizens or permanent residents of Malaysia who are between 15 – 25 years old as of the date of entry, except officers, directors, members, and employees of Clinique and Cleo, or any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and the immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, as such individuals. This Promotion is void outside Malaysia, and where prohibited.

3. HOW TO ENTER. Attend a Clinique Star Tour event at selected locations, fill out the entry form, including your Career Aspirations, and have your head shot photo taken by a Star Tour representative. Additionally, if you are 18 years of age or older and sign and on-site release, your head shot photo will be posted on cliniquestartour.com.my. If you are younger than 18, you must have your parent(s) or guardian sign a release on site agreeing to the posting of your photo on cliniquestartour.com.my. Locations and dates of tour are available on cliniquestartour.com.my and are subject to change. Please check updates on cliniquestartour.com.my for up-to-date tour information.

4. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION. All entries will be judged on a daily basis by a panel of Clinique and CLEO experts. The short-listed finalists will be determined by this expert panel. The judges will score entries based on the following criteria: Career Aspirations (40%) and visual expression that best exemplifies "Star Tour" theme (60%).

All finalists' photos will be posted to the Clinique Star Tour gallery for voting on cliniquestartour.com.my. After the voting period, One(1) grand prize winner and two(2) runners up will be announced on the 27th August 2011 on cliniquestartour.com.my.

Winners will be determined based on a combination cast online votes at cliniquestartour.com.my, and the panel of Clinique and CLEO experts. Participants with highest overall scores will be declared the winners (in the event of a tie, the entry with the higher score in the "visual expression" criteria will prevail). Any potential finalists or winners will be notified by mail, email and/or telephone. If a potential finalists or winner cannot be contacted or does not respond within three (3) days from the date Clinique first tries to notify him/her, and/or the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential finalists or winners forfeit all rights to win the Promotion or receive the prize, and an alternate potential finalist or winner may be selected. Upon contacting a potential finalist or winner and determining that he/she has met all eligibility requirements of the Promotion, including without limitation to the execution of required waivers, publicity and liability releases and disclaimers, such individual will be declared a finalist or a winner of the Promotion. The winners of the Promotion must agree not to be tied to any brands in competition with Clinique for a one (1) year period from the date of the announcement of the winners, failing which, the winners will be immediately disqualified. A new winner will then be selected by the panel of Clinique and Cleo experts from the other finalists and their decision would be final and binding.

5. PRIZE DESCRIPTION: There will be one- (1) grand prize winner and two (2) runners up. Only one (1) grand prize winner will be featured on the cover of Cleo magazine. All three(3) winners will also be featured in a three(3) Full Page editorial write-up on CLEO magazine (November issue) and on cliniquestartour.com.my. These three (3) winners will also be required to attend an "Appreciation Cocktail" in September. Time and venue to be confirmed later by Clinique. Winners' Cover and editorial shoot will be held at a local studio in KL (Date and time to be determined by Cleo). Winners must be available to travel to Kuala Lumpur on dates chosen for the photo shoot. If a winner cannot travel to Kuala Lumpur on the dates chosen, an alternate winner may be selected. If winners are not Kuala Lumpur or Selangor, a 2 night accommodation will be provided. Selection of the hotel will be decided by Clinique. Transportation, meals, in-room or other personal charges at lodging (e.g. mini bar, movies), telephone calls, gratuities, incidentals, and all other expenses are not included. Winners and travel companions must be available to travel on the same itinerary for the "Appreciation Cocktail" and for CLEO magazine's cover shoot and advertorial shoot. The winners' travel companion must be 18 years of age or older as of the date of departure. If the winner is under the age of 18 (or a minor in his/her state of residence), a parent or guardian must accompany the Prize winner as the winner's guest in order for the winner to be able to accept the prize.

6. TAXES. All federal, state and/or local income and other taxes, if any are the sole responsibility of each Winner.

7. OWNERSHIP AND LICENSE. All entry materials, including photos, become the property of the Clinique and will not be acknowledged or returned. Clinique reserves the right to use all entry materials locally and abroad. The copyright in any Submission shall remain the property of the entrant, but entry into this Promotion constitutes the entrant's irrevocable and perpetual permission and consent, without further compensation or attribution, for Clinique to use, reproduce, print, publish, transmit, distribute, sell, perform, adapt, enhance, or display such Submission for any purpose, including but not limited to editorial, advertising, trade, commercial, and publicity purposes by Clinique and/or others authorized by Clinique, in any and all media now in existence or hereinafter created, throughout the world, for the duration or the copyright in the Submission. Clinique and/or others authorized by Clinique shall have the right to edit, adapt, and/or modify the Submission.

8. NO PRIZE TRANSFER OR SUBSTITUTION. No prize or any portion thereof is transferable or redeemable for cash. Any portion of the prize that is not used is forfeited. No substitutions for prize except by Clinique, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.

9. CONSENT AND RELEASE.
By entering the Promotion, each entrant releases and discharges Clinique, and any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, and each of their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, independent contractors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, "the Entities"), from any and all liability whatsoever in connection with this Promotion, including without limitation to legal claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages, demands or actions of any kind (including without limitation to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction or property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light) (collectively, "Claims"). Except where prohibited:

(i) acceptance of a prize constitutes the consent of any winner, without further compensation, to use the name and likeness of such winner and his/her Submission for editorial, advertising and publicity purposes by Clinique and/or others authorized by Clinique;

(ii) acceptance of a prize constitutes a release by any winner of the Entities of any and all Claims in connection with the administration of this Promotion and the use, misuse, or possession of his/her Submission or any prize;

(iii) any potential winner will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility (including Identification Card number) and a liability/publicity/copyright release;

(iv) if prize involves travel or activities, any potential winner and travel companion (if applicable) may be required to execute releases of Clinique from any and all liability with respect to participation in such travel/activities and/or use of the prize,

(v) acceptance of the prize constitutes the consent for CLEO, Clinique and their fashion stylists, makeup artists, hair stylists and anyone selected to offer beauty/fashion advice to provide makeovers deemed appropriate for CLEO magazine's cover shoot and Clinique's advertorial shoot.

(vi) any winner with religious restrictions (i.e. head-scarf) must sign a release consenting Clinique and CLEO to style the winner in a fashionable attire from head to toe while maintaining within the winner's respective religious boundaries. Affidavits and releases must be returned within three (3) days from the date that Clinique first tries to notify the potential winner. If the winner is deemed to be a minor under the jurisdiction of his/her residence, the prize will be awarded in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who must execute the necessary affidavit and release and, if applicable, must accompany winner on the trip as the winner's guest.

10. DISCLAIMERS.

(i) Entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at Clinique's servers or elsewhere, will not be eligible.

(ii) Clinique, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the web site. Use of bots or other automated process to enter is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of Clinique.

(iii) Clinique further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Promotion if it is not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical failures of any sort.

(iv) The Entities are not responsible for errors in the administration or fulfillment of this Promotion, including without limitation to mechanical, human, printing, distribution or production errors, and may modify or cancel this Promotion based upon such error at its sole discretion without liability.

(v) THE ENTITIES MAKE NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, AS REGARDS THIS PROMOTION OR THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR ANY COMPONENT OF ANY PRIZE.

(vi) CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, CLINIQUE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION TO ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

11. APPLICABLE LAWS AND JURISDICTION. This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of Malaysia. All disputes arising out of or connected with this Promotion will be resolved individually, and without resort to class action, exclusively by the courts in Malaysia. All judgments or awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket damages (excluding attorneys' fees) associated with participation in this Promotion and shall not include any indirect, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages.

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