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Semi-finalist -- Week One-- Kim Rippee
Semi-finalist -- Week Two-- Tamika Pruitt
Semi-finalist-- Week Three-- Wendy Lunsford
Semi-finalist---Week four--Jacqueline Ellington-McCoy
We have made our choices on our four semi-finalists, now it is your turn to choose the winner of our MOST BEAUTIFUL MOM contest!!!
We will announce the winner Wednesday morning, Nov. 26!!!
She will win a $500 gift certificate to Sona MedSpa and one cake a month from TCBY!! Read about each of the four Moms below then go VOTE HERE!!
Sponsored by Midsouthmoms.com, WREG News Channel 3, Sona MedSpa, 98.9 KIM FM and TCBY!!
ONE VOTE PER PERSON PLEASE. EMAIL ADDRESSES MUST BE VALID AND VERIFIABLE.
Midsouthmoms.com “Most Beautiful Mom” Contest Official Contest Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Eligibigility Restrictions:
a. The contest is open to all persons in the Memphis MSA area. Employees of Midsouthmoms.com and affiliated entities, employees and immediate family members of E.W. Scripps Company d/b/a Midsouthmoms.com, The Commercial Appeal, their respective advertising agencies and participating sponsors/promotional partners are not eligible. Immediate family shall include spouse, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren and any other person residing within the same household. b. Winner must meet all eligibility requirements as set forth herein.
2. How to Enter the Contest:
a. The “Most Beautiful Mom” contest will end November 25th, 2008, at 4:00 PM Central Time (CT).
b. To participate in the contest, go to www.midsouthmoms.com and click on Mom Talk, then follow links to nomination page and final poll.
3. Prizes:
a. One $500 gift certificate to Sona Med Spa, and one free TCBY cake a month for a period of one-year.
b. All prizes must be claimed at Commercial Appeal, 3108 Village Shops Dr., Germantown TN at pre-arranged date & time. The winner will forfeit any prize or prize certificate for this contest not claimed within thirty (30) days of being notified of winning. No prize for this contest can be mailed.
c. There is no substitution or transfer equivalent for prizes.
d. Prizes are limited solely to those items explicitly set forth herein and shall not include any and all other expenses, incidentals or taxes that may arise out of the winner’s receipt of this prize.
e. All winners will be required to sign a W-9 and Contest Winner Release prior to receipt of their prize.
4. Selection of Winners:
A. Winner will be determined from vote tally on November 25th at 4pm (CT).
B. Winner need not be present to win and will be notified by phone, email, and/or mail on November 25th 2008. The winner will then have thirty (30) days to claim the prize. If the winner cannot be reached within seven (7) days of the official selection, a new winner will be determined by the judges from all remaining eligible entries.
5.Conditions:
a. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winner. Winners may be required to sign an IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent. Failure or refusal to execute the release will result in winner forfeiting the prize. Photo identification, valid Driver’s License and Social Security number of the Grand Prize winner will be required to collect the prize.
b. Prior to awarding any prizes, Midsouthmoms.com and The Commercial Appeal, solely at their discretion, will require contest winners to sign an affidavit of eligibility and waiver of liability in which the winner agrees to hold Midsouthmoms.com and, E. W. Scripps d/b/a The Commercial Appeal, their affiliated companies and the officers shareholders, directors, employees, agents, representatives, and sponsors of each of them harmless against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the contest.
c. By entering the contest, winner(s) agree(s) to waive any and all claims against Midsouthmoms.com, and E. W. Scripps d/b/a the Commercial Appeal, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives for personal injury, including death, or loss that may occur from the participation in this contest or from the receipt or use of any prize, and grant the Sponsors the right to publicize such winner’s or winners (as the case may be) name(s) and/or likeness(es) without additional compensation or consideration unless prohibited by law.
d. Midsouthmoms.com and the Commercial Appeal reserve the right in its sole discretion to modify the contest rules and dates at any time for any reason. Material modifications shall be announced on-air, when practical. By participating in this contest, you agree to be bound by these contest rules, any modifications thereof, and by all other rules imposed by the sponsors
e. Failure to comply with the contest rules may result in a contestant’s disqualification, solely at the discretion of the contest sponsors.
f. Midsouthmoms.com, and the Commercial Appeal, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the printing, stolen, lost, late, garbled, delayed, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, postage due, or ineligible entries or in the offering or the administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prize. If, in the exclusive judgment of Midsouthmoms.com and the Commercial Appeal, this contest becomes compromised in any way, they reserve the right to withdraw the contest offer, cancel any method of entry, void any entries submitted fraudulently, ban the IP address from which fraudulent entries are received, and/or select winners from all eligible entries received prior to the act that compromised the contest. By entering, entrants acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules including all eligibility requirements. Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this contest is unlawful and subject to legal action by Midsouthmoms.com, the Commercial Appeal, sponsors or their agents.
g. Copies of the written contest rules and a list of all winners (when complete) are available during regular business hours at the Commercial Appeal, 3108 Village Shops Dr., Germantown TN.
6. Sponsors: The sponsors of this contest are: Midsouthmoms.com, The Commercial Appeal, WREG News Channel 3, 98.9 KIM-FM, and Sona Med Spa.
comments
- A Pruitt Parent - 11/24/2008
Just want to say Good Luck to all the moms!!! I think you all are beautiful moms and no contest or price will ever have an effect on that. Love All of You
- sqedunk - 11/24/2008
I agree whole heartedly with Lacy on the way she describes her incredible mother! We have been friends for 15 years and our children have grown up together!There has never been a time that she was not available if I needed a ear or a fun night out!I truly am amazed how she can stay on top of everything she does... and does it like it is no big deal!!If there is anyone I know who deserves this honor of being the best midsouth mom it is definitely Kim Rippee!I love her and her family to pieces!
Lori Reeves aka Miss Loriwww.sqedunk.com
- midsouthadmin - 11/20/2008
Week Four Semi- Finalist--JACQUELINE ELLINGTON-McCOY!
Nominated by her son, he said this about his MOM, "I would like to like to nominate my mom as the most beautiful mom. My name is Tevon and I am her son. I was diagnosed recently as a diabetic and this was really hard for my family to face, especially for me. That's the last thing I wanted to hear as a 14 year old. I am the youngest in the history of our family to have diabetes. I think my mom should win because she did things for me she didn't have to. My blood sugar level had to be checked twice every night -12 midnight and 3 a.m for four weeks. She would get up both times to check it for me and wake me if my blood sugar was to low or to high to give me what I needed to make a normal level. Then she would still get up at 5a.m. to get ready for work. She loves my sister and I so much that she gets us up early enough so that we can have a good breakfast at home. She then works all day as a customer greeter and substitute teacher and still comes home to make sure we have a well balanced meal. I think she is a great mom. She does everything she can to make sure we have what we need. She loves us unconditionally even when we test her patience continually. I know all of those things can age a woman faster but I think she still looks great and I love her."Thank youTevon Ivy
- midsouthadmin - 11/13/2008
We have chosen our third semi-finalist! Wendy Lunsford!
Here is what Wendy's family had to say when they nominated her:
We, rob, jan, nevin, clara, nolan, ellie-dot, and sydney sawyer, david, john-david, gray, anna lunsford, dorothy whitten, gail and bob pinner, amy and jeremy bedenbaugh, and all her loving friends and family, want to nominate our beloved mother, sister, daughter and friend, as memphis' mom of the year.An sales specialist of pea in the pod maternity store, wendy works hard to make pregnant women feel and look beautiful during pregnancy. She has a keen eye for style, and her giving heart lends a little love to every customer who comes in.She's a splendid mom of three beautiful children - anna, john-david, and gray lunsford, and has been married a decade to the love of her life, david lunsford.She is a marathon runner.She is a devoted christian, and raises her children with strong christian beliefs.She is politically astute, and always has an intelligent thought about current events.She is always willing to offer advice and help with all the other mothers in the family, calling on her experience as a mom to help us through the hardest times. She uses great diplomacy to send the most difficult messages; and always does so with love and compassion. And she is truly one of the most stunning women we know, as you can see.She exudes joy wherever she goes; always has kind and encouraging words, and is always, always available to help someone in need, even at great cost to herself. We love her and think she deserves the mid-south's most beautiful mom award. Congrats Wendy!
- midsouthadmin - 11/07/2008
Congratulations to Tamika Pruitt, she is our second semifinalist in our Most Beautiful Mom contest!!
She was nominated by her daughter, Timoniqua. She described her mom by saying, "My sister and I saw the posting for midsouthmoms.com and felt that we should enter our mom. I think that our mom should be the most beautiful mom because she's not only beautiful on the outside but she is beautiful on the inside. Our mom goes to extreme limits for all the children we know not just us, whether it is just giving a bath or protecting and helping out with school work. She doesn't have a job and can't find one after going to college 2 times, but she still makes a way to get us everything we need and what she wants us to have. There has been times when she had no idea of how our rent and light bill would be paid, still she made it happen. Every day of her life seems like a struggle to us because the only help she had was my grandma and she passed in July of 2002. Every since then my mom has had a lot on her plate, yet she keep holding on. Our mom understands it's not easy beng a child, that is why she listens, talk and offer any help she can. All my friends at home and school love her, and I have a lot of friends. On the average day we have anywhere from 6 to 10 children in our home regularly. I admire our mom because in the midst of her looking for a job, cleaning the house, doing the laundry, going to church, cooking the food and writing songs; she still makes time to go back and forward to our schools throughout the week, play with us, dance, help out with my ROTC Drill Team, my sister's choir class and being a good parent. While doing all this she still manages to keep smiling and going on day after day, and she's pretty to be 31 with 3 children. Now that's what I call a beautiful mom! Please pick our mom as midsouths beautiful mom."
Congrats again to Tamika! We will announce the winner on 98.9 KIM FM on November 26.
