AEX January Femme Fatale Winners!!

Congratulations to January’s winner, Bernadette, and the runner up, Croft (Sandra). Winner will get a $50 store certificate and runner up will get $25. Since we have entrants from all over the states, these certificates are for web orders. Additionally, these two lovely ladies are automatically entered into the Femme Fatale Of The Year contest, and will compete against winners from the other months yet to come. A single winner will be voted on by the public and she will get a spectacular prize package (details to be posted as we get closer to December).

See the other entrants here: http://gallery.airsoftextreme.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=18519

For those who are wondering, our voting judges consisted of 2 women (one of which is a rabid airsofter), and 3 men (one of whom was majoring in photography). Since I’m the one who collects up all images and puts text on them, I’m not a voting judge- I vote only if a tie breaker is needed.

For the entrants that did not win, they will automatically be entered into February’s contest. Or if they want, they can email a new photo and reenter the new month’s contest.

For the new month of voting, we will not post up images as we get them. Having images up early allows others to see the competition and either try to outdo them or they don’t submit at all thinking they can’t beat the competition. Therefore, in the interest of being fair, I will not post up any images I get until AEX members actually vote for the winner.

So, we’re off to a great start! We’re taking entrants for February now. Even if you don’t shop with AEX, it’s still a fun and simple contest, so get those submissions in!

i think ive seen her in a pin-up contest, oh no that was bed

For the monthly deadline, there’s about two weeks left before we cut Feb off and start collecting for March. So far, we’ve only gotten ONE new entrant for Feb, and when combined with the previous month, that brings us up to 9 total entrants.

Not that we consider this a failure- we still have entrants that can win and AEX will honor its prize support promise- but with so few entrants, it will make voting easy and for the ladies who have already entered, it makes their chances at winning pretty high- currently better than 20%.

But if you are interested and not sure of how you stack against the competition, then look here: http://gallery.airsoftextreme.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=18519

As it stands, except for the one new entrant, these ladies are the current competition, and if things remain as they are, then a January entrant has a great chance at winning the month of Feb. So, if you think you can top the competition, then get your photos submitted!

And if you’re wondering about our exact voting criteria, I can tell you that we take many things into consideration. I won’t spell them out here because it might give someone the impression that that’s all they need to concentrate on. Suffice to say, a “whole package” will take the cake. Look at the current entrants, look at the previous winners, look at the quality and creativity of the photos, read the “ode” about Femme Fatales, and this will give you a good idea of some of the things we are looking for.

And for clarification, “quality and creativity” of the photos does not necessarily mean “professional studio quality” or manipulation by Photoshop. Admittedly, January’s winner did shell out $$$ to go to a professional studio, but the photo was meant to be more of a gift for her husband. They actually clarified this point with me at the time of submission, and it did not break any rules, so I allowed it. And for the runner up, that was just a great photo and pose with an average camera by a non-professional person. However, as great as those photos were, we still only had 10 entrants for January. Things could’ve been different if there were 20 or 30 others to pick from.

So, get those entries in and good luck!

February's entrants are posted here:

Femme Fatale Contestants | February 2010

The monthly cutoff will be on the 25th as planned, winner and runner up posted soon after that. If you are interested in competing for Feb, you have 7 days left.

Remember, the ladies from January will be carried over and combined with Feb's entrants. So if you think you have what it takes to beat the competition....