October 2019 Beauty Contest Rules

ONE PARTICIPANT MAY TAKE PART IN SEVERAL NOMINATIONS, FOR EACH NOMINATION, A SINGLE MODEL SHOULD BE!

1. A participant and model should appear at the Championship a one hour before the right start for registering.

2. A participant must prepare the workplace and disinfect a work surface and instruments. An organizational committee does not provide for the disinfectants and sterilizing agents, a participant should provide self with them.

3. Instruments to fulfill a contest work must be kept in the craft-packs till the contest time starts.

4. Disinfection of participant and model’s hands is obligatory.

5. Participants and models must follow the safety regulations in the area of championship and beyond this.

6. Presence of cuts and injuries on the model’s hands should be fixed by the examiners of «Nail check» before a start of contest.

7. After a procedure «Nail check» masters cannot prepare the hands of model (file, polish the nails, etc.) before gong is heard.

8. For artistic nominations it is allowed to use the samples of design, which are made on a paper (sketch, drawn with pencils).

9. It is forbidden to divide a sketch into elements (composition for one nail) to fulfill a contest work.

10. You cannot use a stencil for artistic nominations of nail design, which are made on tips or nails of master. Design, which is beyond a nail plate is not assessed.

11. It is allowed to use a nail file drill machine.

12. Every master brings:

- instruments, which are necessary to fulfill the work (UV lamps).

- color gel polishes, brushes and materials for nail design, gel paints.

13. Participants begin and finish their work, when gong is heard.

14. If a master gets late for the beginning of a contest, she/he does not get any fine points, and she/he is not disqualified, but one’s work should be finished at the same time as other masters do, when the gong is heard.

15. Non-following the rules by a contestant is punished by Judges, based on information, provided by the examiners, judges – trainees, who work in the area of contest.

16. A model can leave an area of the Championship during the contest work only in case if feeling bad and accompanied by a technical judge. No extra time are provided.

17. When time, given to fulfill the work, runs out, masters should leave a contest area, taking with them all the things, materials and instruments, and the workplace should be cleaned up.

18. Judging is being done in two stages. The first stage is to assess the common impression, second one is a detailed assessment, according to the contest criteria. If there are some controversial issues, a model can be called out once again.

19. Fine points. In the nominations, where the contestant works with a model, if the she/he hurts the model during the work in the cuticle zone, overfiling the natural nails etc., each judge gives the fine points (5 points). One of judges gives the fine points in case if there are scars, cuts, bruises, tattoos, warts, scorches, birthmarks, etc. on the model’s hands, which can be considered as a special sign. Maximal number of fine points is 20.

A participant can be disqualified if:

- behaving inappropriate in the contest area or judging area;

- continuing work after the final signal is heard;

- unauthorized leaving the contest area;

- using the forbidden materials or instruments (claimed in the rules set).