At the awards dinner UjENA will be selecting five models and three photographers who will be invited to be on staff at the next UjENA Jam Puerto Vallarta 2013 with all expenses paid for the five night program.

Winners will be selected based on the following criteria.

UjENA Jam Cancun Models

1. Participated in Ujena Jam events and showed a lot of spirit.
2. Images taken by a staff photographer at the Jam.
3. Pose and style at the Shoot Out.
4. Images taken by competing photographers at Shoot Out.
5. Completed the 5k run/walk.
6. Ujena Network profile.
7. Feedback from UjENA staff.

UjENA Jam Cancun Photographers

1. Participated in Ujena Jam events and showed a lot of spirit.
2. Images taken at the Shoot Out.
3. Critique from model you photographed.
4. Completed the 5k run/walk.
5. Ujena Network profile.
6. Feedback from UjENA staff.

ALL UjENA Jam Photographers and Models (including UjENA Cover Models) are competing in this event - All photos must be taken during the five day program in and around Cancun. Images submitted for judging need to be full size. Photoshop is allowed to improve quality but don't add borders or use special effects. All images must be posted within 10 days after the Jam. The deadline to submit will be noon (Pacific time) Thursday March 15. The winners will be announced on UjENA Network Tuesday March 27th at noon (Pacific time). Details on how this contest works is below.

Ten unique images of Ten Models are to be entered into the UjENA Swimwear Category of the UjENA Online Best Shot Challenge. Ten winning photos will be selected in the Online Best Shot Challenge (Seven by UjENA Network Members and Three by Editor's Choice). Each winning top ten photo will receive $100 UjENA Dollars, $50 UjENA Dollars given to the photographer who took the photo and $50 UjENA Dollars given to the Model in the photo.

An overall winning photo will be selected from the top ten photos. The photographer who shot the photo and the model in the photo will win an all-expense-paid trip to UjENA JAM Puerto Vallarta 2013 three night program. If either winning model or winning photographer was already selected at UJENA JAM Cancun 2013 to receive the all-expense-paid trip to UjENA JAM Puerto Vallarta 2013, then they will not receive an additional UjENA Jam Package or trip.

Photographers must give all models you photograph at least ten full size images by March 11. (If a model does not get images by this date, it must be reported to UjENA by noon (PST) March 12. The photographer will have 24 hours to get images to the model. (Models are making their time available for photographers at no cost and this is something the model expects back in return.)

UjENA Jam Cancun Photographers

The overall photographer winner must submit ten images. Each image must feature a different UjENA JAM Model.

UjENA Swimwear Best Shot Challenge - your UjENA Jam model must be wearing a UjENA Bikini. Each of your ten images submitted must be a different model and bikini. 

UjENA Jam Photographers may also submit up to 10 unique images to the special "At The Jam" Best Shot Challenge Category for another chance to win UjENA Dollars. 

Ujena Jam Cancun Models

Enter up to ten unique images into the special "At The Jam" Best Shot Challenge Category. You must only submit photos that you shot. A winning photo from this category will be selected to win $100 UjENA Dollars.

How will the UjENA Jam Best Shot Challenge contest work?

The look and feel of this contest will be similar to the online Best Shot Challenge. On the deadline of March 15 (noon PST) voting will start. Members will be given 10 points (only one vote per day per person per image) and non members will be given 1 point. Voting will continue until noon (PST) Monday March 26.

Ten Images will be selected in the UJENA Swimwear Category. Seven will be based upon the most number of votes received and three will be selected by the UjENA Jam judges. (The same photographer or model can be selected more than once.) All ten winning images will receive additional exposure and $100 UjENA Dollars ($50 UjENA Dollars to the winning Photographer and $50 UjENA Dollars to the winning Model). A total of $1000 Ujena Dollars will be awarded to the person who posted the image. From the Top Ten winning photos, one winning photo will be selected by the judges.

There are some requirements that must be accomplished before images can be submitted for voting.

Requirements for models and photographers

1. All models and photographers must participate in at least two Photo tours during UjENA Jam Cancun 2013.
2. All models and photographers must complete the 5k run/walk OR 10k, or the Bob Anderson 15k Challenge.
3. All photographers must submit full size jpeg images to models they photographed by March 11.
4. All models and photographers must participate in the Final Shoot Out.
5. All photographers must shoot at least 10 UjENA Jam Models during the event.

Requirements for images submitted

All Images must meet the minimum quality standard to be entered for voting and judging. These standards include: not unique, out of focus, bad lighting, beyond PG-15, wrong category, and not taken at Jam. Images need to be either vertical or horizontal in format and full size.

UjENA Jam Cancun Online Best Shot Challenge Overall Winners details

One winning photo will be selected from the Top Ten winning photos in the UjENA Jam Online Best Shot Challenge. The Photographer who submitted the photo and the Model in the photo will each receive a trip to UjENA JAM Puerto Vallarta 2013 three night program. If the Model or Photographer was already selected to be on staff for UjENA Jam Puerto Vallarta 2013, this would not be an additional UjENA Jam package or trip.

Ujena Jam Cancun Photographers All photographers who meet all the requirements, submitted all ten images in the UjENA Swimwear Online Best Shot Challenge category and have a winning photo in the top ten will be considered. The UjENA Jam judges will select the winner from this group based on the following criteria.

1. Overall quality of Best Shot images submitted including creativity, lighting, and direction.
2. Images taken during the Final Shoot Out at Jam
3. Ujena Jam spirit

The winning photographer will be invited to be on staff (all expenses paid) for UjENA Jam Puerto Vallarta 2013 for three nights. (If the photographer was already selected at the awards dinner, this would not be an additional UJENA Jam staff trip.)

Ujena Jam Cancun Models All models who meet all the requirements, and are seen in a photo in the Top Ten UjENA Swimwear Online Best Shot Challenge are eligible to win. The Ujena Jam judges will select the winner from this group based on the following criteria.

1. Overall quality of the Best Shot Images submitted by UjENA Jam Cancun Photographers.
2. Images and style during the Final Shoot Out at Jam.
3. Ujena Jam spirit.

The winning model will be invited to be on staff (all expenses paid) for UjENA Jam Puerto Vallarta 2013 for three nights. (If the model was already selected at the awards dinner, this would not be an additional UjENA Jam staff trip.)