OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. THE QUINCE MAGICO SWEEPSTAKES: How To Enter: Beginning 10/14/08 at 12:00:01 AM (ET) through 1/14/09 at 11:59:59 PM (ET), text the keyword "MISQUINCE" to 467467 (standard text messaging rates apply. ShopText has a no-spam guarantee). Winner Selection: Winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received on or about 1/31/09. Drawing will be conducted by Hearst Communications, Inc. whose decisions are final. In lieu of text messaging, you may enter by mail or WAP Site. For mail entry, write the keyword on a 3x5 card with your name, age, complete address, telephone number and email address (optional) with first-class postage affixed to: Attn: Quince Magico, CosmoGirl, 300 West 57th St, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Mail entry must be postmarked by 12/15/08 and received by 12/17/08. For WAP site entry, go to covergirl.com on your mobile phone. Enter your mobile number at the prompt, and ShopText will send you a response text to help you complete your entry. Mobile phone entrants will be charged standard text messaging rates for text messages sent and received. With WAP Site entry you will receive one text message confirming your entry (and one text message if you win). Contact your carrier for pricing plans and details. Text entry available with all major carriers. Odds of winning will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received. Prizes & Approximate Retail Value: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will win one (1) Group USA quinceanera dress ($500 ARV), eight (8) Group USA dama dresses ($1000 ARV. Winner will be able to select prize dresses from Group USA only), $5,000 in gift cards towards her quinceanera (winner may select three businesses from which to receive gift cards, subject to Sponsor's approval and prior verification that the selected businesses supply quinceanera products/services ($5000 ARV), 8 CoverGirl Ultimate Prize Baskets (ARV $100), a photographer to take pictures at her quinceanera (ARV $1000), a makeup artist to provide makeup for the winner and up to 8 damas at her quinceanera (ARV $1000). Fifteen (15) Runner up winners will receive a CoverGirl Quince Glam Kit (ARV $50). Total Approximate Retail Value of All Prizes: $10,050. Winner will be notified via phone, e-mail or postal mail, at Sponsor's discretion, on or about 12/15/08. Winner will be required to show proof of eligibility (see section 3). Winner's List: For winner's name, send a separate self-addressed, stamped envelope to CosmoGirl c/o Marketing Department, 300 West 57th Street, 20th Floor, NY York, NY 10019 by 2/14/09. Inaccurate, fraudulent, lost or unintelligible entries will be disqualified. Technical deficiencies in text messaging may result in disqualification of an entry. Illegible, incomplete, mutilated, postage due or mechanically reproduced entry forms or entry forms that have been tampered with will be disqualified.

2. ENTRIES: Limit (1) one entry per household for THE QUINCE MAGICO SWEEPSTAKES (hereinafter referred to as the "Promotions"). Multiple entries from the same household will be disqualified. Entries using macro, robotic, script or other forms of automatic entry will be disqualified. Entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. No mechanically reproduced entries permitted. Proof of submission does not constitute proof of receipt. If there is a dispute as to the identity of a cell phone entrant, the prize will be awarded to the authorized account holder of the cell phone provided the authorized account holder is eligible to receive the prize. The "authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person to whom the cell phone is assigned by the phone service provider that is responsible for assigning phone numbers.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to girls between the ages of 13 and 16 years old, holding their quinceanera between February 1, 2009 and June 30, 2009, and who are legal residents of the 50 United States and The District of Columbia at the time of entry. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. Winner will be required to show proof of eligibility, including: (1) signed contract verifying that prize will be used for her own quinceanera, and (2) A signed release authorizing Hearst Communications Inc., at its discretion, to publish pictures of her quinceanera in a future issue of Mis Quince, Seventeen, CosmoGirl, or Teen. (3) copy of passport or birth certificate to verify age. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. Employees of Sponsor, its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, the independent judging organization and prize suppliers (and members of their immediate family and/or those living in the same of household of each such employee) are not eligible.

3. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: Entrants must have phone number and it is entrant's responsibility to update Sponsor of any change in phone number. Expenses not specifically included in prize description and all taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Each prize is awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied outside of manufacturer's limited warranty. No transfer, assignment or substitution of a prize permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize for an item of equal or greater value in the event an advertised prize is unavailable. Prize is not redeemable for cash. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to these Promotions. Winners (and parent or legal guardian if winner is a minor) may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and where legally permissible a Publicity Release within 7 days following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply with this deadline may result in forfeiture of the prize and selection of an alternate winner. Return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for Sponsor and its agencies to use winner's name and/or likeness, biographical material and/or entry (including an altered form of the entry) for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. By accepting prize, winner agrees to hold Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representative agents, successors, assigns, officers, directors, and employees harmless for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the Promotion or acceptance or use of the prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Promotion or in the announcement of the prize.

4. DISPUTES/CHOICE OF LAW: Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state or federal courts situated in New York, NY, (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4) entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. New York State law, without reference to New York's choice of law rules, governs the Promotion and all aspects related thereto.

5. SPONSOR: The Sponsor of these Promotions is Hearst Communications, Inc., 300 West 57th Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10019.