Terms And Conditions + Privacy Policy

You must read and agree to the below terms and conditions before entering or associating yourself with Country Girl Management. By completing an application form or by confirming your attendance to this event you are confirming your acceptance of these terms and conditions.


Eligibility

To be eligible to enter any Country Girl Management event you must:

  • Have parent/guardian’s permission to enter if under the age of 18.
  • Be able to take on a modelling opportunity if it becomes available whether that be with a modelling agency or a brand.
  • Be a person of good character who wants to send a positive message to girls across the world.

Definitions

The following terms have the following meanings

  • “Country Girl Management” means Country Girl Australia Pty Ltd trading as Country Girl Management.
  • “Contestant Venue” means the venue or venues designated by us for holding of the contest.
  • “Entry Form” means either the online, paper based or social media submission of information provided by a contestant or potential contestant for the purpose of participating in an event.
  • “Contestant Fee” means the fee payable by each contestant who enters a CGM Event.

Contestant Entry

The following sets out the requirements for each contestant:

1 Day Events/Redefined events

The contestant understands that CGM does not cover any travel costs or other related costs to the contestant for their travel or preparation for the event. Participation at any of the CGM Events is subject to the contestant's adherence with the Country Girl Management Code of Conduct.

The contestant acknowledges and agrees that the $77 contestant fee and the $30 guest ticket is non refundable. If the contestant is not able to attend the event they are able to claim anything paid as credit towards any future CGM purchases or transfer to another future 1 day event. This credit must be used within 6 months of cancellation.

Online Events and Academy

The contestant acknowledges and agrees that the contestant fee paid is in relation to the outlined inclusions only and that further costs may be associated with any photography, grooming or other services. The contestant acknowledges and agrees that the contestant fee and any additional purchases are non-refundable after 72 hours from purchase and if the contestant is not able to attend/complete the course then they are able to transfer to another Online Event. The contestant acknowledges that if they cancel within the first 72 hours after payment that a $20 cancellation fee will be applied.

Event Procedures

The Contestant agrees to comply with and otherwise follow the rules and procedures notified to her by Country Girl Management, from time to time, relating to all events forming part of Country Girl Management. The contestant understands that Country Girl Management does not cover any travel costs or other related costs to the contestant for their travel or preparation for the contest. It is because of this that we recommend that you only compete in a location close to your usual residence. The contestant understands that the event times/dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances. If there is not a town close to your living location and you would still like to enter you can enter our online competition [Please contact us for further details].

Upon acceptance of an application submitted by a contestant, the contestant acknowledges and agrees that the Contestant Fee will become due and payable prior to the event. The contestant acknowledges and agrees that the Contestant Fee is in relation to the outlined inclusions only and that further costs may be associated with any photography, grooming or other services. There will also be guests tickets available for friends and family to watch the 1 day event starting at $20 p/p. The contestant acknowledges and agrees that the contestant fee and any additional purchases are non-refundable and if the contestant is not able to attend then they must contact CGM to either transfer to another event or receive the "CGM Model Search + Confidence Course" online course as a substitute.

Online Finals

The contestant understands that CGM does not cover any travel costs or other related costs to the contestant for their travel or preparation for the event. There is a fee required for this from the contestant. For a cost breakdown of the Online Finals please email support@countrygirlmanagement.com. Participation at any of the CGM Events is subject to the contestant's adherence with the Country Girl Management Code of Conduct.

The contestant acknowledges and agrees that the first $100 paid is non-refundable. Any fees paid towards the event in addition to this are also non-refundable after 30 days from first instalment/payment. If the contestant is not able to attend the event and the 30 days has passed since first payment then they are able to claim anything paid as credit towards any future CGM purchases. This credit must be used within 6 months of cancellation.

Unleashed Events/Influencers Unleashed

The contestant understands that CGM does not cover any travel costs or other related costs to the contestant for their travel or preparation for the event. There is a fee required for this from the contestant. For a cost breakdown of the 3 day event/Influencers Unleashed event please email support@countrygirlmanagement.com. Participation at any of the CGM Events is subject to the contestant's adherence with the Country Girl Management Code of Conduct.

The contestant acknowledges and agrees that the first $100 paid is non-refundable. Any fees paid towards the event in addition to this are also non-refundable after 30 days from first instalment/payment. If the contestant is not able to attend the event and the 30 days has passed since first payment then they are able to claim anything paid as credit towards any future CGM purchases. This credit must be used within 6 months of cancellation.




Photoshoot Packages

  • Editing of photos commences within 72 hours of the photoshoot. No refunds or downgrades are available once editing work has commenced.
  • If a photoshoot is pre-purchased before the event the amount of $99 per photoshoot is non-refundable to cover the photographer's time. The contestant may also wish to have the photoshoot transferred to another event in which case no additional fee will be charged.
  • All images will be sent to me once minor editing is complete so that I can select my portfolio edits. If CGM does not receive my selections within 3 months of the first email being sent then my portfolio edits may be selected by CGM on my behalf.
  • Packages are available by way of personalised email link within 25 business days of 50% payment being received.
  • Any hard copy items will be mailed to me within 25 business days of full payment being made and portfolio edit selections being received. If there is any damage to a product when it arrives, I will inform CGM with photo evidence within 48 hours of its delivery.
  • I will make contact with CGM prior to using any of the images for commercial purposes.
  • If going on a payment plan, I am:
    • Paying a deposit on this package today.
    • Aware that a transaction fee will be charged for all payment plans of 4% of the total product cost.
    • Aware that if a payment is missed a late payment fee of $20 may be applied.


Contestant Authorisations

In consideration of being a Contestant in CGM's Model Search and Confidence Campaign, and thereby being given the opportunity that Country Girl Australia offers:

Photographs

The Contestant expressly grants to Country Girl Management (for payment of no royalties or other consideration to the Contestant), the right to use for promotion of any event associated with Country Girl Australia, those photographs, likenesses, videos or pictures of the Contestant (whether in the form of still or motion pictures and whether displayed in print or on the internet or otherwise) taken by or on behalf of Country Girl Australia in connection with the Contestant’s entry into any event associated with Country Girl Australia. The Contestant hereby further expressly acknowledges and agrees that Country Girl Australia shall have the right as a result of the Contestant’s entry into Country Girl Australia, to earn revenue from the Contestant’s photographs, image, likeness and/or commentary taken or used in connection with Country Girl Australia.

Commentary

The Contestant further expressly grants Country Girl Australia the right to make and/or publish commentary relating to the Contestant’s entry into the Event and/or Country Girl Australia generally, provided that all commentary is truthful, relevant, in good taste and is made by way of background information on the Contestant in the context of her becoming a Contestant in Country Girl Australia.

Liability Release

Except for any liability that cannot be exclude by law, CGM (including its officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity); whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of the event, including, but not limited to, where arising out of the following:

  • Any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under the control of CGM)
  • Any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference
  • Any entry that is late, lost, altered or damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by CGM) due to any reason that is beyond the reasonable control of CGM
  • Any participation in any event or activity whether arranged by CGM or otherwise

In the case of the intervention of any outside act, agent or event which prevents or significantly hinders the ability of CGM to proceed with the events on any dates or in any manner described in these terms and conditions, including but not limited to vandalism, power failures, tempests, natural disasters, acts of God, civil unrest, strike, war, acts of terrorism, CGM may, in its absolute discretion, cancel the event and recommence it from the start or at any point that CGM considers reasonable under the circumstances.

Confidentiality

The contestant shall not directly or indirectly at any time hereafter disclose any confidential information owned by or relating to Country Girl Australia that becomes known to the contestant by reason of or as a result of her participation in Country Girl Australia. The contestant must also not publish any negative, demeaning or defamatory comments or confidential information by any means including by way of social media.


Company Undertakings

In consideration of the Contestant entering an event with Country Girl Australia and in consideration of this Agreement, Country Girl Australia agrees to provide all such reasonable assistance as the Contestant may require to assist the Contestant to prepare herself as well as can be reasonably expected, for her entry into and appearance at each Country Girl Australia event to which she qualifies, including without limitation, training, advice, support and encouragement. By attending any of CGM’s courses, events or any of the other services that CGM provides you acknowledge that this does not guarantee a further modelling opportunity.

Confidentiality

All entry forms and other documents and information provided by an entrant, including the copyright subsisting in such, becomes and remains the property of CGM. CGM collects personal information in respect of you and will abide by any relevant State or Commonwealth privacy legislation or principles. CGM will handle your personal information in accordance with the CGM privacy policy which is available at the website Privacy Policy.

By providing your personal information you agree to be contacted by CGM and to the terms of the Privacy Policy.

Force Majeure

Neither party will be liable for failing to perform its obligations under this agreement as long as the failure is triggered by something beyond its reasonable control. This clause does not excuse payment of monies due.

If a party is unable to perform any obligation under this agreement because of a Force Majeure Event, then:

  1. As soon as reasonably practicable (and in any event no later than 10 Business Days) after the Force Majeure Event arises, that party must notify the other party of the extent to which the notifying party is unable to perform its obligation;
  2. Where a party complies with clause (i), that party’s obligation to perform those obligations will be suspended for the duration of the delay arising directly out of the Force Majeure Event; and
  3. In all cases, the parties must use their best endeavours to minimise the impact of any Force Majeure Event

The purpose of the provision is to relieve a party impacted by the force majeure by extending, temporarily suspending or terminating the agreement due to unexpected and unavoidable events such as “acts of God,” including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, landslides, and wildfires, and certain man-made events like riots, wars, terrorism, explosions, labour strikes, and scarcity of energy supplies. To be classified as a force majeure event, the event must be beyond the control of the contracting parties, it cannot be anticipated, foreseeable, or expected, and the event must be unavoidable (irresistibility).


Website Terms of Use

In addition to the above, the following represents the terms and conditions of us and access of this website.

Access & Use

All information, text, material, graphics, software and advertisements on the Site ("Content") are protected by Australian and international copyright and trademark laws. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) you must not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, frame, upload to a third party, post, transmit or distribute this Content in any way except as authorized in writing by Country Girl Australia. The reproduction, duplication, distribution (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means), publication, modification, copying or transmission of any Content is STRICTLY PROHIBITED unless you have obtained the prior written consent of Country Girl Australia. The Site may contain links to other websites outside the Site for your information and convenience. Miss Country Girl Australia makes no warranty or representation as to the functionality of these links, the security of those sites or the reliability or accuracy of the information contained on these sites. You access any such website entirely at your own risk.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability

While Country Girl Australia does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the Site, you agree that you use the Site and rely on material contained in the Site at your own risk. Where any applicable legislation implies any term, condition or warranty into these Terms of Use or into Country Girl Australia’s relationship with you or otherwise gives you a particular remedy against Country Girl Australia ("Implied Terms") and that legislation or any other legislation prevents the operation of provisions excluding or modifying the application of the Implied Terms, then the Implied Terms will be deemed to be included in these Terms of Use. However, Country Girl Australia’s liability for any breach of an Implied Term will be limited, to the extent permitted by law, to the following: a. in the case of services supplied or offered through the Site, the supply of the services again, or the payment of the cost of having services supplied again; and b. in the case of goods supplied or offered through the Site, the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods, the repair of such goods, the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or acquiring equivalent goods, or the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired. Except to the extent that the Implied Terms are included in the Terms of Use, all terms, conditions, warranties, undertakings, inducements and representations, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise, relating in any way to the Service are excluded.

Subject to the Implied Terms:

  1. Country Girl Australia DOES NOT WARRANT that the Site is fit for any particular purpose or that the Site is free of viruses and other harmful components or that the Content is accurate, complete or reliable.
  2. You should make and rely on your own enquires before entering into any transaction on the basis of the Content of the Site.
  3. You acknowledge that Country Girl Australia, its officers, agents, employees or assigns ARE NOT LIABLE for any delays, inaccuracies, failures, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, viruses, communication line failures or for the destruction, damage or unauthorised access to your computer system or Site.
  4. You acknowledge that Country Girl Australia is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or material found in connection with the Site, including such conduct or material transmitted by any means by any other person.



    Privacy Policy

    • This is the privacy policy notice of countrygirlmanagement.com

      In this document, “we” or “us” refers to COUNTRY GIRL MANAGEMENT  which includes its successors and assigns.

      This is a notice to tell you our policy about all information that we collect and record about you. It covers both information that could identify you, and information that could not.

      We are dedicated to safeguarding your privacy and confidentiality. We recognize that all users of our website are understandably concerned about how their data is utilized and making sure it does not fall into the hands of a third party. Our policy is detailed and compliant with Australian standards and privacy legislation. If you believe that our policy does not meet your expectations or that we are not adhering to it, please inform us.

      We regret that if there are one or more points below with which you are not happy, your only recourse is to leave our web site.

      Below is a list of the information we collect from you, either through our web site or because you give it to us in some other way, and why.

      Rest assured that we do not share, sell, or disclose any personally identifiable information collected on this site to a third party. Below is a list of the information we collect from you, either through our website or because you provide it to us in some other way, along with the reasons why it is necessary to collect it:

      Basic identification and contact information, such as your name and contact details.

      This information is used:
      1. to provide you with the services which you request;
      2. for verifying your identity for security purposes;
      3. for marketing our services and products;
      4. Rest assured that non-identifying information may be utilized in a general manner by us or third parties. This includes the use of demographic or usage data for a specific page or service. When you provide us with specific information to access a service offered by a third party on our website, you agree to share this information with us. By doing so, you implicitly give us permission to disclose it to the relevant third party.

      Your domain name and email address are securely stored on our servers, and we maintain detailed records of the pages you access. We are committed to the confidentiality of your email address, and it will not be shared with anyone outside our organization unless they are our authorized employees or contractors with a legitimate and specific business requirement. This information is gathered for the following purposes:


      1. to correspond with you or deal with you as you expect.
      2. in a collective manner, not attributable to any specific individual, for the purpose of improving our site's quality.
      3. to send you news about the services to which you have signed up;
      4. to tell you about our other services or services of sister web sites.


      Information You Post On Our Website

      "The information you submit to us by posting on a forum, blog, or in your advertisement is stored on our servers. We do not actively utilize that information unless it is meant to be publicly accessible, but please note in our terms and conditions that we reserve the right to use it in any manner we deem appropriate."


      Third Party Content       Please take note of the following statement: "Our website is a platform for publishing, allowing anyone to register and share information about themselves or others. We do not moderate or control the content posted on our website. However, if you have a complaint about any content, we will investigate it. If we find your complaint to be justified, we will remove the content in question while we investigate further. We understand that free speech is a fundamental right, so we will have to assess whose right is being obstructed: yours or that of the person who posted the content that offends you. If we find your complaint to be frivolous or without merit, we will not engage in further correspondence about it."

      Content You Provide To Us
      "When you share information with us and intend for it to be accessed, copied, downloaded, or used by others, we cannot be held responsible for what those third parties do with it. It's your responsibility to ensure the privacy preferences of anyone who may come across your information. If your information is publicly available, you will have no control over how it may be used."

      Business And Personal Information

      This includes all information given to us in the course of your business and ours, such as information you give us in your capacity as our client. We commit to maintaining the confidentiality of the information and the terms of our relationship and we will not use it for any other purpose. We expect you to also adhere to this policy.

      We retain information that is part of our business records for a minimum of seven years. This is because we may need it to support a claim or defense in court, and it is also the period within which our tax authorities may request access to it.


      Third Party Advertising

      Our website may feature advertisements from third parties. When these parties display ads on our site, they or their agents may use technology to automatically collect your IP address. They may also use other technologies like cookies or JavaScript to personalize ad content and measure ad performance. We don't have control over these technologies or the data collected by these parties. Therefore, this privacy notice doesn't apply to the information practices of these third parties.

      Website Usage Information

      We may use software embedded on our website to collect information about the pages you view, how you reach them, your actions on those pages, the duration of your visit, and how well we provide content to you.
      Cookies

      When you visit a website, small text files called cookies are placed on your computer's hard drive through your web browser. These cookies are commonly used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the site owners.

      You have the option to manually disable cookies at any time. To do this, check your browser's 'Help' section for instructions. Disabling cookies will not affect your ability to view the site's content.

      Although your browser software allows you to disable cookies, it will not impact your ability to view the website. However, we recommend allowing the use of cookies to take advantage of the website's features that rely on them. Even if you choose to disable cookies, you can still use our website.

      Here are the ways we use cookies:

      - To record whether you have accepted the use of cookies on our website or not.

      - To allow essential parts of our website to operate for you.

      - To operate our content management system.

      - To operate the online notification form used for contacting us. This cookie is set when you arrive at our website and is deleted when you close your browser.

      - To enhance security on our contact form. This cookie is set for use only through the contact form and is deleted when you close your browser.

      - To collect information about how visitors use our site. We use this information to improve your site experience and increase sales. This cookie collects information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited.

      - To record that a user has viewed a webcast. It collects information in an anonymous form and expires when you close your browser.

      - To record your activity during a webcast, such as asking a question or providing an opinion. This information is retained to serve you better when you return to the site. This cookie will record an anonymous ID for each user and will last for 30 days, after which it will be deleted automatically.

      - To store your personal information so that you do not have to provide it again when you revisit the site. This cookie will last for 30 days.

      - To enable you to watch videos we have placed on YouTube. Please note that YouTube will not store personally identifiable cookie information when you use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode.

      When you send a message, we collect the data you have provided in order to confirm that you are entitled to receive the information and to provide you with the information you need. We record your request and our reply to improve the efficiency of our business/organization. We do not keep any personally identifiable information associated with your message, such as your name or email address.


      Complaints

      When we receive a complaint, we record all the information you have provided us with. This information is used to address and resolve your complaint. If necessary, we may need to share some of the information from your complaint with other involved parties. We do this only when absolutely necessary and at our discretion.

      We may also use the information gathered from complaints to compile statistics and assess the level of service we provide. However, this will not be done in a way that could identify you or any other person.



      Affiliate Information

      This information is provided by you as an affiliate, customer, or client. We will only use this information for business purposes and will keep it confidential, including the terms of our relationship. We expect our affiliates to do the same. However, we reserve the right to disclose your first name and affiliate URL to recognize outstanding performance.

      Disclosure to Government and their agencies. We are subject to the law like everyone else. We may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they have the proper authorisation such as a search warrant or court order.


      Sale Of Your Personal Information

      Except as specified above, we do not rent, sell or otherwise disclose any of your information to any person outside our business.


      Compliance With The Law

      We have created this confidentiality policy to ensure compliance with the laws of all jurisdictions where we conduct business. If you believe that it does not meet the requirements of your country's laws, please contact us. Ultimately, the decision to use our website is yours.


      Removal Of Your Information

      If you would like us to remove personally identifiable information from our website, please contact us at support@countrygirlmanagement.com. To ensure the security of your information, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to your information.


      Change In Privacy Policy

      As we plan to ensure our privacy policy remains current, this policy is subject to change. Please return periodically to review our privacy policy.

      If you have any question regarding the privacy policy, please contact us.