Terms & Conditions

Cutest Toddler Contest 2025 Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

Prize

The Top 3 Cutest Toddlers will be featured in the January/February 2026 digital issue of Central Florida Lifestyle Magazine.

Eligibility

The 2025 Toddler Pet Contest (the “Contest”) is open to legal residents of the following areas, who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry:

  • The 2025 Cutest Toddler Contest (the “Contest”) is open to legal residents of Greater Central Florida, including but not limited to the following counties: Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake, Polk, Volusia, Brevard, Marion, Sumter, Flagler, Hernando, Citrus, and Indian River.
    Entrants must be at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry.
  • All entries must be submitted by the legal parent or guardian of the toddler featured in the photograph. By submitting an entry, the entrant warrants and represents that they are the parent or legal guardian of the child pictured, and that they have the full and unrestricted legal authority to (a) submit the photograph for the contest and (b) grant all necessary rights and permissions for the use of the child's image and likeness in connection with the contest, including but not limited to promotion, publicity, and display.

Photo Submission Guidelines

  • Photo size must be smaller than 10MB.
  • Photos should only include the toddler - no other people.
  • Photos should not be digitally altered or enhanced beyond standard editing (cropping, lighting adjustment, etc.).
  • Submissions must be made between 3rd October 2025 and 13th November, 2025. Entries close at 11:59:59PM (GMT-4).
     

Additional Terms

  • Previous Toddler Pet Contest winners are not eligible to enter in 2025.
  • All entries must be submitted by the published deadline to qualify.
  • Central Florida Lifestyle Magazine reserves the right to disqualify any entry deemed inappropriate or non-compliant with contest rules.
  • By entering, you grant Central Florida Lifestyle Magazine the right to use your pet’s name and photo in print, digital, and social media channels for promotional purposes.
  • Winners will be selected according to the official voting and round criteria posted on the contest website.

Popular Vote

  1. The Operator will select, in its sole, absolute, and complete discretion, which Entrants will participate in the Contest as competitors. Upon Entry, Entrants will be divided into groups and advance to the initial Qualifiers voting round. Subsequent public voting rounds (individually a "Round" and, collectively, the “Rounds”) will progressively reduce the grouped number of Entrants.

    • The first round of round public voting Qualifiers) begins November 14th, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST and ends on November 28th, 2025 at 8 PM EST.
    • The second round of round public voting Qualifiers) begins November 30th, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST and ends on December 7th, 2025 at 8 PM EST 
    • The final round of voting (Finals) runs from 9am December 8th to 8pm on the the 15th December, 2025.
  2. The public is invited to vote for their favorite Entries (“the Public Vote”). Each person may vote every time they make a payment (the number of votes will vary depending on the amount of the payment).
  3. Since the Contest will be decided based upon votes the public casts, there are no refunds once a vote is cast. As a Voter, you are responsible for understanding this policy. To maintain the integrity of the Contest, there will be no exceptions to this policy.
  4. There will be three (3) Rounds of voting in the Contest.
    • In the first Round, the public can vote for any Entry, and at the end of the Round, the top 50% of Entrants with the most votes will be selected to advance to the Second Round.
    • In the second Round, the public can vote for any Entry, and at the end of the Round, the top 20% of Entrants with the most votes will be selected to advance to the Final Round.
    • In the final Round, the public can vote for any Entry, and at the end of the Round, the top 3 Entrants will be selected as the Cutest Pet Award winners from 1st to 3rd place.
    • Note: Only entries which receive a vote can advance to the next round.
  5. We reserve the right to not accept votes at our absolute and complete discretion if we suspect they were fraudulently cast. We reserve the right to disqualify any winner who engages in activity which could unfairly manipulate the outcome of the Public Vote.
  6. In the event of an equal number of votes in a group, the Operator will determine which of the tied entrants should either be selected as a winner or should go through to the next Round.
  7. The Operator will take all reasonable steps to contact the Winners using the details provided by them when they entered the Contest but in the event of any failure to do so or a Winner’s failure to respond within 48 hours, the Operator reserves the right to select an alternative winner.
Fraudulent Votes

Lifestyles CFL utilizes various fraudulent vote detectors, including ip address, vote timing and artificial intelligence algorithms to detect infrequent voting services using bots or other strategies to fraudulently create votes. Lifestyles CFL uses a scoring system at its sole discretion Lifestyles CFL will remove any votes that are flagged by our algorithms to maintain the integrity of the contest. Lifestyles CFL does allow influencers or other paid services that do not use bots or voting that falls inside of our fraud detectors. We advise all contestants who utilize third it is at their own risk and could lead to disqualification or votes being remove. 
 

Release and Limitations of Liability 

By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, other companies associated with the Contest, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives, and agents (the Released Parties) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto), including, but not limited to: (a) any technical errors associated with the Contest, including lost, interrupted or unavailable Internet Service Provider (ISP), network, server, wireless service provider, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone, cellular tower or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (b) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (c) mechanical, network, electronic, computer, human, printing or typographical errors; (d) application downloads, (e) any other errors or problems in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors that may occur in the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the winner, the cancellation or postponement of the event and/or the flyover, if applicable, the incorrect downloading of the application, the processing of entries application downloads or in any Contest-related materials; or (f) injury, death, losses or damages of any kind, to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrants participation in the Contest or acceptance, receipt or misuse of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto). Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest, and in no event shall the entrant be entitled to receive attorney’s fees. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. 
 

Disputes

Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in Florida. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrants rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Florida. 
 
 

Privacy

Information collected from entrants is subject to sponsor’s privacy policy.