The organisers of Top Model of Colour are looking for companies that wish to sponsor/support this year's event by providing either cash sponsorship, prizes or services for the competition.

Last year's show was by far the biggest and best competition to date, with over 3,500 candidates, heats around the country and a gala finale at Chelsea Football Club's Stamford Bridge stadium in London.

This year is the fourth year of the competition and is expected to be the biggest yet.

The show is ongoing for nine months and consists of applications, live regional heats in July/August and the grand finale in November. So a sponsor receives continuous publicity from all client groups, models, family members and businesses.

As ever the show has attracted unprecedented press coverage from the likes of the Evening Standard, Metro, the BBC and many more (as can be seen by searching the web for 'mahogany models' or visiting http://www.mahoganymodels.co.uk/show-presspage.php to get a feel for how big the show is).

The competition is open to male and female models of African, Caribbean, Asian, Oriental, Hispanic and bi- and multi-racial ethnicity.

Sponsors have the option of either sponsoring with cash and receiving higher prominence on the media information distributed or sponsoring prizes in kind and being a secondary or associate sponsor/supporter. Detailed current opportunities are listed below.

This is the premium talent contest for models of ethnic minority descent and fills an important gap in the talent search market for people of colour. Many of the finest models working in the country today got their first break through the competition and everyone who has taken part confirms that the experience was really useful in getting day-to-day modelling jobs.

Current opportunities

Cash sponsorship

Donate competition prizes (examples)
  •  flight tickets
  •  magazine cover shoots and/or articles
  •  makeovers
  •  fashion accessories
  •  gifts
  •  services
  •  dresses, shoes, etc.
  •  jewellery
  •  anything else that might be attractive to the winners or contestants

Provision of services for the competition (examples)
  •  event planner - to work closely with TMC to put the entire event together
  •  photographer - to be the official photographer as well as to do the female photoshoot
  •  fashion designers - to provide clothes for the male or female contestants for the finale and/or fashion shoot, press day (casual, swim or evening wear)
  •  hall/set designers
  •  any other service that might be beneficial to the competition

Contact: Shola Oyebade

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