{"id":99,"date":"2025-03-25T21:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/?p=99"},"modified":"2025-04-09T02:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T02:03:28","slug":"inside-the-maxim-icon-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/25\/inside-the-maxim-icon-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Maxim ICON Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Maxim ICON Competition<\/strong> is here, and this isn&#8217;t just any modeling contest\u2014it&#8217;s a <strong>league-based showdown<\/strong> where models prove their star power one round at a time. It&#8217;s all about <strong>strategy, resilience, and attitude.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every model starts in the <strong>Rose League<\/strong>, the first of <strong>10 leagues<\/strong> leading to the ultimate stage\u2014the <strong>Diamond League<\/strong>. Each week, the <strong>Top 3 models<\/strong> move up, while those finishing <strong>4th, 5th, or 6th<\/strong> get another shot to compete in their current league. But when it comes to <strong>Diamond League<\/strong>, the pressure is on\u2014<strong>only the 1st place winner scores an exclusive interview with the judges<\/strong>. The <strong>2nd place finisher<\/strong> stays in Diamond for another shot. All other models in every group move down one league. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every round after Rose lasts <strong>one week<\/strong>, with votes resetting as new faces enter the competition. Once a model secures an interview, the competition shifts from <strong>public voting to an expert panel of judges<\/strong>\u2014industry insiders who will select the strongest contenders for a <strong>high-stakes photoshoot round<\/strong>. When the final shots are in, one model will claim the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a <strong>grueling competition<\/strong>, but for those with the talent, confidence, and fan support to push through, it\u2019s the <strong>opportunity of a lifetime<\/strong>. <strong>Who will rise through the ranks and claim the crown? Stay tuned.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The champion model, our first ever Maxim ICON, will have her photos light up Times Square during New York Fashion Week September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Each Promotion is open only to legal residents of the 50 U.S. States &amp; DC, female, age of majority+. Void elsewhere and where prohibited. Each Promotion is subject to the Master Rules and its own Promotion Rules which contain a description of the Promotion, entry methods, prizes, odds, and other details and restrictions. Master Rules and Promotion Rules are available <a href=\"https:\/\/covergirl.maxim.com\/docs\/master-rules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maxim ICON Competition is here, and this isn&#8217;t just any modeling contest\u2014it&#8217;s a league-based showdown where models prove their star power one round at a time. It&#8217;s all about strategy, resilience, and attitude. Every model starts in the Rose League, the first of 10 leagues leading to the ultimate stage\u2014the Diamond League. Each week, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/25\/inside-the-maxim-icon-competition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Inside the Maxim ICON Competition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,30,15,31],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-competition","tag-icon","tag-maxim","tag-new-york","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.covergirl.maxim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}