Jimmy Choo has launched an online photo competition called ‘You, Your Shoes and 72’ to support Project PEP, a charity collection that donates 25% of sales to the Simelela Rape Centre in South Africa. The money goes towards providing the HIV-preventative treatment PEP (which must be taken within 72 hours of exposure to HIV) and counseling to victims of rape in South Africa. The grand prize winner receives 7 pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes and 2 handbags, plus there are 100 exclusive Jimmy Choo runner up prizes.

Here are some of my favorite entries so far:

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I was pretty blown away by everyone’s creativity.

Entries can be in any format (photograph, artwork, drawings, paintings) and winners will be picked from a shortlist of entrants whose photos have the highest rating. On that note, here’s a shameless plug for myself.  Keep in mind that I do not have an artistic bone in my body.

There are two deadlines for the contest.  The first is 26th October 2009, if you want your photo to be considered for exhibition at the Project PEP launch event at Selfridges in London. The final competition deadline is 7th December 2009, when overall winners will be announced.

So have a little fun.  Tap into your inner Picasso by taking part in this very worthy social contest and spread the word about this vital 72 hour time window.  I’d love to see what your creative juices can cook up.

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Congrats to our five Dearfoam slipper winners.  They are:  Brigitte (#42),  Amy (#41), Joanna (#27) , Christa (#33), and Kathy (#19).

Ladies, we’ll be contacting you shortly to obtain your mailing information so we can send you the slippers.

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I can already tell that the summer days are quickly winding down.  The days are already getting shorter and the rain has started to come down once again in the Pacific Northwest.

With fall and winter approaching, that means we’ll be spending more time indoors.  Our friends over at Dearfoams want our toes to stay toasty during those cold, blistering days and are offering five ShoeBlog readers a pair of Dearfoam slippers of their choosing.

To enter, just leave a comment on this post and tell us which slipper you’d like from the Dearfoams website by midnight Tuesday, September 22nd.  Open to US residents only. Your email address will be kept anonymous and will only be used to contact you if you win.  The five winners will be chosen randomly and will be announced on the site.

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Congratulations to Amber (entry #48) our grand prize winner of the Fergie Shoes Giveaway and Marissa (entry #94) our runner-up.  We’ll be contacting you shortly to get your shoe size(s) and mailing address so your brand new Fergie shoes can be sent to you.

Our sponsors of this giveaway, Brown Shoes, listened and appreciated all your feedback, here is what they wanted to say to you, our readers:

Thank you all for entering this contest and for your wonderful feedback and comments on the first collection.  It’s been so exciting to launch this new line and we hope you’ll keep checking back at Fergieshoes.com to see what’s new!  We’ve got sexy new styles arriving monthly.

Screenshot of random drawing selection:

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I’m excited to announce a ShoeBlog first.  To celebrate the launch of Fergie’s shoes, our generous sponsors are giving ShoeBlog readers a chance to win not one, not two, but a whopping THREE pairs of shoes (styles subject to availability).   If the name sounds familiar, it’s because the line is designed by singer and now shoe designer Fergie from the hip hop group Black Eyed Peas and the solo platinum album, The Duchess.

Fergie wearing the ‘Jonas’ shoe ($81) from her shoe line

Now one of the things that I like about this shoe brand is that Fergie actually wears the shoes from her line (unlike a few other celebrities who shall go nameless).  Yes, a celebrity needs to wear the shoe to the launch of her shoe line (seen here in the Teema gladiator sandals, which is $99 at Piperlime).

But it’s refreshing and a great testimonial to see a celebrity in a non-press release event wearing shoes from her own collection.  This particular style is called the ‘Pepper’ gladiator ($129 from Endless).  I love how Fergie’s paired the high fashion Gucci shirtdress and low slung belt with more moderately priced sandals.

The Fergie shoe line is every bit as fun, and catchy as the songs Fergie sings.  There really is a shoe to fit every personality and occassion, whether you feel like going casual, dressing up, etc.   Have a look - Fergalicious, right?

Now, there are so many trendy shoe options to choose from, how can the winner pick one, right?  Well, we’ll make it easy for the grand prize winner.  The lucky gal will receive TWO pairs of shoes. Now if I were her, I’d pick a flat sandal or sneaker and another shoe for dressier events.   For our second winner, the runner-up, they’ll have a more difficult task of singling out a sole pair of shoes they’d like to receive.

To enter this contest, simply visit the Fergie Shoes website and tell us which 2 pairs of shoes you’d like to win and why.  Entries must be received by midnight, Tuesday June 2nd and the winner will be randomly chosen.  Good luck!

Update:  This contest is only available to US residents.

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