AMERICA’S MOST PHOTOGENIC BABY CONTEST IS BIRMINGHAM-BOUND
03/02/2010
BIRMINGHAM (February 26, 2010) - The search is on for Birmingham's Most Photogenic Baby of 2010.
The search begins Thursday, March 11, at Colonial Brookwood Village and runs through Sunday, March 14, daily between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. and on Sunday from
12 -5 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The annual contest, presented by American Performing Arts Network, benefits ill and injured patients at Children's Hospital.
Infants and children through age five may participate in four different categories: beautiful, fashionable, precious and comical. The Judges' choice winners will be selected based on a panel of judges and the Voter's choice winner will be based on votes made through donations to the Children's Hospital by the public at the rate of 50 cents per vote.
To enter parents should bring their children to Colonial Brookwood Village Mall during the contest period for a professional photo shoot with fashion photographers from American Performing Arts Network.
The $35 entry fee includes the photo shoot and an eight-by-ten color photo for each contestant. All contestant entries will be displayed at Colonial Brookwood Village from April 16-18. The winners will be announced and trophies awarded on Sunday, April 18, at 1 p.m. Visit www.photogenicbaby.com for further details. Proceeds of the contest benefit the Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic at Children's Hospital.
This year marks the 18th anniversary for this event which takes place annually at Colonial Brookwood Village and has raised over $100,000 for ill and injured children treated at Children's Hospital. The winner in Birmingham will compete for the title of America's Most Photogenic Baby.
Children's Hospital of Alabama is the 10th busiest pediatric medical center in the United States. Located in Birmingham, Children's is one of only about 45 freestanding acute care hospitals of its kind in the nation and the only hospital in Alabama dedicated solely to the care and treatment of children. It is licensed for 275 beds.
Children's is home to the state's only Level I pediatric trauma center, the only pediatric renal care center, the largest pediatric burn center in the Southeast and is one of the largest pediatric outpatient centers in the nation. The UAB Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Children's Hospital is Alabama's single largest provider of specialized pediatric services for all forms of cancer, leukemia, brain and spinal cord tumors, hemophilia and other blood disorders and sickle cell diseases. Children's treats 95-percent of the children in Alabama diagnosed with childhood cancers and other blood disorders, and offers the only pediatric bone marrow transplant program in the state.
Children's is a private, not-for-profit hospital governed by a volunteer board of trustees. The hospital was recently recognized for the excellence of its nursing care by achieving Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Children's will celebrate its centennial anniversary in 2011.
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