women are putting it in with ink The magazine’s annual cover girl contest has been widely reported, calling it a “total fraud” and calling it fraudulent.
Since 2017, with ink magazine held annual contest To find the next cover girl. Anyone can enter by filling out the official entry form. Voters receive one vote per day and choose their favorite cover girl from a list of applicants. But as one competitor points out, it’s not as simple as it seems.
Mo (@morganalexandra95) vented her frustrations on TikTok with ink Magazine cover girl contest.
“So I entered the contest without knowing much about it, other than the promotion: be on the cover of a magazine, win $25,000, and even get a tattoo from Ink Master’s Ryan Ashley,” Mo said. said. he says.
She added that all these incentives attracted her, especially the session with Ashley. Moe says Ashley’s is usually booked out for months and would be too expensive for her tattoo budget anyway.
However, when Mo logged in to check the rankings, with ink Things changed on the magazine’s website.
“I was in sixth place at that point,” she says, but then she noticed something about the other contestants. She said, “There were at least 10 girls in the top 20.” [of the rankings] I had very few tattoos,” she points out.
She added that while some of these women may have had some small tattoos, “to me there was nothing that would get me on the cover of Inked Magazine.”
She also pointed out that some of the contestants “blatantly said, ‘I don’t care about being on the cover of a magazine, I just want the money and I just want the Ryan tattoo.'” ing. This didn’t sit well with Mo.
But Mo’s main problem with the contest is people’s ability to pay to vote.
“with ink “Magazines are multi-million dollar companies and I don’t understand why they would make people who want to be on the cover pay for a chance to win,” she says.
“This is where the fraud happens, because even though you pay a lot of money for all these votes, you’re not actually moving up in the rankings,” Mo explained, adding that another woman’s He added that he had seen the video. Her husband paid her $6,000 for votes, which she claimed only moved her up two spots in the rankings.
“That’s just how people pay for their votes. with ink Magazines are making money now,” she says.
Mo’s TikTok post has around 129,000 views, with several users sharing their anger over the contest.
@morganalexandra95 It’s really unfortunate that companies like this are raising people’s expectations unnecessarily. Please improve Inked Magazine. #ink mug #scam #Scamarato🚨 #inkedmagazine competition #inkedmagazinecam #fyp ♬ Original song – Moo✨
“It’s been a scam for years. I wonder how people realize something like this,” one person wrote.
Another said:[I’ve] I was waiting [for someone to speak] to this!saw a girl [with] Who Wants to Win has no visible tattoos (yes, she was beautiful), but it’s called INKED Magazine! ”
One person pointed out: “Paying $6,000 for a chance is insane. You could book a great tattoo for it.”
The Daily Dot reached out to Mo via a comment on TikTok. with ink For more information, please see the magazine by email.
*First published: February 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM CST
Natasha Dubash
Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.
