INTERNATIONAL Mr. & Ms Olympus Leather

Statement of Purpose

A Positive Image
The ideal of the Mr. and Ms Olympus Leather Contest is to promote a positive image of the Leather lifestyle. It is our belief that the Leather community is comprised of an extremely diverse group of people ranging from the motorcycle and Leather/Levi clubs to the heaviest SM edge player and all of the Leatherfolk in between. The Mr. and Ms Olympus Leather title seeks to make all Leatherfolk feel good about themselves regardless of race, religion, political beliefs, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, size, handicap, or health condition. It is the goal of Mr. and Ms Olympus Leather to make all those who wish to be a part of the Leather community feel welcome in doing so.

Format
Categories for the Mr. and Ms Olympus Leather Contest are Interview, Fantasy, Fetish Image and Stage Presence.
The Interview will consist of a question/answer period with a panel of six to eight judges. The Interview will last approximately 12-15 minutes on the Saturday morning of the contest.
The Fantasy will be a staged erotic production of 5-7 minutes by each contestant. This Fantasy does not have to be an SM fantasy, but must be descriptive of, or based on, at least one fetish.
The Fetish Image is how one demonstrates his/her concern for the entire Leather/SM/Fetish community, during the weekend. Fetish Image includes interactions with judges, other contestants, VIP’s, and the general public during Pantheon of Leather weekend. This starts Friday when the contestants arrive and continues until the staged portion of the Mr. and Ms Olympus Leather Contest begins.
Stage Presence includes an appearance on stage where each contestant will be asked a question given to them by the emcee's) and how they make a presence of auctioning off their travel fund basket. The questions will be made out in advance by the contest producers and will be drawn by lot on stage during the contest by each contestant. Every effort will be made to ensure that the questions are equally relevant and thought provoking to provide a fair balance. Judging the basket presentation will deal strictly with stage skills and the amount raised from their basket sale will not be taken into consideration.

Judging
The high scores and low scores in each category will be discarded. Judges score cards will be collected and tallied at the end of each segment of the contest. The winners will be announced on stage at the end of the contest. In the event of a tie, the high scores that were previously discarded for the tied contestants will be added and the contestant with the most points will win the position for which they are tied. If a tie still remains, the low scores will be added. The third tie breaker will be high score in interview from all judges.

Scoring
Point values for each of the four categories is thus: Interview = 200 points possible, Fantasy = 100 points possible, Fetish Image = 100 points possible and Stage Presence = 100 points possible; for a maximum of 500 points possible. It is not necessary for judges to give scores in increments of five. They may give one contestant a “77” and another “78”. Scores will not be rounded off to 75 or 80.