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Q-tips(R) Nationwide Search for Beauty Experts Winner Receives Backstage Pass to VIP Engagement Assisting Celebrity Make-up Artist, Trip to NYC and $5,000 Spending Money CHICAGO, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Women everywhere wonder how celebrities get their star looks. The Q-tips(R) Blush with Stardom Contest is giving one lucky winner a hands on opportunity to learn how to transform everyday looks into one fit for the red carpet. The selected beauty expert will be a backstage assistant to celebrity make-up artist, Mally Roncal, at a star- studded engagement in fall 2004. Q-tips of the Trade Women at least 21 years of age can share in 100 words or less, how they use Q-tips cotton swabs in their daily beauty regimen. From applying lip gloss to removing eye liner, Mally wants to hear how and why Q-tips are a staple in make-up bags across the country. Entrants must include a photo that shows how Q-tips have been put to work to create the ultimate beauty look. To enter online, simply visit http://www.qtips.com/ . Entries may also be mailed to: Q-tips Blush with Stardom Contest, P.O. Box 8548, Prospect Heights, IL 60070. Mally Roncal will select the grand prize winner. The contest will run through June 30, 2004. Entries must be postmarked byJune 23 and received by June 30, 2004. Blush with Fame One grand prize winner will receive a four-day trip for two to New York City where she will be a backstage assistant to celebrity make-up artist, Mally Roncal, at a VIP engagement in fall 2004. The winner and her companion will also receive a make-up makeover by Mally and $5,000 in spending money to share during the trip. Unilever HPC U.S.A. (NYSE:UNNYSE:UL) is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut and is home to some of the best known consumer products including Q-tips cotton swabs. Q-tips, a leading cotton swab brand, makes a wide variety of packages tailored to consumers' personal, cosmetic and baby needs, ranging from travel sizes to family sizes. Q-tips cotton swabs are available nationwide in food, drug and mass outlet stores. More information about Unilever and its products is available on the Internet at http://www.unilever.com/ and http://www.unileverna.com/ . DATASOURCE: Q-tips CONTACT: Annie Topie for Q-tips, +1-312-988-2431, Web site: http://www.qtips.com/ http://www.unilever.com/ http://www.unileverna.com/

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