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# Autumn 2026 Contest

💶 Prize pool – €5,000\
📅 Contest period: September 7 – October 1\
🏁 Start: September 7, 12:00 (Moscow time)

To participate in the contest, you need to click the “Join” button in your [dashboard](https://ton.place/dashboard).\
The “Join” button will appear on the dashboard on September 4. Participation cannot be canceled after clicking the button.

The contest position is determined by the total income from 4 gifts in the "Contest" section on Ton.Place starting from September 7 at the moment the button is clicked until the end of the contest. Income from battles is not counted. The ranking updates every 15 minutes.

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No one will see a model’s income on the contest page.\
A model becomes visible to other users on the [contest page](https://ton.place/leaderboard?id=8) only after entering the top 50.

The prize pool is distributed among 50 places:\
1st place — €800\
2nd place — €550\
3rd place — €320\
4th place — €250\
5th place — €200\
6th place — €175\
7th place — €155\
8th place — €140\
9th place — €125\
10th place — €115\
11th place — €105\
12th place — €95\
13th place — €85\
14th place — €75\
15th place — €60\
16th–50th places — €50

Ton.place reserves the right to disqualify a participant from the contest upon detecting rating manipulation or any other violation of the contest rules, including but not limited to: collusion with subscribers involving a promise to share the prize, creating duplicate accounts, making purchases from one's own or fake accounts, and any other actions intended to artificially influence the results.

You can track the prize distribution and your current position on the [contest page](https://ton.place/leaderboard?id=7).\
Prize money will be credited to the models’ balances by October 15.\
The contest results will remain available after its completion.