Dear forum members, after the end of the preliminary stages, it is kick-off time for my Miss Barefooting Universe contest.
In this thread I will announce the polls for the eight groups, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final, and the related winners.

I am now presenting the eight-group stage.
There will be six groups (A, B, C, D, E, F) made of one model each for Barefoot Urban Girls, City Feet and Toes-In-Action sites.
They will be seeded among groups in alphabetical order.
Group G will feature: Linda and Maud from defunct site Barefoot Forever; Ashley and Rachel from Shoeless Girl Media.
Group H will feature five barefooting celebrities: Cecilia Descalza, Dashley Driveby, JorahTheAndal, Olga Gavva, Nastya Deiniris.
You will find the composition of the groups below.

I hope that you will all have fun with my Miss Barefooting Universe contest!

GROUP A
Aiko of Barefoot Urban Girls
Alexandra of City Feet
Heike of Toes-In-Action

GROUP B
Amelie of Barefoot Urban Girls
Alla of City Feet
Janina of Toes-In-Action

GROUP C
Chat Noir of Barefoot Urban Girls
Julia of City Feet
Kira of Toes-In-Action

GROUP D
Irie of Barefoot Urban Girls
Mila of City Feet
Lemoni of Toes-In-Action

GROUP E
Perlanera of Barefoot Urban Girls
Natasha of City Feet
Paloma of Toes-In-Action

GROUP F
Swains of Barefoot Urban Girls
Yana of City Feet
Valeska of Toes-In-Action

GROUP G
Linda from defunct site Barefoot Forever
Maud from defunct site Barefoot Forever
Ashley from Shoeless Girl Media
Rachel from Shoeless Girl Media

GROUP H - barefooting celebrities
Cecilia Descalza
Dashley Driveby
JorahTheAndal
Olga Gavva
Nastya Deiniris

Vote for Group A is now open.
You can vote here: http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8137
Vote closes on 26/09/20 at 22 Italian time.

Below you can find some pictures or the profile page of the contestants.

AIKO of Barefoot Urban Girls
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...2_9762/0001.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...7_7978/0002.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...37/demo0002.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...7_7978/0003.jpg
http://barefoot-urban-girls.com/free/pics/...62/demo0002.JPG

ALEXANDRA of City Feet http://www.city-feet.com/models/97/view

HEIKE of Toes-In-Action http://www.toes-in-action.com/models/heike.htm

WOAH.. HERE WE GO, AT LAST!!!
Bravo amico, I was looking forward to the start of your Miss Barefooting Universe contest!
Looking at the women seeded among the eight groups, it seems that we truly have the cream of barefoot beauty clashing for the title!
It is also pretty clear that my models will have a very tough life in their groups.
I confirm my prediction: this Forum is clearly a City Feet and TIA stronghold, and none of my models will pass the group stage.
Plus we have well-known pains in the ass around here..

Whatever.. as for Group A.. if I had to be objective, this would have been a very tough decision.
I have had the privilege of knowing wonderful Heike in person, and shooting her. And Alexandra is surely a very beautiful girl.

The point is.. I happen to the webmaster of BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS..
and there is only ONE Italian Barefoot Goddess.. her name is AIKO!!!

Thank you for your appreciation for the contest, Feetosopher!
You are right: none of the groups has a clear winner, uncertainty reigns.
Yet I hope that your wonderful models will do better than you predict.
I have not decided whom I will support for the title, but I have a tiny group of favorites, and some of your models are part of it.
It will be a long way to the title: we will see. Ciao!

Heats E and F of City-Feet Championship season 4 are now open. Cast your votes!

Heat E http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8134

Heat F http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8135

Ciao amico! Very honestly, any votes that my models will get beside my own will make me happy.
You voted for AIKO against tough opposition, and that's already a great prize to me.. thank you!

You're gona make me choose between Lemoni and Irie? Not fair!!

I'm joking! It's your contest, after all. I just want to say that Irie and Lemoni (along with Valeska) are my faves in this contest and I loathe to have to choose between the two!

I suppose that when the time comes, I will have to choose! :'(

This photo of Aiko is one of my all time favorites! So it's an easy decision for whom I will vote...

Thank you very much for your support to AIKO in super-tough group A, amico! What a vote-by-vote battle!
http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8137

As for breathtaking feet close-ups.. AIKO has always been an ace in delivering memorable ones.. don't you think?

Hello markpendre, I understand your problem. I will have many hard decisions to take in the group stage of the contest. There is no solution to this problem, I am afraid. There is only one winner in any contest, in the end.

Hello everybody, I have decided the tie-breaking criterion for the contest.
In case two or more models are tied with the same number of votes, the tie will be broken by the number of "declared" votes that each model has received. This means, the number of forum members who publicly declared their vote for each model.
If two or more models are tied also in terms of "declared" votes, a tie-breaking poll will be held.

I have also decided the seeding for quarter-finals and semi-finals.

Quarter-final 1: winner of Group A vs. winner of Group B.
Quarter-final 2: winner of Group C vs. winner of Group D.
Quarter-final 3: winner of Group E vs. winner of Group F.
Quarter-final 4: winner of Group G vs. winner of Group H.

Semi-final A: winner of quarter-final 1 vs. winner of quarter-final 2.
Semi-final B: winner of quarter-final 3 vs. winner of quarter-final 4.

Group A is now closed: http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8137

The final count of votes is:
Aiko of Barefoot Urban Girls: 6 votes
Heike of Toes-In-Action: 6 votes
Alexandra of City Feet: 4 votes

Aiko and Heike are tied with 6 votes each

The tie-breaker situation is:
Aiko of Barefoot Urban Girls: 3 "declared" votes (my own's, The Feetosopher's, gb62da's)
Heike of Toes-In-Action: 1 "declared" vote (Duffman847's)

Aiko of Barefoot Urban Girls wins Group A at the tie-break, and proceeds to quarter-final 1.

Congratulations, Aiko!

WOAHHHHHHH!!! AIKO made it!!! YESSSSSSS!!!

I've held my breath in the last days.. I saw AIKO get on top twice, and Heike catching her twice. A true vote-by-vote battle!
Indeed, the tie-breaker was needed to decide the winner.. by the way, I really like your tie-breaking criterion, barefootfootseeker..
I mean, if you want to support a model in this contest, you have to be proud of your vote, and declare it!
Frankly speaking, before the start of the contest I thought that no BUG model would have made it to the quarter-finals.
Besides the tough opposition, I was afraid that a certain anti-BUG and anti-Feetosopher attitude in this forum could play against them.
I am super-happy to have been proven wrong!

With wonderful AIKO, the BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS' flag now boldly waves on the quarter-finals!
BOW TO THE GODDESS!!!

AIKO poses by a typical "Gondola" in Venice (Italy), July 2010

Ciao Feetosopher, I am glad that you like my tie-breaking criterion. I do not like anonymous voters very much, actually. I always state my votes in any contest.
I am happy too that Aiko qualified for the quarter-finals. To be honest, I thought that my other favourite in this group, Alexandra of City Feet, would get more votes. Voting for Aiko against Alexandra was really hard for me, I am a big fan of Alexandra. Whatever, I was right: you were too pessimistic about your models' chances in this contest. I think that Aiko will not be the only Barefoot Urban Girls model in the quarter finals.

Do not forget to vote in City-Feet Championship season 4!
Heats E and F are now open.
Heat E: http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8134
Heat F: http://forum.city-feet.com/index.php/showtopic.8135