FashionTV (FTV) Broadcasts Most Liked Model Awards LIVE from 64th Cannes Film Festival

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 19, 2011 -- May 19, 2011 (Cannes, France) – The winners of the FashionTV Most Liked Model Awards will be announced May 20 during a live broadcast from the luxurious Majestic Hotel in Cannes, France, Michel Adam has announced. The live studio broadcast will conclude the global search for FashionTV’s Most Liked Model, a contest that drove engagement on FashionTV’s Facebook page to record numbers.
More than 1,500 contestants from all over the world joined up on Facebook, from which a pool of 400 male and female models were approved to compete for the Top 5 spots.

Viewers tuning in live on May 20 will see the first, second, third, fourth and fifth place winners revealed. FashionTV will be driving social media engagement during its live broadcast, where viewers worldwide will be able to communicate with the on-air models via Facebook and Twitter.
The first place winner will become the face of FTV 2011 and will be promoted worldwide as the face of FashionTV’s I Love Fashion collection and will also receive a modeling contract worth $15,000.
The second and third place winners will receive similar contracts and the opportunities to model for FashionTV’s F Vodka and F88 luxury energy drink campaigns. The fourth and fifth place winners will receive a 6-week vacation at the fashionable Billionaire Club resort in Porto Cervo, Sardinia.

Guests attending the finale of the Most Liked Model Awards at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes will have the chance to take part in the final selection by voting on their favorites.
FashionTV (FTV), the global multimedia network leader in broadcasting fashion and models, broadcasting to over 60 satellites, 530 platforms of TV, mobile, IPTV, and with over 20 million monthly views on YouTube, is driving social media engagement across its live web stream from Cannes.
With FashionTV’s live broadcast from Cannes, FashionTV viewers will see the brightest stars from the world of film, fashion and music. Live on Facebook, YouTube and FTV.com, FashionTV’s worldwide viewers will see red carpet coverage, Hollywood’s top stars and all the parties LIVE from Cannes.

For distribution and media contact Michal Pelach at distribution@ftv.com.

About FashionTV
FashionTV (FTV), the global leader in fashion & life style channel broadcasts in 193 countries to over 350 million households and 7 million public locations across the 5 continents; it is the only 24-hour fashion, beauty & lifestyle television station worldwide.

In addition, FashionTV's thematic channels and a Video on Demand services are offered via F.Club membership for a monthly fee on http://www.ftv.com and with its cooperation with Google, the new FashionTV channel on YouTube http://youtube.com/FashionTV has an extensive web following with 20 million clip views per month, and FashionTV's Facebook community is growing every day, currently with 800,000 followers.