2025 Buffalo Chip Poster Model Search

Who: You! What: Poster Model Search When: Weekly Where: Regional Bars Why: Win $19,000+ in cash and prizes, including passes to Buffalo Chip concerts, a professional model shoot and much more!

2025 Poster Model Search Stops More dates coming soon! Some dates and locations may change. Check back each week for up-to-date information.

• • Print and digital advertisements

• • Videos

• • Magazine spreads

• Posters

Prizes include $19,000+ cash, passes to concerts, a professional model shoot and more!

How to Enter and Win the Poster Model Search in 7 Easy Steps!

• • One day pass to the Buffalo Chip on the date of your choice. (Passes grant winners free access to that evening’s Buffalo Chip concerts.)

• $20 gift certificate to Bella Tan

• • One day pass to the Buffalo Chip on the date of your choice. (Passes grant winners free access to that evening’s Buffalo Chip concerts.)

• $20 gift certificate to Bella Tan

• • Mini photo shoot with professional photographer for Sturgis Buffalo Chip advertisements

• • $250 Sturgis Buffalo Chip Merchandise Package

• $250 towards a tattoo from Cassio’s Tattoo Gallery

• Early Bird Pass (Aug.1 – 10, 2025) to the Buffalo Chip during the 2025 Sturgis Rally. (Passes grant winners free access to all Buffalo Chip concerts and all non-ticketed events.)

• • One day pass to the Buffalo Chip on the date of your choice. (Passes grant winners free access to that evening’s Buffalo Chip concerts.)

• $20 gift certificate to Bella Tan

• • Mini photo shoot with professional photographer for Sturgis Buffalo Chip advertisements

• • $250 Sturgis Buffalo Chip Merchandise Package

• $250 towards a tattoo from Cassio’s Tattoo Gallery

• Early Bird Pass (Aug.1 – 10, 2025) to the Buffalo Chip during the 2025 Sturgis Rally. (Passes grant winners free access to all Buffalo Chip concerts and all non-ticketed events.)

• • One day pass to the Buffalo Chip on the date of your choice. (Passes grant winners free access to that evening’s Buffalo Chip concerts.)

• $20 gift certificate to Bella Tan

1. Attend one or more of the Poster Model Search stops. The better you look when you show up, the better your chances of advancing to the semi-finals.
2. Answer a few simple questions. Don’t worry! There usually isn’t a right or wrong answer. The judges are simply assessing the way you handle yourself on the microphone and in front of people.
3. Take a photo of yourself (or have a friend take one of you) in a Twisted Tea shirt (we provide the shirt) with a Twisted Tea IN YOUR HAND. A little note about your photos:
   • • Feel free to modify your shirt creatively.
   • • Must be portrait oriented (aka up & down).
   • • No nudity.
   • • Must be clothed. Swimsuits are okay, but no underwear photos.
   • • You may submit up to two different photos. The Buffalo Chip will post one.
   • • Get ideas on how to pose by checking out previous Poster Model Search photos on the Buffalo Chip’s Facebook page. 
4. Submit the photo using the form you’re provided when you qualify. 
5. Wait for your photo to show up on the Sturgis Buffalo Chip Facebook page, then share it with all of your friends. The total number of likes you have by the Semi-Finals will be considered by our panel of judges. Your social network could help you become the next Sturgis Buffalo Chip Poster Model. (Pictures will be posted at the Buffalo Chip’s sole discretion.)
6. Video Submission
   • • Create a vertical video that shows off your personality in a fun and interesting way.
     • Creatively incorporate Twisted Tea and the Buffalo chip in your video.
     • Submit the video using the form you’re provided when you qualify.
     • Wait for your video to show up on the Sturgis Buffalo Chip Facebook page, then share it with all of your friends.
7. Compete in the Semi-Finals. If you make it to semi-finals, you’ll compete in three categories: Round 1: Theme from the bar where you qualified Round 2: Americana Round 3: Bikinis

5 Important Hints for Poster Model Search Contestants

1. 1. If you don’t win the first time you compete, try again. Several competitors have become eventual winners by competing in multiple contests.
   2. This is NOT a “skin-to-win” competition. We want our representative to be sexy, not sleazy. Models who show too much do not win.
   3. Don’t be THAT girl. We want girls who know how to have a good time and can encourage others to do the same. By this standard, intoxicated contestants aren’t considered good representatives. It’s no problem if you have a couple Twisted Teas to take the edge off your stage fright. It is a problem if you have six.
   4. Bring your A-game. The judges will be watching your demeanor onstage and off. How you interact with others will affect your chances of winning.
   5. Don’t delay. If you qualify for semi-finals, get those photos in ASAP. The quicker we get them, the quicker they can go up, and the more time you have to gather likes and shares.

Prizes

• • $9,500 cash
  • 2 Premium Early Bird Passes – 14-day passes to the 2025 Sturgis Buffalo Chip festival (Passes grant winners free access to all concerts, premium concert viewing area and non-ticketed events.)
  • Reserved RV rental & RV site
  • Stage West Café Meal Pass
  • Golf Cart Rental
  • Modeling contract for the Best Party Anywhere
  • Full-day professional photoshoot
  • 10 high-resolution photo downloads from the photoshoot
  • Appearance fees for autograph sessions prior to the Sturgis Rally
  • Opportunity to earn thousands of dollars from hourly wage and tips for daily appearances at the Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Rally
  • Opportunity to make appearances and participate in Sturgis Buffalo Chip events including the Legends Ride®
  • $250 Sturgis Buffalo Chip Merchandise Package
  • $1250 towards a tattoo from Cassio’s Tattoo Gallery
  • Free tanning at Bella Tan May 4 – Aug. 31, 2025
  • $250 Cadillac Jacks Stay, Play & Dine Package
  • $250 in services from The Glam House (Redeemable for services such as lash extensions, lash lifts and tints, brow waxes and tints.)
  • $240 in gift certificates to spend at Sturgis Coffee Company

• • Mini photo shoot with professional photographer for Sturgis Buffalo Chip advertisements

• • $250 Sturgis Buffalo Chip Merchandise Package

• $250 towards a tattoo from Cassio’s Tattoo Gallery

• Early Bird Pass (Aug.1 – 10, 2025) to the Buffalo Chip during the 2025 Sturgis Rally. (Passes grant winners free access to all Buffalo Chip concerts and all non-ticketed events.)

• • One day pass to the Buffalo Chip on the date of your choice. (Passes grant winners free access to that evening’s Buffalo Chip concerts.)

• $20 gift certificate to Bella Tan