YNOT EUROPE – The first round of public voting to help determine the winners in the 2013 Miss FreeOnes competition opened Monday. Nearly 250 erotic models, cam girls and adult performers have signed up to compete in the annual online contest, which combines aspects of both a beauty pageant and a popularity poll. Winners will split a cash prize of $30,000.

Fans may vote once each day for their favorite contestant in six categories. Round 1voting, designed to narrow the field to 50 contestants, ends Feb. 28. Round 2 will narrow the field to 15 contestants per category. Those finalists will proceed to the final round, expected to take place March 11-22.

Winners will be announced March 30 at a private house party in Los Angeles. More information about the party is available by email.

The contestant who receives the most votes in the Miss FreeOnes category will take home the 2013 title as well as $10,000. Each additional category will award $2,500 to a first-place winner. Additional prize money will be distributed among the contestants who place second through 10th in the Miss FreeOnes category and those who place second or third in the other categories.

“We’re really excited to be running Miss FreeOnes for a fourth year,” said contest organizer Petra. “We have almost 250 girls who took up the challenge of entering this year’s contest. Some of them really want to win the money, while others have shown they realize the publicity value of taking part in the contest.”

The contest’s sponsors include MyFreeCams, X-Art, NaughtyAmerica, CherryPimps, KTSo, MissHybrid, Brazzers, VideoBox, JulesJordan, Porn.com, Sex.com, DDFNetwork, Chaturbate, CumLouder and 21Sextury.