At the beginning of February, Gerber announced they are once again beginning their annual photo search contest in order to select their 2020 Gerber “spokesbaby.”
The adorable video shared on the company’s Instagram page features photos of previous entrants and encourages all parents to go photosearch.gerber.com and enter their child in the contest.
The website shows the number of babies that have been submitted from each state. Babies from Vermont have the least competition, as the state has less than 300 submissions, Alaska, Wyoming and South Dakota all have less than 500, and North Dakota and Hawaii have less than 700, but every other state in the country has more than 700. Utah has more than 1,000 submissions so far. Babies in Texas are going to have the hardest time as they’ll have to compete with the other 17,000 submissions.
The grand prize this year is $25,000 in cash — less than in previous years — but it also includes gifts in addition to the money, according to Fox Business.
The official contest rules state that entrants must be less than four years old and must submit their photos by Feb. 21. Twins and triples can be entered together to hopefully become “spokesbabies” together.
Babies will be judged on their visual appeal, expressiveness and brand consistency, CNN reports.