DIVISIONS AT THE AUSTRALIAN TITLES

All competitors must qualify to compete at the Australian titles by achieving one of the following:

• Any previous Overall Mr/Ms Australia winner.

• Top three from each division at the Australian titles
• Won a division at a State title and did not compete in the Australian Titles.
• Won a division at an INBA International event

• Top three in each division in a qualifying Australian INBA contest.
• Special invitation from the INBA

Invitation:

To receive an INBA Invitation to compete at the Australian Titles the competitor must satisfy two criteria. Invitations are rarely granted:

i) The competitor must be of Australian standard.
ii) Have a reason why the competitor is unable to compete and qualify.

It is considered that if a competitor avoids competing in order to qualify they have an unfair advantage - they only have to peak once. Reasons accepted in the past, include they were needed to act in an official capacity - i.e. a judge, or they were competing elsewhere on the same day.

Eligibility:

To compete in the Australian titles, INBA Members must be an Australian citizen or have a working or residency visa for Australia. However, only Australian citizens or aliens who have lived in Australia for the past five years can win and receive the title of INBA Mr/Ms Australia and represent Australia. If a non Australian citizen possessing the work/residency visa required to compete does win the Australian championship, they will be given the Overall Australian Title and the runner up will be awarded the Mr/Ms Australia title and represent Australia.