There will be a slight change in the voting system starting from this edition. As you know the voting is split in two parts: Status (50%) and Preliminary Competition (50%). The change will affect the Status part. Once I collect all the votes the girls are split in five different categories:
Frontrunners: Very high chances of making the cut
Contenders: High chances of making the cut
Dark horses: Medium chances of making the cut
Unnoticed: Very little chances of making the cut
Clappers: No chances of making the cut
As I've noticed in the past two editions, people don't really pay too much attention to the Status poll and use to evalute the girls based just in the official photos, but then the competition keeps going and Prelims come and they realized they underscored some contestants. The thing is that this poll is actually quite important, as everyone who is under Dark Horse category probably won't make the cut even though they have very good scores in Preliminaries. That's why I decided that any girl categorized as Unnoticed or Clapper who gets pretty good scores at the Preliminary Competition will automatically move into the Dark Horse category, and so her chances of making the cut or even winning won't be ruined by just some bad pictures! I hope you all agree with this decission