PEOPLE Real Beauty contest

After getting a mass e-mailing about signing up for this contest I decided to go for it and submit an entry.  Or so I thought.   I had some very nice photos taken by a good friend/photographer and submitted my entry.  I was assured on the webpage that I'd be notified once my picture had been posted.  That was 4 days ago.  Still not a word- no e-mail, no text, nothing on the website.  I'm concerned because part of the judging is based on votes.  Instead of having 10 days, I now have 6 left and my picture still hasn't been uploaded.  So disappointed PEOPLE!!   I don't expect to win, I just wanted to be entered and at least have a fair shot of getting some votes. Of course, there's no contact information so I can't even find out if it was received. Just to be sure, I submitted it again...
There has to be a better way to let people know. Are they adding the photos by hand, one by one?  I doubt it! An instant e-mail should have come back letting me know if my photo and essay question response were received.

Well, I guess there's nothing to do but wait.  Would have been fun though.  Top prize is a photo shoot in NY and picture in People magazine's Most Beautiful issue.