{"id":20749,"date":"2025-05-06T18:48:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tartgetpaintingprize.com\/?page_id=20749"},"modified":"2025-05-06T18:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:55:24","slug":"juror-mercedes-lara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tartgetpaintingprize.com\/index.php\/juror-mercedes-lara\/","title":{"rendered":"Juror &#8211; Mercedes Lara"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20749\" class=\"elementor elementor-20749\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6326d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6326d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61fae1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61fae1a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-302ca96 elementor-widget 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