Congratulations Australia, you've spawned your very own version of Hugh Heffner and he's calling himself The Candy Man.
Just as Heff has his Playboy Mansion, The Candy Man (aka Travers Beynon) has a palatial estate on the Gold Coast which he has christened The Candy Shop Mansion. And he will be flinging wide the doors on 7 June, ready to welcome a new trove of Candy Shop Mansion Goddesses.
Imbued with all the admiration and respect Travers has for women, the glamourous Goddess title can be won by donning your skimpiest bikini and highest heels and strutting your stuff for The Candy Man's cameras. But of all the scarcely-attired hopefuls, only 12 lucky women will be granted one of the 'coveted Goddess roles'.
If you have the personality, style and drive to charm The Candy Man, he promises you will be welcomed into a world "where dreams really do come true”. He is offering up many perks for the privileged winners, including cash, professional photos, styling by the designer-clad Candy Man himself, designer gifts, regular promotional work, and exclusive VIP access to Candy Shop Mansion parties.
Travers’ use of the word ‘candy’ is intended to connote freedom – both financially and stylistically – and is a celebration of all the good and indulgent things in life. His sumptuous banquets are set amongst extravagant pyrotechnics, circus acts and theatrics, with each one more decadent than the last. To use The Candy Man’s own words, his parties are “dreams made of legend” – and who doesn’t want their dreams to be made of legend?
Whatever you think of Travers, he is proud and unapologetic. And, while some may label him as being little more than a carbon-copy of Hugh Heffner, The Candy Man believes wholeheartedly in his uniqueness. He is a man in fearless pursuit of his dreams made of legend.
