From TheAustralian.com.au
THE brainstorming session on how to end ACP Magazine's 30 Days of Fashion and Beauty Festival on a high note must have lasted 30 seconds.
As soon as one bright spark suggested gathering 1,000 women in bikinis on Bondi Beach in an attempt to set a record for the world's biggest swimsuit shoot - bingo! - billboard-worthy stunt and blanket media coverage assured.
The bikini brain was Cosmopolitan Magazine editor Sarah Wilson, who coordinated yesterday's Guinness World Record shoot at Bondi.
“I wanted to do something that got women in an environment when they were around each others bodies and could feel comfortable,” Ms Wilson said yesterday.
“We usually hide ourselves away, but there are women walking around here in all shapes and sizes and feeling really good.”
Best described as Baywatch meets Beach Blanket Bingo, the scene on the sand yesterday included 15 roving lifesavers recruited to apply sunscreen to 1,000 bikini babes who were ogled by countless surfers, locals and tourists who must have been surprised by the popularity of a mid-morning weekday dip.
Cassandra Gusman and her four daughters were among the swimsuit shoot's participants, recruited through advertisements in Cosmopolitan and the website of 30 Days of Fashion and Beauty, a month long event aimed at ramping sales of ACP's womens and lifestyle titles.
“We are a family of women ranging from 8 to 18 so I thought it was good thing for us girls to do together,” Ms Gusman said yesterday.
Also enjoying the atmosphere was Guinness World Record adjudicator Chris Sheedy, who has officiated at world record attempts including the most people renewing their wedding vows and the largest gatherings of people dressed as pirates, mobile phones and Robin Hood.
“We take every assignment extremely seriously, but I'm certainly not complaining about being here today,” Mr Sheedy said. “Being paid to stand around at Bondi Beach on a beautiful day surrounded by lovely ladies is hard to beat.”
Yesterday's bikini brief should stand him in good stead for his next assignment - authenticating the world's largest pair of underpants, currently being produced by mens underwear company Aussie Bum.
“They will be approximately the size of the front of a three storey building,” Mr Sheedy said.
The bikini shoot will be featured in a double gatefold insert in the January issue of Cosmopolitan.
NVDL: A colleague was invited to the SA Sports Illustrated glitz thing on Friday night. He said he left fairly early because it's actually quite an uncomfortable scenario. You stand around looking at models, who stand around to be looked at (because they're beautiful). The problem is, there is nothing to say to them really because it's all so obvious.
"You're so beautiful."
"I know."
"I mean it."
"I know."
"I feel like I am in love with you."
"I know. I get that a lot."
"Are you single?"
"Get lost."
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