Remember the days when hot chicks wouldn't let you display a company logo or slogan across their chests? A quick-draw map of Hawaii, maybe, but that was about it. Luckily, those days are history, now that Shaune Bagwell is auctioning off ad space on her cleavage.
Unfortunately the PK.com marketing budget falls just short of the minimum bid of $2,000 for 30 days, but I wouldn't be surprised if GoldenPalace.com, owner of the famous Virgin Mary grilled cheese, jumps into this one. (Customize your own grilled cheese sandwich.)
Being that Ms. Bagwell is a long-time friend of PK.com, we have this exclusive interview with her regarding the unique business plan.
1. Did you come up with this idea, or did somebody suggest it to you?
I saw a model I did a shoot with once selling her chewed gum on eBay. Some guy bought it for $20! I don't know who I felt sorrier for, the model or the guy! Models are selling their underwear. I thought this would be a funnier and more creative way to utilize my marketability.
2. What inspired you to do this?
I'm a single mom, raising my daughter alone, and I guess have to come up with a positive cash flow somehow.
3. What kind of "tattoo" will it be, that Henna ink stuff?
Whatever kind of ad the client wants, it could be body paint or Henna, but nothing permanent. I was a mermaid at the Playboy Mansion once, and they body painted fish scales and seashells on us, and it looked awesome!
4. Do you expect a lot of bidding?
I don't know, but I'm running the ad until it sells.
5. What kind of clothes will you wear to maximize the advertising by your breasts?
For 30 days, I will maximize the ad's visibility by wearing strapless dresses, tops and bikinis. I plan on attending Laker's games, walking at the park and dining at high-profile eateries. Obviously, I can't get away with a bikini at the Polo Lounge but I might be able to get away with it at the park. I'm also doing a swimsuit photo shoot featuring the ad for my website, ShauneBagwell.com. The photos will remain on display for the remainder of 2005.
6. Is there any advertising that you will refuse?
Anything pornographic.
7. How many tattoos do you already have?
I'm from a really conservative, Republican family. I thought I would be daring last summer, do something kind of wild, and I got one on my lower back. I think it's kind of sexy, but I don't want any more. Wait, there's a whole new frontier ... political endorsements! I should have thought about this before the election!
8. Are you sorry now that you got that tattoo over your butt, thus wasting prime advertising space?
Oh, that's right! I didn't think about that! If I didn't have that one above my canasta, I could have sold the space below my T-shirt and above my low-rise Frankie B jeans.
9. If this works, will you auction off advertising space on any other body parts?
It may be the kind of thing that only works once, but we'll see.
10. Of all the nutty stuff you've done, where does this rank?
I'm not sure. It actually doesn't seem that nutty to me. Hmmmm ... is that a sign I'm losing it? Gosh, I sure hope not.
Other Shaune Bagwell Content on PK.com:
PK.com News World Exclusive: Shaune's New Baby
Our First Interview With Shaune
Today's News Links:
Curious About Celebrity Fragrances? They Reek I actually took a whiff of Britney Spears' Curious ('cause I was, um, curious) and it smelled like high-school chick. So all you 17-year-olds out there, buy this stuff, spray is all over your bed and couch, and then bring your friends over to brag about all the hotties you banged.
Canadian Court OKs Masturbation at Home Quite a relief, as it's often way too cold to be outside while stretching the limo. (Found on jadedgrrl)
101 Dumbest Moments in Business: 2005 Edition Business 2.0 is back with its annual stupidity list. I like No. 14: "Hormel Foods is forced to recall 104,000 pounds of Stagg canned chili labeled 'hearty beef with a kick of green chilies' after the kick turns out to come instead from the ground-up parts of a plastic handheld calculator."
Men Peed Way Out of Avalanche Everyone's loving this story about a Slovak man who freed himself from a trapped car by drinking 60 bottles of beer and peeing on the snow to melt it. To which I say: people will believe anything.
Gitmo Soldier Details Sexual Tactics No doubt we're running out of ideas to catch Osama when an AP lead reads as such: "Female interrogators tried to break Muslim detainees at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay by sexual touching, wearing a miniskirt and thong underwear and in one case smearing a Saudi man's face with fake menstrual blood, according to an insider's written account." Aside from the blood, I can't see the prisoners chirping as much as I see 'em touching themselves. Get some trannies in there and we might be able to crack something.
Senator Wants Boxing Gloves on Chickens Oklahoma State Sen. Frank Shurden is such a proponent of cockfighting that he's suggesting boxing gloves be put on the combatants so as to eliminate bloodshed, the main argument against the event. "Let the roosters do what they love to do without getting injured," Shurden said. Yeah, roosters fucking love it, man! I see them in training, hittin' the heavy bag, running up the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. They live for this stuff. (Found on Complete and Total Bisch)
iPod Is the Blade and Not the Razor A business article on how Apple makes more money off the iPod (on which it profits about $75 each) than with the songs bought through iTunes. Apple has sold only about 25 songs per iPod, and they profit only about 20 cents per song.
Radio Hoax Creates Minor Scramble for Toilet Paper I've got some old Mets baseball cards laying around if a real shortage ever makes its way to NYC.
Man Runs Dating Service Out of NYC Cab Really nothing more than a guy looking out for his familiar customers. But how do you ride often enough with a New York cabbie to get to know each other? There's 40,000 drivers out there. For real. (PBS Special: Taxi Dreams)
What the hell are you doing with Mets baseball cards? Oh, I get it: you collect Mets players to find out the Yankees' mid-season pickups 10 years from now! Should I tell Jay Payton to start apartment hunting now?
BTW - At the last shareholders meeting, my CEO, God, decided to increase my receding hairline to my neck, thereby maximizing available billboard space on my forehead. Thanks, God.
Posted by Anchorman at January 31, 2005 11:52 AM