Tobacco tycoon Travers ‘Candyman’ Beynon has hit back at his critics after sharing photographs of naked women bearing tattoos of his company logo Free Choice on their backsides.
The ‘party king’ was slammed online for the picture, which was considered by many as a sexist mark of ownership, but the real reason his girlfriends bear the corporate ink has been revealed.
In a bizarre display of marketing ingenuity, the Candyman hosted a competition which gifted the first 40 people to sport the tattoo free flights to Australia to attend one of his wild parties.
Tobacco tycoon Travers Beynon attracted criticism on social media after posting an image showing two of his naked girlfriends sporting tattoos of his company logo
It has been revealed the Candyman hosted a bizarre competition which gifted the first 40 people to sport the ink free flights to Australia to attend one of his wild parties
The 45-year-old ‘party king’ (pictured) is heir to the Free Choice tobacconist retail empire
And it appears dozens of Candyman super-fans were quick to accept Beynon’s challenge, which asked participants to tattoo his 1.3cmx6.5cm Free Choice trademark anywhere on their body.
Men and women from as far as Spain and Sweden happily inked their bodies with the Candyman’s tobacco logo and were flown to Brisbane with a ticket to his infamous Candy Shop Mansion Party.
One man, from Ludhiana, India, even uploaded a video tattooing himself with the ludicrous company logo in a desperate bid to win the competition.
It is unclear if Beynon was able to find a his complete list of 40 people – 30 women and 10 men – to permanently bear his company logo on their bodies.
The 45-year-old ‘party king’ is heir to the Free Choice tobacconist retail empire.
Men and women from as far as Spain and Sweden happily inked their bodies with the Candyman’s tobacco logo and were flown to Brisbane with a ticket to his infamous Candy Shop Mansion Party
He says he shares his bed with at least four women every night, including his wife Taesha Beynon, who he met at the first Candy Shop party in 2009
Beynon was heavily criticised after sharing the photograph next to two of his naked girlfriends who sported the tattoos on their backsides.
The photo was met with mixed criticism, with many pointing out it creates the image Beynon ‘owns’ the women.
‘Have a go at the f***ing free Choice tattoos’ one person commented.
‘This guys just so weird, he made these girls get a tattoo of his company freechoice like he own these girls,’ another said.
But Beynon responded to his onslaught of critics by simply sharing a photograph to Instagram of himself smiling with the caption: ‘When they criticise me, I be like… #FREECHOICE.’
It is unclear if Beynon was able to find a his complete list of 40 people – 30 women and 10 men – to permanently bear his company logo on their bodies (One Candyman fan with the tattoo pictured)
Dozens of Candyman super fans were quick to ink their bodies with tattoos of his company logo (pictured)
Beynon promised free flights to Australia and a ticket to his infamous party for the first 40 people to get the ink
Beynon was heavily criticised after sharing the photograph next to two of his naked girlfriends who sported the tattoos on their backsides (Pictured at his party)
The photo was met with mixed criticism, with many pointing out it creates the image Beynon ‘owns’ the women (Pictured are Beynon’s girlfriends)
Candyman has forged a highly-publicised and colourful image of himself on the back of his famous mansion parties, luxury cars and playboy lifestyle.
He says he shares his bed with at least four women every night, including his wife Taesha Beynon, who he met at the first Candy Shop party in 2009.
‘When you’ve got one girl, that’s one thing. When there’s multiple, there’s so much going on in my mind,’ he told Ocean Road magazine.
‘In bed, there’s four girls as an average. I often don’t get much sleep… I think I come up with a new position every week.
‘Bedroom time isn’t for me; it’s to stimulate the girls. To be good in bed it’s not about you.’
He has posted several other images online of his girlfriends with the same tattoos, even captioning images with ‘#FREECHOICEtattoo’
Beynon made his fortune through his tobacco chain Freechoice Australia