Date With BeautifulPeople.com's 'Virgin Mary' Heather Seychelle Deemed 'Adult Content' By Ebay

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Huffington Post   Alastair Plumb First Posted: 07/12/11 15:27 GMT Updated: 07/12/11 15:30 GMT

BeautifulPeople.com is a dating website for good-looking people only.

But that doesn't mean they aren't interested in raising money for charity, with the LA-based site offering up a date with one of its users to raise cash for Christian Aid.

Showed in revealing attire posing next to her "Joseph" - actually 23-year-old model Dorion Renaud - Heather Seychelle, 25, attracted a lot of attention when her photo was posted onto eBay with the chance to donate for a date.

The problem being, eBay didn't approve, pulling the post and forcing BeautifulPeople.com to perform the auction on their own site.

"I'm a single girl and I joined the website to find love, so I hope I meet a nice boy," said Seychelle. "It's crazy that eBay got rid of our auction on their site. The money is for charity."

Hmm. Could this be a PR stunt? Things begin to become a little bit more suspicious when it emerges that ChristianAid want to have nothing to do with BeautifulPeople.com.

'We were certainly not informed that it was taking place and had not agreed to be a beneficiary," Anne Phipps, ChristianAid's head of fundraising said. "We thoroughly object to our name being used in connection with a stunt of this nature and will not accept any of the money that it may raise."

Then again, BeautifulPeople.com's Greg Hodge is keen to point out a few things in their defence.

"It's not like we were the first to auction a date on eBay. Scarlett Johansson auctioned herself on the site for Oxfam," said Hodge. "I'm also not sure how our posting is adult content. Everyone is dressed and although Mary is busty, she has just given birth to Jesus."

Err... that might not be the best argument ever there Greg. Still, nice try!


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BeautifulPeople.com is a dating website for good-looking people only. But that doesn't mean they aren't interested in raising money for charity, with the LA-based site offering up a date with one ...
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08:57 AM on 12/09/2011
Too funny. I like their little stunts but can't stand paying per month. I joined http://beautifulpeoplenetwork.com cuz it's free.
12:47 PM on 12/08/2011
I wounder how many Town and City centres would be on fire now if Muhammad was portrayed in this way?
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12:42 PM on 12/08/2011
Works for me.
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ANTONY T
12:00 PM on 12/08/2011
What's wrong with it did not Eve Temp Adam with an Apple and they were surpose to naked?
And if its for a Christian Aid so can't see the problem
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Daveed M
The Truth Hurts
04:55 AM on 12/11/2012
Where does it say as apple
11:19 AM on 12/08/2011
Jesus message and His birth was a gift for ALL mankind not just the 'Beautiful'. Its a message of love no matter what creed, colour or in fact religion. It is certainly not a commodity to be bought or sold!
Kraptonfactor
They're coming to take me away ha ha, hee hee, ho
11:10 AM on 12/08/2011
Here in North Wales I know a few blokes who would find those sheep very beautiful indeed.
12:16 PM on 12/08/2011
Especially look out for the ultra fussy blokes who put on running spikes instead of wellies to make sure they dont just get lumbered with one of the ugly ones !
09:34 AM on 12/08/2011
The Yanks are experts at "Tacky" and this is very "Tacky" I suppose we should be greatful they didnt use Charlie Sheen as Joseph and Pamela Anderson as Mary.
12:18 AM on 12/08/2011
Not sure if its too raunchy but with all that straw and hitching posts it's probably too ranchy.
09:33 PM on 12/07/2011
No, it's not nice. Christmas is about love. This is about sex. AND WRONG!
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Roy Fowler
I try....I really do!
06:26 PM on 12/07/2011
I see no Union Jacks, Beefeaters, London taxis or a single Bowler Hat in this picture; Its a disgrace!!

Everyone knows God is an Englishman :-)
07:49 PM on 12/07/2011
and it was taken in America. Did they really find 3 wise men OR a virgin over there ?????? hehe
05:08 PM on 12/07/2011
Its shameful and a total disgrace. A cheap trick!
05:01 PM on 12/07/2011
Its open season on Christians. I'm not one but you dont need a degree to know which religion can be abused particularly in this country. As an aside a friend of mine who is Hindu was grossly upset on behalf of Christians at the unfair and biased bad treatment Christians working alongside her received when compared to certain other faiths (you know what I mean).
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09:25 PM on 12/07/2011
Noooo actually I do not??? WTF are you talking about?? Do you even know???
We started a Christian church in a Grade school, and you know what???
Nobody said a word, no one started pig races, no one raised an objection.
Happily I am not Muslim, because I do not know how well I would handle the hatred shown here to non-christians in the land of the free.
11:26 AM on 12/08/2011
With terms like WTF I guess you're not a member of the 'We' who started the Christian school? What's a Grade School? guess you're stateside where Christians get a better deal.
04:56 PM on 12/07/2011
I'm not really religious, but find this poor taste, how come they can do this with the christian faith, but di it with the muslim's and there's an out cry. Double standards.
02:19 PM on 12/11/2012
Double standards can only be used by none whites, females or people with disabilitys, the rest of us just have to shut up while they give it to us good and proper.
03:46 PM on 12/07/2011
I'm no prude but I think this photo is in very bad taste and waht's more I didn't know joseph was a blackman!
04:48 PM on 12/07/2011
Lets see, Middle East, @2000 years ago. You think he was white???
04:58 PM on 12/07/2011
I agree that the photo is extremely poor taste but come on, think LOGICALLY and you'll realise Jesus must have had Arab blood - shock horror, someone from the Middle East might have been of Middle Eastern descent!