Paradise Lakes in Tampa, Florida is no longer an AANR club

Paradise Lakes Resort has said goodbye to AANR over a dispute over a "Miss G-String International" competition sponsored by a Penthouse Magazine cover model named Schevelle.

Here's the story:

"G-string ad prompts resort to drop out of nude group

LAND O' LAKES - For the second time in just over a year, one of Pasco County's clothing-optional resorts has withdrawn from the American Association of Nude Recreation over advertising practices considered contrary to the organization's family-friendly principles.

Paradise Lakes Resort today withdrew from the influential association over advertisements for a "Miss G-String International" competition at the resort...

AANR's board voted to temporarily suspend the membership, but when resort owner John Forier was informed of the suspension, he voluntarily withdrew membership, said AANR spokeswoman Carolyn Hawkins. An investigation over complaints of advertising and marketing efforts behind the G-string contest was launched in recent months.

..."Any club that deliberately advocates, endorses, encourages or promotes sexual activities or sexual enterprises is subject to revocation of its charter."

...The ad says the Oct. 1-3 event will be hosted by a Penthouse magazine cover model and feature "25 gorgeous contestants competing for exciting prizes and top honors!"

In July 2008 ... Caliente Resorts withdrew its membership with AANR after the resort was temporarily suspended over an investigation into its involvement with a swingers organization...

The Paradise Lakes investigation determined that the resort's management had "increasingly sexualized the nudist experience" by advertising and marketing the G-string contest, AANR said...

When Caliente withdrew from AANR, Fox said the resort was "taking advantage of educating the next generation, the 20- and 30-somethings on social nudism. [AANR] hasn't done a good job of targeting those folks."

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Wow, this is big news in the nudist world. First Caliente is asked to leave AANR because of catering to swinger groups, now Paradise Lakes left because they "increasingly sexualized the nudist experience."

I have no first had knowledge of this situation. So I can not comment on it. I am just reporting what was in the newspaper and of course I do not know how accurate the reporting was.

My guess is sales are down at Paradise Lakes. I have written that nudists need to stop going to the places in Mexico and the Caribbean otherwise we will lose nudism in the US. So Paradise decided upon this event to increase sales.

What I will comment on is how nudism needs to reach out beyond this notion that all nudist resorts need to book families. I have seen conservative nudist resorts advertise, toga parties, lingerie parties, etc. I wouldn't call these events family friendly.

People want to have fun. The days of sitting out in a field in a drum circle singing Kumbaya are over. Couples take more vacations than families. Couples will vacation for a week or longer at a time as opposed to families wanting just Saturday nights.

I remember when we first opened 15 years ago, Lee Baxandall of The Naturist Society thought that I was a terrible person because I dared to have our toll free number be
800-Sunnyfun. What made him even madder at me was I said it was fun to vacation at nudist resorts.

Lee read my the riot act saying naturism had nothing to do with fun. It was all about body acceptance and getting over body shame. And how dare I even speak of fun and naturism in the same breathe.

Of course, we all know the whole nudist industry saw how successful we were promoting nudism and fun together and now everyone says it. Why? Because it is true!
So things can change in the nudist world.

I agree 100% with AANR that we do NOT want to promote nudism with swingers and sex. But, we also have to get away from the notion that nudism is for families only as couples normally do not want to hang around with families.

We operate a FUN conservative nudist resort, yet, we don't book families with kids. And we are extremely popular. With work it can be done. At the same time Cypress Cove in Florida and Laguna del Sol are good examples of nudist resorts that do cater to families with kids and are very successful. So it can be done. It is a large room and there should be space for all except nudism and swingers and sex groups.

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More on the Tampa Lingerie Bowl

More about the lingerie models from the Lingerie Bowl looking down on nudists:


"Ok, here is the deal. I was part of their team. I quit because Horizon is lying to all of their players and not giving us the money that we are owed. I was not "let go" or "released". Horizon basically begged me last Friday not to quit. I am sorry to those of you that think that being nude and playing football in your lingerie is the same thing. Maybe you should look at our uniforms which are sports bras and boyshorts. Much more than athletes, such as volleyball players wear.

I love the way that people are so quick to compare us to strippers and nudists. Grow up. Get the facts. And get over it."

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A lingerie model thinks nudists and strippers are pretty low life's. Hmmn. Looks like Caliente Nude Resort needed to do a better job in checking out the Lingerie Bowl promoters before hand. Or maybe they are believers in the old say, There's no such thing as bad publicity. I wonder if Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and NY Governor Elliott Spittzer still believe in that expression too.

Maybe they should change the name of this event to the Toilet Bowl.

I remember here in Palm Springs a larger naturist resort that always loved getting any type of publicity no mater how damaging decided to have Ron Jeremy the male porn star at their resort. Not only did they host him, but they sent out a press release bragging that he was staying with them. It was even picked up by our local newspaper, The Desert Sun. Naturally that resort filed bankruptcy a number of years later..

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Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Hope to see you in sunny Palm Springs

Caliente resort, Tampa Lingerie Bowl major marketing coup

Say what you will about Caliente nude resort sponsoring swinger parties. They are the masters of public relations for nude recreation.

In the fall, they asked for a polling place at their resort knowing it would be rejected and the story was picked up world wide.

Now they are going to be official sponsors of the Lingerie Bowl and Super Bowl Sunday and this story will have major coverage world wide. Mark my word.

This story will probably have a very positive impact on nudist resorts and nude recreation as it will make nudism look like it is fun and make it look like young people also enjoy nude sunbathing (which they do).

Here is the story:

"Lingerie Bowl To Be At Pasco Nudist Resort

Organizers of Lingerie Bowl VI have found a new field to play on: the Caliente "clothing optional" resort in central Pasco County.

The event, which features scantily clad women playing tackle football, is being organized by Los Angeles-based Horizon Production and the Lingerie Football League franchise.

It will be held Jan. 31 at the resort and will be between Miami Caliente and Tampa Breeze, billed as the "ultimate catfight competition."...

"This season will be the first in Super Bowl's backyard transforming Caliente Resort into a 'Mardi Gras meets Super Bowl-like setting' for football fans," the company said....

Because the event will be held on the grounds of the private 125-acre gated Caliente community, it won't require special permits, said Angye Fox, Caliente's public relations director. Off-duty traffic officers from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office will be needed.

Tickets for the event will range from $50 to $150....

The game also will be broadcast on pay-per-view during halftime of the Super Bowl...


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My hat goes off to Caliente. No matter what you think of them and their affiliation to the swinging lifestyle, they are very creative marketers. Now with Florida's traditional bad weather in the winter, lets hope it isn't too cold or gets rained out.

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Give us a call at 800-786-6938. Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Hope to see you in sunny Palm Springs!

Caliente Nude resort outside of Tampa Florida is king of PR

Caliente nude resort located north of Tampa has done some really good PR. Asking for a naked polling booth has given them world wide PR.

Of course they probably won't tell first timers that they book a swinger group once a month on weekends, but that is another story.

I congrats on their stroke of genius with this PR stunt.

Here is the story from an English site:


"Nudists want their own polling booth

A nudist reosrt in Florida has had a request for a naked polling booth for the US election turned down.

Naturists at Caliente Resort, near Tampa, asked Pasco County elections officials to set up a clothing-optional polling place for their community.

Resort spokeswoman Angye Fox insisted it was a serious request, reports the St Petersburg Times.

"It's about freedom," she insisted. "People take their civic duty seriously and in many cases nudism is a very serious part of their lifestyle."

But Brian Corley, Pasco's supervisor of elections, dismissed the request as a publicity stunt.

"I think they're just doing some marketing hype," said Corley, adding he heard there was a news release by Caliente touting its request.

Corley said the request came a few weeks ago, and there's not enough time to set up a new polling place for this election. Even for 2010 would be difficult, he said..."


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