This woman won a car by smooching it for fifty hours — here’s what got her through it
Published: Apr Nineteen, two thousand seventeen 12:40 p.m. ET
This competition to win a car is eerily reminiscent of the one thousand nine hundred ninety seven documentary, ‘Hands on a Hard Body’
KariPaul
In the cult-hit one thousand nine hundred ninety seven documentary, “Hands on a Hard Bod,” the people who desired to win a truck just had to touch it. Twenty years later, an event broadcast on Facebook Live this week went one step further: One woman won a car after smooching it for fifty hours.
The competition (and publicity stunt) called ‘”Kiss a Kia” was held by local radio station 96.7 Smooch FM in Austin, Texas. Thousands tuned into the live stream on Facebook Live FB, +0.03% which embarked with twenty contestants, narrowed down to eleven after the very first twenty four hours, and ended with a final seven people still smooching the car. DJs for the radio station drew names from the final contestants to choose a winner, and Dilini Jayasuria, 30, who works in a state laboratory, was the fortunate one.
She didn’t meditate, she didn’t count sheep (or cars), she merely permitted herself to practice the highs and lows of getting through the marathon competition, knowing each would be makeshift. “I had a duo of freak-out moments,” she said, adding that her spouse said she could give up, but she refocused her mind. “You think you can’t do it, but then you tell yourself you can do it.”
Congratulations to Dilini Jayasuriya, who lasted all fifty hours of this Smooch A Kia Contest and won herself a two thousand seventeen Kia Optima! pic.twitter.com/nIl347vrsJ
She walked away with a two thousand seventeen Kia, which retails at $23,095, which would otherwise cost $462 per hour after taxes to earn in the same fifty hours. And that doesn’t include the bounty taxes that must be paid on such a prize.
Participants were permitted to budge, cough, and make noise, but they have to keep both lips on the car. Some were seen listening to music on headphones to pass the time and one contestant was watching Netflix NFLX, +0.02% on his phone. Contestants got a 10-minute break each hour — so technically, they need to smooch the car for fifty minutes each hour for fifty hours.
How is it Austin,TX made national news for smooching a Kia to win it @MojoInTheMorn gives you a Mustang for the same thing and gets nothing!?
The competition mirrors that which inspired the one thousand nine hundred ninety seven documentary “Hands on a Hard Body” and the Broadway musical based on it. In that example, twenty four contestants competed for a Nissan Hardbody truck in Longview, Texas.
This is certainly not the strangest or even the most exploitative contest people have participated in to win a prize. During the Excellent Depression, people would twirl around the dance floor until they dropped in dance marathons for money. What commenced as a joy competition ultimately was “often made into tiring and exploitative spectacles that manhandled the financial desperation of the contestants,” according to the film archive at University of South Carolina. In one such dance marathon in 1930, a duo won $Two,650 (or $37,600 adjusted for inflation in 2017) after dancing for Two,831 hours, four minutes and thirty seconds (almost one hundred eighteen days).
In this case, a Smooch FM DJ hosting the live stream repeatedly assured viewers, “We aren’t here to harass these people,” and EMTs were standing by to help. “I don’t see anyone acting crazy or wiggling and acting delirious; that happened to some earlier contestants,” another DJ said.
Still, the cheerfulness of the radio host felt incongruous with the humbling competition behind him, as he predicted four people would stick it out until the end. “Everyone’s going to be famous by the end of this competition,” he said. “And don’t worry, all the smooch marks will be washed off before we give the car away.”
This woman won a car by smooching it for fifty hours
This woman won a car by smooching it for fifty hours — here’s what got her through it
Published: Apr Nineteen, two thousand seventeen 12:40 p.m. ET
This competition to win a car is eerily reminiscent of the one thousand nine hundred ninety seven documentary, ‘Hands on a Hard Body’
KariPaul
In the cult-hit one thousand nine hundred ninety seven documentary, “Hands on a Hard Figure,” the people who wished to win a truck just had to touch it. Twenty years later, an event broadcast on Facebook Live this week went one step further: One woman won a car after smooching it for fifty hours.
The competition (and publicity stunt) called ‘”Kiss a Kia” was held by local radio station 96.7 Smooch FM in Austin, Texas. Thousands tuned into the live stream on Facebook Live FB, -0.76% which commenced with twenty contestants, narrowed down to eleven after the very first twenty four hours, and ended with a final seven people still smooching the car. DJs for the radio station drew names from the final contestants to choose a winner, and Dilini Jayasuria, 30, who works in a state laboratory, was the fortunate one.
She didn’t meditate, she didn’t count sheep (or cars), she merely permitted herself to practice the highs and lows of getting through the marathon competition, knowing each would be makeshift. “I had a duo of freak-out moments,” she said, adding that her spouse said she could give up, but she refocused her mind. “You think you can’t do it, but then you tell yourself you can do it.”
Congratulations to Dilini Jayasuriya, who lasted all fifty hours of this Smooch A Kia Contest and won herself a two thousand seventeen Kia Optima! pic.twitter.com/nIl347vrsJ
She walked away with a two thousand seventeen Kia, which retails at $23,095, which would otherwise cost $462 per hour after taxes to earn in the same fifty hours. And that doesn’t include the bounty taxes that must be paid on such a prize.
Participants were permitted to stir, cough, and make noise, but they have to keep both lips on the car. Some were seen listening to music on headphones to pass the time and one contestant was watching Netflix NFLX, -0.13% on his phone. Contestants got a 10-minute break each hour — so technically, they need to smooch the car for fifty minutes each hour for fifty hours.
How is it Austin,TX made national news for smooching a Kia to win it @MojoInTheMorn gives you a Mustang for the same thing and gets nothing!?
The competition mirrors that which inspired the one thousand nine hundred ninety seven documentary “Hands on a Hard Body” and the Broadway musical based on it. In that example, twenty four contestants competed for a Nissan Hardbody truck in Longview, Texas.
This is certainly not the strangest or even the most exploitative contest people have participated in to win a prize. During the Superb Depression, people would twirl around the dance floor until they dropped in dance marathons for money. What began as a joy competition ultimately was “often made into wearisome and exploitative spectacles that manhandled the financial desperation of the contestants,” according to the film archive at University of South Carolina. In one such dance marathon in 1930, a duo won $Two,650 (or $37,600 adjusted for inflation in 2017) after dancing for Two,831 hours, four minutes and thirty seconds (almost one hundred eighteen days).
In this case, a Smooch FM DJ hosting the live stream repeatedly assured viewers, “We aren’t here to harass these people,” and EMTs were standing by to help. “I don’t see anyone acting crazy or wiggling and acting delirious; that happened to some earlier contestants,” another DJ said.
Still, the cheerfulness of the radio host felt incongruous with the humbling competition behind him, as he predicted four people would stick it out until the end. “Everyone’s going to be famous by the end of this competition,” he said. “And don’t worry, all the smooch marks will be washed off before we give the car away.”
This woman won a car by smooching it for fifty hours
This woman won a car by smooching it for fifty hours — here’s what got her through it
Published: Apr Nineteen, two thousand seventeen 12:40 p.m. ET
This competition to win a car is eerily reminiscent of the one thousand nine hundred ninety seven documentary, ‘Hands on a Hard Body’
KariPaul
In the cult-hit one thousand nine hundred ninety seven documentary, “Hands on a Hard Figure,” the people who dreamed to win a truck just had to touch it. Twenty years later, an event broadcast on Facebook Live this week went one step further: One woman won a car after smooching it for fifty hours.
The competition (and publicity stunt) called ‘”Kiss a Kia” was held by local radio station 96.7 Smooch FM in Austin, Texas. Thousands tuned into the live stream on Facebook Live FB, -0.76% which began with twenty contestants, narrowed down to eleven after the very first twenty four hours, and ended with a final seven people still smooching the car. DJs for the radio station drew names from the final contestants to choose a winner, and Dilini Jayasuria, 30, who works in a state laboratory, was the fortunate one.
She didn’t meditate, she didn’t count sheep (or cars), she merely permitted herself to practice the highs and lows of getting through the marathon competition, knowing each would be makeshift. “I had a duo of freak-out moments,” she said, adding that her spouse said she could give up, but she refocused her mind. “You think you can’t do it, but then you tell yourself you can do it.”
Congratulations to Dilini Jayasuriya, who lasted all fifty hours of this Smooch A Kia Contest and won herself a two thousand seventeen Kia Optima! pic.twitter.com/nIl347vrsJ
She walked away with a two thousand seventeen Kia, which retails at $23,095, which would otherwise cost $462 per hour after taxes to earn in the same fifty hours. And that doesn’t include the bounty taxes that must be paid on such a prize.
Participants were permitted to stir, cough, and make noise, but they have to keep both lips on the car. Some were seen listening to music on headphones to pass the time and one contestant was watching Netflix NFLX, -0.13% on his phone. Contestants got a 10-minute break each hour — so technically, they need to smooch the car for fifty minutes each hour for fifty hours.
How is it Austin,TX made national news for smooching a Kia to win it @MojoInTheMorn gives you a Mustang for the same thing and gets nothing!?
The competition mirrors that which inspired the one thousand nine hundred ninety seven documentary “Hands on a Hard Body” and the Broadway musical based on it. In that example, twenty four contestants competed for a Nissan Hardbody truck in Longview, Texas.
This is certainly not the strangest or even the most exploitative contest people have participated in to win a prize. During the Superb Depression, people would twirl around the dance floor until they dropped in dance marathons for money. What commenced as a joy competition ultimately was “often made into tiresome and exploitative spectacles that manhandled the financial desperation of the contestants,” according to the film archive at University of South Carolina. In one such dance marathon in 1930, a duo won $Two,650 (or $37,600 adjusted for inflation in 2017) after dancing for Two,831 hours, four minutes and thirty seconds (almost one hundred eighteen days).
In this case, a Smooch FM DJ hosting the live stream repeatedly assured viewers, “We aren’t here to harass these people,” and EMTs were standing by to help. “I don’t see anyone acting crazy or wiggling and acting delirious; that happened to some earlier contestants,” another DJ said.
Still, the cheerfulness of the radio host felt incongruous with the humbling competition behind him, as he predicted four people would stick it out until the end. “Everyone’s going to be famous by the end of this competition,” he said. “And don’t worry, all the smooch marks will be washed off before we give the car away.”