By
LACW Simone Liebelt
 |
|
Flight
Lieutenant Shane Calliess doesn’t claim to be a hunk,
but Adelaide residents voted him Hunk No. 3 in a radio station’s
contest to find the city’s most eligible bachelor.
Photo by CPL Rob Hack
|
A
FLIGHT test engineer from the Aircraft Research and Development
Unit has been rated among Adelaide's most eligible bachelors in
a local radio station's competition.
Flight Lieutenant Shane Calliess, 30, was chosen as one of the
five finalists of the SAFM Incredible Hunk competition after his
brother entered him as a contestant.
A modest FLTLT Calliess said he was shocked to be short-listed
out of the 500 hopefuls as he didn't consider himself a hunk,
but was happy to play along with the contest for a bit of fun.
Crowned as Hunk No. 3, his photo and personal profile was posted
on the radio's web site for thousands of female fans to judge.
Interviewed by the Today Tonight program on the flight line of
RAAF Base Edinburgh, FLTLT Calliess later appeared on television
in a story on the hunk finalists, complete with flight suit, F-A/18
Hornet and the theme music from Top Gun.
He said he didn't feel like a celebrity, but his short glimpse
of fame did come at a price – in the form of good-natured
ribbing from friends and work colleagues.
“Being referred to as The Hunk for a week or two at work
or the Incredible Chump at football was slightly amusing, but
the most grief came out of the Top Gun clichés used on
the Today Tonight story,” he said. “I copped it from
people both inside and outside of the RAAF.”
While he didn't win the competition, FLTLT Calliess attended a
charity dinner for the Crippled Children's Association and made
some celebrity appearances at local nightclubs with the other
hunk finalists, and also received some consolation prizes.
“I had a great time with the competition and would happily
do it all over again,” he said. “I couldn't complain
about the extra attention I received [from the ladies] at a few
of the nightclub/ charity events.
It was a good laugh for my 15 minutes of fame.”
