LOS ANGELES \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Babeland, a sexuality boutique owned by women, has launched a sex toy design contest called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Project Sex Toy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Babeland.com customers will judge contest finalists online beginning in June of 2006, and all entrants will retain ownership of their designs.<\/p>\n
The first place winner will receive $250 cash, a $250 gift certificate to Babeland and a package of sex toys. Prizes also will be awarded for second and third place winners.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This contest will be fun as well as productive. We are definitely looking for the next great sex toy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d explained Babeland co-founder Rachel Venning. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All entries will be judged on viability, originality of design, functionality and safety, aesthetics and the ability of the toy to advance the cause of human sexuality.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
All designs must be received by May 26, 2006 and both two-dimensional and three-dimensional entries will be accepted. Final judging will be conducted on July 11, 2006, in Babeland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Los Angeles store.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am so excited that the Los Angeles store has been chosen as the site of the final judging,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said L.A. store manager Kristina Garcai. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I know we are going to get some phenomenal entries and having a talented panel of judges reviewing them is going to be fantastic.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Babeland was co-founded in 1993 by Venning and Claire Cavanah to be a woman-friendly destination for adult-oriented products, beginning with its first Seattle location. The company started a mail-order operation in 1995 and expanded into New York and, later, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Babeland has received numerous honors in its thirteen years of business, including a Zagat Survey Awards for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Top Service\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in New York City in 2003 and 2006. The store was voted “Best Place to Buy Sex Toys” by The Village Voice, New York Magazine, New York Press, Miami New Times, Seattle’s The Stranger, and The Seattle Weekly.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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