A realtor is under fire after she used half-naked fitness models to help promote a listed home. Kristin Gyldenege from Houston wanted to do something out of the box to help get one of her homes more attention on a listing website.
So Gyldenege hired two fitness models to act as a couple in the home, posing them in various photos where the man was shirtless and the woman was in her underwear.
In one photo the woman is topless and only wearing panties and knee-high socks as the man gives her a massage
Other photos feature the couple in the kitchen and the woman in the bathroom and laundry room.
‘I didn’t want anything slutty,’ Gyldenege told the Houston Chronicle. ‘I wanted to represent a young couple who was on top of their game all the way around and who had just moved into this great house.’
Gyldenege said she felt it looked more realistic to show the young couple only partially clothed while they went about daily tasks in their home.
She uploaded the pictures to Har.com, a website for Texas real estate, and they were picked up by multiple listing services.
Gyldenege, who received permission from the homeowner before posting the photos, said Har.com took down the images after receiving more than 100 complaints.
But the photos have definitely helped bring more attention to the home, which is in a flood-prone neighborhood in Conroe.
Gyldenege said the pictures, which she took herself, helped her book six showings the day after they went live.