But few would know the loving and enduring support system behind many of the Glitter Strips’s larger than life characters. MEET THE GOLD COAST’S BAD BOYS AND GIRLS OF INSTAThey are the current and former wives and girlfriends, many of whom helped their beau boost their personal brands while at the same time chasing their own dreams. They are successful businesswomen in their own right, loving mothers and full-time carers, sought-after models or influencers and even budding socialites.One thing is certain; they are more than just a WAG. They are their own person with hopes and ambitions who are successfully carving out a life they love. Anita CassinThis brunette beauty, 30, has been by Troy ‘Candy’ Williams’ side since 2016, helping promote her fiance’s Eye Candy Motorsports range as a face of the brand. The Victorian-raised twosome relocated to the Gold Coast to further expand her Mr Williams’ business which specialises in customising vehicles.But Ms Cassin – whose luxury SUV was targeted by young criminals last year at their Hope Isand home while she was heavily pregnant – is also a successful model and beauty school graduate. According to the 30-year-old’s social media, which has more than 83,000 followers, the first-time mum who welcomed son Saint in July last year, graduated from Elly Lukas in 2016.The loved-up duo have previously enjoyed lavish trips aboard alongside their best mates. Both have since reached peak influencer status with a combined 288,200 Instagram followers. Ms Cassin has since launched an OnlyFans account to share racy adult-only content for paying subscribers. She also regularly shares vlogs about her life to a YouTube page with 2,300-plus subscribers. Taesha BeynonShe is widely known as the wife of Gold Coast’s Traver ‘Candyman’ Beynon.But Taesha Beynon is also a devoted mother and stepmother, having dedicated her years since marrying the playboy businessman as a full-time carer. The couple, who have an open marriage and often enjoy lavish parties at their Candy Shop Mansion, first met at one of the tobacco tycoon’s famous parties when his wife was just 18. They went on to welcome two daughters into the mix soon after, in addition to Mr Beynon’s two adult children son Valentino and daughter Lucciana.Now married for more than a decade, Mrs Beynon has said previously she doesn’t mind sharing her husband with other women – his girlfriends – who also live in their 15-bedroom, 19-bathroom mansion.Korinne HarringtonShe is the beloved wife of one-half of the Mad Hueys, famous worldwide for their prankster antics and cultivating the cult trend known as the ‘shoey.’But according to widespread reports, it was actually Shaun Harrington’s significant other Korinne who made the initial move to turn the stomach-churning activity into what it is today. It seems Mrs Harrington realised how big of a trend skolling a beverage out of a shoe would become, leading her to quickly register the ‘shoeys’ trademark. The trend has become so popular in recent years that it now regularly features on international sporting podiums, with F1 champion Daniel Riccardo often seen downing a celebratory skull following a win. Mrs Harrington is also mother to the couple’s two children and has long-facilitated much of the behind-the-scenes business operations for the hugely popular Mad Hueys brand.True to style, Mrs Harrington has at times fallen victim to pranks by her husband and his group of hilarious mates. Jennifer ColeThis Canadian native made headlines amid her bitter split from Gold Coast-based Ultratune franchise boss Sean Buckley.But prior to their messy bust-up, the bikini model glamour was a well-known figure on the international scene and a favourite to appear in Playboy Australia.Ms Cole last year told the Bulletin she was working several days a week for a cosmetic surgery firm as an elective surgery nurse and also doing short-term stints at work sites in Melbourne conducting rapid antigen tests for Covid.She is understood to be the full-time carer for the former couple’s young daughter. NED-2822-GCB-APPMayoress Ruth Tate This self-proclaimed ‘country girl’ has made quite a name for herself alongside her husband and longstanding Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate. WHY RUTH IS TATE’S SECRET WEAPONBorn in Cowra, the mother-of-four and grandmother has played a massive part in her spouse’s many electoral campaigns since he took the city’s top job in 2012. The popular Mayoress even took the opportunity to relaunch the Gold Coast Mayoress Charity after her husband as elected to public office, raising more than $1.4 million since its inception to support the homeless and disadvantaged. It has become one of the most well-known charities in Queensland, working with a suite of organisations including GC Project for Homeless Youth and Men of Business.She is a regular fixture at many local charity events and business launches. The highly-qualified physical therapist, who studied at University of NSW where she met her husband of more than four decades, once worked abroad in a London hospital.In 2017, the highly-respected figure suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest moments before boarding a flight at Signapore bound for Rome. Cr Tate performed lifesaving CPR on his wife before medical staff performed an emergency evacuation to Changi General Hospital where Mrs Tate was placed in an induced coma.Maddy BelleThis beauty has become a well-known figure among the Gold Coast social scene and online, where more than 1 million Instagram followers enjoy her racy content. According to her social media, Maddy Belle works as an entrepreneur, social media influencer, and content creator on top of her bikini and lingerie modelling.She and her influencer partner Jackson O’Doherty last year shifted their content creating skills to adults-only subscriber platform OnlyFans, performing comedic sexual parodies.The pair have since raked in a mass fortune with their X-rated clips, earning them millions of dollars in under a year with an instant 50,000 subscribers each paying $10 per month. Currently, Ms Belle’s exclusive 18+ content has earned more than 502,000 ‘likes’.Amellia HayneJarryd Hayne is a man who needs little introduction, his name once destined for both NRL and NFL glory now shrouded in controversy, jail time and sex scandals. Despite his ups and downs, former Gold Coast Titans player Jarryd Hayne found one constant during recent trying times – his wife and mother to their two children, Amellia Bonnici. Hayne and Bonnici, 30, met in 2016 through social media, after he returned from a highly publicised stint in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers to join the Gold Coast Titans.Bonnici fell pregnant in the months following and relocated from her home in Sydney to move in with Hayne at his Gold Coast residence. She gave birth to their first child, daughter Beliviah Ivy, in December 2016.The couple went on to live separately for a brief period when she returned to Sydney before Hayne returned to the Parramatta Eels for the 2018 season.They secretly married on January 26 last year on the Central Coast of New South Wales.Ms Bonnici, hailing from Tuncurry NSW, has proven to be a pillar of strength for her husband and is regularly photographed attending court proceedings relating to sexual assault allegations against her partner. She is believed to be a full-time mother with few details known about her professional life.Keely HannahThis former Pimpama State Seconday College student has caused quite the stir in recent months after her romance with tennis champ Bernard Tomic went public. The stunning blonde, 20, made national headlines after she was seen attending her beau’s training sessions in the lead up to the Australian Open grand slam in January.Their new relationship comes after Tomic’s nasty split from former Love Island contestant and OnlyFans star Vanessa Sierra.Before making her debut on Tomic’s Instagram earlier this year, the Gold Coast beauty was a budding influencer, though her following boosted amid reports of the relationship. Ms Heely now boasts more than 6500 followers despite recently switching her account from public to private. The two appear loved up as ever with Ms Hannah joining her significant other on the professional tennis tour circuit, according to her social media. Allaina VaderThe former girlfriend of notorious ex-Hells Angels Ben ‘Notorious’ Geppert bikie has well and truly moved on with her life after ending the previously tumultuous romance in 2019. Less than a year on from their break up, the heavily tattooed beauty went on to welcome her second child, son Storm, with new partner Dallas Donnelly.She shares daughter Halo with former Bandido enforcer John Fahey.Little is known about her professional life these days, with all traces of any public social media accounts scrubbed – a stark contrast to her once flashy life splashed across Instagram. Ms Vader came to prominence in 2018 when she was dating Geppert. Together the pair amassed thousands of Instagram followers by posting raunchy photos of their lifestyle.At one point she had amassed more than 156,000 followers. The pair made headlines for their social media beef with Ms Vader’s relative in Rikki Louise Sutton and her bikie boyfriend Brett ‘Kaos’ Pechey.In 2018 she pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court to six charges including common assault, drug possession and traffic offences after stomping on a woman in a brutal road rage attack.
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