There’s never a lack of ad babes peering, longingly, out of magazine ad pages luring guys into buying things they really don’t need so it’s without surprise that we find both been-there-done-that Paris Hilton and IndyCar babe Danica Patrick meeting our eyeballs as we flip though the December issue of GQ, which, by the way was a multi cover issue on which Jennifer Anniston appeared semi-nude but we, unfortunately, ended up with the Vince Vaughn version. Come on, Jim. You read Adrants. You know what we like. Send a memo to the circulation department, stat!
Paris, who, hands down, has the best “do me” look, is in GQ hawking her Paris Hilton For Men fragrance. Oddly, the container looks like a lipstick wand so we’re doubtful too many men will actually be seen buying or using this stuff. Danica, who has the more girl-next-door, wholesome look, except here, is smirking for TISSOT Swiss Watches. The ad carries the headline, “A Woman’s Touch…in a Man’s World,” which appropriately, references her place in the male dominated world of car racing.
So in terms of which ad does a better job selling its product, without doubt, the award goes to Danica Patrick’s TISSOT ad. It’s a product an actual man would actually buy and Patrick’s demeanor, at least in this ad, is far more tangible and realistic that Paris Hilton’s airy, empty, vacuous persona seen here.
