Glamourcon
Encyclopedia
Glamourcon is a portmanteau of the phrase Glamour Convention, and is the brainchild of entrepreneur
Robert Schulz. This event takes place twice a year, once in Chicago and once in Los Angeles
, and is where Playboy
Playmates, Penthouse
Pets, Hustler
Honeys, Perfect 10 Models
, Pornographic Actresses
and other pin-up models
of notoriety due to their appearances on one or more Internet
pay websites, appear to meet and greet their fans and sell their photographs, videos and other memorabilia. Convention attendees often bring their own cameras to snap photographs of their favorite models.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
Robert Schulz. This event takes place twice a year, once in Chicago and once in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, and is where Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
Playmates, Penthouse
Penthouse (magazine)
Penthouse, a men's magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and softcore pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. Penthouse is owned by FriendFinder Network. formerly known as General Media, Inc. whose parent company was Penthouse International...
Pets, Hustler
Hustler
Hustler is a monthly pornographic magazine aimed at men and published in the United States. It was first published in 1974 by Larry Flynt. It was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter which was cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from a shaky start to...
Honeys, Perfect 10 Models
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, Pornographic Actresses
Pornographic actor
A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films...
and other pin-up models
Pin-up girl
A pin-up girl, also known as a pin-up model, is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture. Pin-ups are intended for informal display, e.g. meant to be "pinned-up" on a wall...
of notoriety due to their appearances on one or more Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
pay websites, appear to meet and greet their fans and sell their photographs, videos and other memorabilia. Convention attendees often bring their own cameras to snap photographs of their favorite models.