Sydney - A bunch of Australian spray-tan fanatics claimed a world record on Thursday after honeying 67 formerly pasty bodies in an hour at Melbourne's Federation Square.

Judges examined each body for streaks or light patches, sending back one in five for another going-over.

First-in-line Mary Minogue, a keen artificial tanner, said she could tell the gunners were up against the clock.

"You get undressed and stand like a scarecrow, and the girl sprays you," she told Australia's AAP news agency. "It was much quicker, and you could tell they were panicking."

The first man to go under the gun, Auryn Pike, said a life in musical theatre had prepared him for undressing in front of an audience and proved the path to beauty is not always a glamorous one.
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