A big day for bachelor boys

By Harriet Alexander
Updated November 9 2012 - 8:10pm, first published April 20 2011 - 3:15pm
Ladies, start your engines ... Eamon Sullivan. He’s more likely to go a few laps with you  if you’re a supermodel.
Ladies, start your engines ... Eamon Sullivan. He’s more likely to go a few laps with you if you’re a supermodel.

OLYMPIC swimmer Eamon Sullivan was named Cleo Magazine's Bachelor of the Year last night, with 1.6 million people voting for the Perth-born athlete. And while in the past the title has gone to men who were in a relationship - according to Cleo, a taken but unmarried man still counts as a bachelor - Sullivan said he was single. In fact, he hopes the win will help him find a date. ''There's been some great names that have come before me so I hope I can follow in their footsteps and do the title proud - especially if it involves dating a supermodel," Sullivan said last night. Sullivan beat 50 finalists to be named Australia's most eligible bachelor, winning a brand new Nissan Micra. He was presented with his prize by Cleo's editor, Gemma Crisp, and event host and bachelorette Sophie Monk. Dan Ewing, better known as bad boy Heath Braxton from Home and Away, took second place, while Paul Verhoeven, a presenter on radio station triple j, came third. The grand finale was held at the Ivy in Sydney and guests included VJ Ruby Rose.

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