Jac Bowie

Australia’s Queen of the Raunch Culture was born, not made. From age 5, obsessed with Madonna, Jac Bowie horrified her mother with her rendition of “Like a Virgin”, age 5 in an Southern Sydney supermarket. Not much has changed.

Bowie has paved an impressive career, based on the vintage art of striptease, Burlesque. Perhaps also a case of being in the right place at the right time, not once but twice, she kick started the genre in Australia and rode high on the MySpace boom in 2006 and brought the two together. The result was mind blowing.

From her first ever event (The Burlesque Ball), she has gone on to direct the leading agency in the genre worldwide, produce exquisite touring shows and resident shows and is now highly in demand for her skills in creative concepts and execution, and not only in Burlesque. Her signature event, The Burlesque Ball has grown into a 6 city tour attracting over 2000 guests per show, and attracts over 300 performer applications annually from all over the world. She is also co-director of Miss Burlesque International, a pageant styled competition searching for Australia’s top burlesque performer. The competition will be franchised around the world in 2011 to create an international search.

As a student of the prestigious Newtown High School of Performing Arts in Sydney, Bowie tried her hand at directing and a life long passion in creative concepts and producing was born. A series of career choices followed, including cosmetics and flight attending, and it was during her time with Australian airline Virgin Blue, an intense talk with Sir Richard Branson and CEO Brett Godfrey, spurned her on to act on her crazy little business idea and throw herself into the deep end.

With little start-up, and only a strong network on MySpace, Jac built a hugely successful empire, mostly from Social Networking. She injected her personality and made things happen by maintaining relationships & networking and as a result, she now works with other businesses and personalities to utilise Social Networking to engage their customers better.

Along the way, she has built a strong network of followers. A single mother, business success story and advocate for glam, vintage and sexuality, Bowie’s personality has quickly moved her into media, constantly requested as a speaker, mc and writer. She has a long list of Tv, Radio and Print appearances under her belt, and for good reason.

There is a fine line between sexuality and sophistication, and she slides across it perfectly with quick wit, humour and class.