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Gold Coast Instahusbands behind social media success

SOME girls like flowers and foot massages but if you’re an Instahusband be prepared to shower your lady in selfies and sacrifice your iTunes playlist for the sake of more photo space.

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SOME girls like flowers and foot massages but if you’re an Instahusband, be prepared to shower your lady in selfies and sacrifice your iTunes playlist for the sake of more photo space.

But it’s not all hard work like snapping off endless pictures of your babe on the beach.

Many Instahusbands have honed their filtering skills so finely they’re being invited along on luxury holidays by paying tourism clients.

Gold Coast Instagram star Gabby Epstein, 21, met her boyfriend Conner Malan, 22, two-and-a-half years ago when she had 20,000 fans.

Instagram model and star Gabby Epstein and her boyfriend Conner Malan at Burleigh. Photo: Jerad Williams
Instagram model and star Gabby Epstein and her boyfriend Conner Malan at Burleigh. Photo: Jerad Williams

A million followers later and Mr Malan has been invited on four of the eight international holidays enjoyed by Ms Epstein this year.

“He used to be the typical boy who would only take one photo when I asked,” Ms Epstein said.

“But now he knows his angles and lighting and will even tell me where to turn.”

Mr Malan, a Ray White sales associate, said you had to have a lot of patience to capture the right Insta-worthy image.

Instagram model and star Gabby Epstein and her boyfriend Conner Malan at Burleigh. Photo: Jerad Williams
Instagram model and star Gabby Epstein and her boyfriend Conner Malan at Burleigh. Photo: Jerad Williams

“One photo is never enough. I’ve maxed out both our phones a couple times and it’s a constant struggle to delete photos,” he said.

“When we first get there you’ve really got to bust out a couple of days to get the job done but it’s worth it because then we get to enjoy a holiday like any other couple.”

However, it seems some Instahusbands are better than others.

Ashy Bines.
Ashy Bines.

Bikini queen and fellow Glitter Strip social media darling Ashy Bines said her husband Steven Evans wasn’t much of a help behind the camera.

The problem?

He’s so in love with yummy mummy Bines since she gave birth to their son Taj in October that he isn’t objective when it comes to critiquing her photos.

“I usually have my friend take any images I need, as Steve says I look nice no matter what,” Ms Bines said.

“I could have baby spew on me and he would say it’s a nice photo.”

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