Candy McMann

Candy McMann is played by Shara Connolly

Meet Candy McMann. She looks like she should have it all but in reality Candy's not very popular.

In fact Candy is so hated she's inspired an "I Hate Candy" Facebook page with over 1000 likes and growing.

We first met Candy (25) way back in season one, when the self-absorbed, opportunistic 20-year-old swept through Britta's life, made trouble and left again.

She returned to the Shore in season four for her sister's wedding and we learn that she has nowhere else to go. With an empty bank account, no partner or close friends, Candy has nothing except the unqualified support of the other McMann women - and that's a double-edged sword.

Candy has spent the last five years travelling the world and living the life of a ski-bunny-party-girl. Along the way she's picked up some dodgy qualification as a sports physiotherapist, but she only works as a last resort.

She's had no qualms about using men for their money and then moving on when things got too difficult. In fact she's got very few qualms full stop; five-fingered discounts are a favourite form of shopping and laws are only there to be ignored. In the process she has made a lot of enemies. There's even a Facebook page - IHC (I Hate Candy) - inviting testimonials from the various people she's used and abused. It has over a thousand 'likes' and growing...

Candy wants to turn her life around. Her quest is to be a better person by being a good friend (and to be liked in return).

This is not going to be easy, because she hasn't had a personality transplant. She's going to have to fight the habits of a lifetime and the inclination to take advantage of others and look after number one.

She's going to have to stop being judgemental, impatient, rude... oh, god, sometimes she's overwhelmed by the challenge. But Candy is energetic and smart and can be focused when she wants something.