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BeautifulPeople.com hails itself as the first global networking website of its kind, offering free membership to an "exclusively beautiful community, founded for the purpose of creating personal and professional relationships." The application process is simple: submit a photo and profile, while existing members of the opposite sex vote in a two-day process to determine whether or not they find the applicant "beautiful.
"Once a member is voted in, the site claims members are privy to a wealth of networking opportunities, including parties, direct connections to businesses who share partnerships with the site, and even approaches by modeling, film, and TV companies in search of pretty new faces. With over half a million members in 190 countries around the world, the site's growing popularity remains undeniable.
Yet even among the so-called beautiful people of the world, ugliness has ensued in the tragic form of public fat-shaming. Earlier this week, the site canceled more than 5,000 accounts for members were accused of "gaining weight" over the recent holiday season. Although a few hundred members re-applied and were voted back into the network, the rest of the discarded members were sent emails which encouraged them to re-apply when they are "back looking their best," with details of recommended fitness boot camps in New York, Los Angeles, the UK and Europe, according to a press release sent out by the company on Tuesday.
Many readers will probably find it hard to muster sympathy for the excluded members. After all, it does require a certain level of vanity to apply for membership in a network that claims to provide "an accurate representation of what society's ideal of beauty." But what I find most interesting in this discussion is the site's double-speak in claiming to embrace its existing plus-sized members, while casting aside those who have gained weight as unattractive and unfit for membership.
If you haven't heard of BeautifulPeople.com - it's an exclusive site for only the hottest of hotties, so they can date and mate with people as attractive as they are. Understandable. Why would they want to mix with a bunch of dogs? But the altruistic hunks and babes over at BeatifulPeople.com are taking pity on all the poor, average-looking schmucks like us by coming up with a sperm and egg donation service called Fertility Forum. So we can borrow their flawless genes and save our future children from being walking eyesores who are endlessly mocked on school playgrounds the world over.
We're glad someone finally has addressed our fear of having ugly kids. This is something we worry about. Because if our future daughters aren't sexy enough to lounge with the lions, then we're not sure we even want children.
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