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The beautiful people
By Ros Thomas
Tue 24/10/06
By Ros Thomas
Greg Hodge and Genevieve Maysham run the beautiful people network from Los Angeles. It's a dating site where looks count for everything.
This internet beauty contest is brutal — eighty percent of hopefuls are knocked back for not being good looking enough.
"You put up a picture and a profile and you're rated over a 72-hour period by existing members of the opposite sex, then we send a message saying 'yes you've been invited into the coveted community, welcome', or 'no the members of beautiful people have not found your profile attractive enough'," Greg Hodge said.
But media commentator Prue Macsween is unimpressed.
"What is this saying to people? If you're ugly don't apply? I mean surely this is discrimination against the ordinary and the ugly."
Madison magazine editor Paula Joye calls the concept shallow.
"A whole website has been devoted to something so superficial and so shallow, it is shallower than Victoria Beckham," she said.
But Greg Hodge calls it honest. "People say it's shallow, people say it's cruel but let's look at that. Is it shallow to be with an attractive person? Is it shallow to be with someone you're attracted to? It may not be PC (politically correct) but it is honest," he said.
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The beautiful people
By Ros Thomas
Tue 24/10/06
Greg Hodge and Genevieve Maysham run the beautiful people network from Los Angeles. It's a dating site where looks count for everything.
This internet beauty contest is brutal — eighty percent of hopefuls are knocked back for not being good looking enough.
"You put up a picture and a profile and you're rated over a 72-hour period by existing members of the opposite sex, then we send a message saying 'yes you've been invited into the coveted community, welcome', or 'no the members of beautiful people have not found your profile attractive enough'," Greg Hodge said.
But media commentator Prue Macsween is unimpressed.
"What is this saying to people? If you're ugly don't apply? I mean surely this is discrimination against the ordinary and the ugly."
Madison magazine editor Paula Joye calls the concept shallow.
"A whole website has been devoted to something so superficial and so shallow, it is shallower than Victoria Beckham," she said.
But Greg Hodge calls it honest. "People say it's shallow, people say it's cruel but let's look at that. Is it shallow to be with an attractive person? Is it shallow to be with someone you're attracted to? It may not be PC (politically correct) but it is honest," he said.
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