by Ludovica Iaccino
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Category: BeautifulPeople.net
Job Site Wants Only Beautiful Candidates
BeautifulPeople.com Turns Ugly People Away At Events
MASHABLE – Feb 13 – BeautifulPeople.com, a dating site that allows only attractive people to join based on member votes, employed "beauty screeners" for their events. The police squad, made up of one woman and one man, will assess people at the door to see if they match up to their online profile pictures. In 2010, the site expelled 5K members for gaining weight over the holidays. The site boasts ~750K members and new applicants must undergo a 48-hour democratic rating process before joining.
BeautifulPeople.com Gay Marriage Billboards Banned
PR NEWSWIRE – July 31 – In the wake of President Obama's recent backing of same-sex marriage, BeautifulPeople.com is launching Gay and Lesbian versions of its dating site. BeautifulPeople's billboard gay campaign has been banned. The original BeautifulPeopleGay.com billboard shows a marriage between Mitt Romney and Donald Trump. The BeautifulWomenOnly.com billboard features Michele Bachmann kissing Sarah Palin.
The full article was originally published at MarketWatch, but is no longer available.
BeautifulPeople.com Thrown Off eBay For Auctioning Date With The Virgin Mary
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Dec 7 - BeautifulPeople.com encouraged men to bid for a date with blonde Heather Seychelle, 25, shown dressed in a "sexy" Mary outfit. Miss Seychelle appears in the dating site's nativity scene and attracted hordes of male fans. Controllers at eBay pulled the listing – complaining it contained "adult content". Greg Hodge, managing director of the site, said: "eBay accused us of posting adult content onto their website – but we simply uploaded portrait photos of our nativity stars as they appear on our home page in the hope we'd raise money for charity.
The Top Ten Online Dating Lies
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Nov 15 – Women lie about their looks whilst men lie about their jobs in the battle to find a partner through internet dating, a survey commissioned by BeautifulPeople.com, has found.
The top ten lies told by men:
- Job (better than it is)
- Height (taller)
- Weight (losing or gaining a few pounds)
- Physique (athletic)
- Money
Top ten lies told by women:
- Weight (losing a few pounds)
- Age (losing a few years)
- Physique (toned)
- Height
- Money
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BeautifulPeople.com Release ‘REALLY?’ Video in Response to Shrek Virus
IB TIMES – Oct 25 – BeautifulPeople.com, the dating site that only allows good-looking people based on the opinions of the people who use it, have released a 90-second video in response recent attacks on the site's concept. The site was attacked by a computer virus – named Shrek. 30K people gained membership without going through the ruthless membership process. They were then then unceremoniously kicked off the site at a financial cost of more than £62,000 to the site's operators.
by Ewan Palmer
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BeautifulPeople Dumps 30,000 Members
GUARDIAN.CO.UK – June 20 – BeautifulPeople was meant to be a dating site exclusively for the use of "beautiful men and women", where members ruthlessly selected and excluded those who did not match their definitions of good looks. But last month when BeautifulPeople.com was attacked by a computer virus, some claim standards slipped and ~30K new members gained admittance. Now, in a move which has made those rejected "apoplectic" with rage, they have been unceremoniously booted off at a financial cost of ~$100,000 (£62,000) to the site's operators. The virus was quickly named Shrek. Shrek had affected the software that existing members use to rate prospective new entrants, allowing anyone to join.
by Rupert Neate
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Online Dating Sites Are Way Past Hook-ups
TORONTO SUN – Aug 26 – At CanDoBetter.com, you can have folks you've never met rate your mate. Why anyone would want to do this is a mystery, but thousands of couples are posting photographs on the site to find out how well-matched a bunch of strangers think they are. If you think you can turn heads, BeautifulPeople.com will be the judge of that. This controversial singles site is said to be for hotties only. In contrast, TheUglyBugBall.co.uk is for the less attractive portion of the population. The site is just over a week old, and already has thousands of potential daters. A recent Canadian-born dating site called LuvHertz.com has added a social media twist to the online dating scene. If you're unsure about the person you're seeing, want to dish the dirt on an ex, or get feedback about a cute single who's caught your eye, this is the place to go. FULL ARTICLE @ TORONTO SUN
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Dating Site Launches Online Sperm And Egg Bank For “Beautiful People”
MASHABLE – June 21 – BeautifulPeople.com, the controversial dating site,
now has a forum/sperm bank where one may search for genetic material
from beautiful people. Members can use these forums to meet other
members who are keen on having a family. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE