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pvt_medic writes "MSNBC is reporting that there soon will be a Miss Digital World Competition. "'MISS DIGITAL WORLD' is the first beauty contest for the likes of videogame heroine Lara Croft and computer-cloned actresses from the "Matrix" films and new beauties tweaked to perfection with 3D graphics." The website for the competition is still under construction at MissDigitalWorld.Com"
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Don't you remember seeing the ads way back in, oh, 1995 Computer Shoppper and the like, for the "Miss Metaverse" beauty pageant? This nearly predates everything that's ever happened online.
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I know it sounds weird and there's already lots of comments about pimply-faced geeks who can't get dates with real women - but I think this is a good idea. It lets visual artists showcase their work, it draws mainstream recognition to video games, animated movies and related media and its harmless fun.
The show is going to be mostly a larf, there'll be some genuinely good art mixed in with some quadruple D-cupped Valkyrie farces and Jessica Rabbit-esque wannabes but all in all the really good art is the stuff that'll win. And as for the pimply faced geek who can't get a girl - what's wrong with a little harmless fantasy here and there? I had a girlfriend who was willing to dress up as Wonder Woman for me (hot damn, one of the best nights of my life) and would have done Supergirl if other factors had not intervened (I'll still get a girl to do that one day). Fantasies are harmless unless they start defining or overwhelming your sexuality.
If they televise this show, I'll watch it, if they don't, I'll download it - I'll have a few laughs, look at some beautiful artificial women and then wistfully wish for a holodeck. No harm done.
Oh, and I wouldn't mind seeing a slightly spruced up Kate Archer - rowr!
Actually, the average girl would be extremely attractive.