Last but not least: From swan to duckling overnight
As we all know, beauty is fleeting. It’s also common knowledge that not everyone is lucky enough to be beautiful. But did you know that it’s possible to go from being beautiful to being unattractive—in other words, ugly—in just a few days?
This is what happened with over 5,000 members of the dating and networking community Beautyfulpeople.comwhere only beautiful people are welcome. Their downfall was that they ate and drank like crazy over the festive period. And probably put on a gram or two of body fat and got drunk in the process. No problem, we've all done it before. No problem? Not so for mindful members of the community: they called for action after discovering festive pictures of partying, gorging, drinking - in short, letting themselves go - newly ugly members on the site. The management of the community platform reacted promptly to the protests and quickly downgraded the worst eyesores to the so-called rating level, which is equivalent to reapplying for membership. The new applications were then assessed by current members, and lo and behold: only a few hundred were accepted again. For the rest, it's probably a case of slim down, slim down, slim down. And when the kilos are down again, they can reapply and have a real chance of being readmitted to the Beauty of Beauties. Unless, of course, their skin has become saggy and wrinkled - in other words, ugly - from all the weight loss...
