Hottest Male Av round one voting has started.  Go now and vote!  These men are certainly hunky and Praddles is in the running!

So, go vote for him!

*Note:  The owner of this blog is not being paid for this endorsement(although maybe she should be) nor is  she responsible for any damage caused to keyboards and monitors from drooling.  kthx

If you read New World Notes ,   then you know Iris put a call out for nominations for the Hottest Male Av.  She received over 100 nominations and from the names I saw nominated, all excellent worthy men.  Well now the question is whether or not to do something similar for women.  I’m of two minds about it.

First reaction, Another beauty contest? No.  We don’t need yet another contrived contest for the most beautiful avatar in SL.  There are modelling contests, Miss Universe, Miss (fill in the blank) and any number of other contests out there for female avs.  From what I’ve seen lately of the noobies I come across while mentoring, most have a super tiny waist, ginormous hips, too short arms, legs like toothpicks and boobs that reach the next sim.  Yes, the beauty of SL is that you can have any look you want.  I’m all for that.  I even blogged about here Pet Peeve #4378 – Shapes  . 

I have to ask then, why the standard for *SL Beauty* is something resembling an anorexic barbie doll?  I have a great many friends who have what I consider beautiful avatars.  Beyond the physical aspect of their avatar though is the person behind them.  They are all beautiful to me because of who they are.  They are all incredibly talented women as well.  Whether they are DJs, builders, landscapers, photographers or designers of hair, jewelry, clothing they make my SL a more beautiful place.  They are all schmexy fun smart women who I’m happy to have in my SL life.

Second reaction, Yeah, do it but focus on something other than appearance.  As I just said I have loads of friends who I think are beautiful.  But it’s their personality that made them my friend, not how they looked.  If I wanted to surround myself with Barbie dolls I’d have made a few alts and would have them hanging around all the time. lol  How boring would that be?

If you want to do a contest for women, and I would like to see one that didn’t focus on physical beauty then set the criteria high and focus on the inside, not the outside.  Even with the male nominations look at how many men were nominated not only for the *hawtness* but also because they are talented builders, photographers, DJs etc etc. 

Set the criteria high.  Make it not just about a pretty face or a good body.  Make it about me, not how I look.  There are an awful lot of women out there who deserve some recognition for their achievements and for being damn fine women!

What’s the right answer?  I don’t know.  Most likely, there will be no Female Av contest.  Human nature being what it is, it would turn into a popularity contest and a cat fight of epic proportions.  I admit to being vain enough to want to be nominated should such a contest happen but smart enough to know it would never happen.

What do you all think?  And if I asked you who you’d nominate and why who would it be?  What characteristic do you put first?  Beauty or personality?

Today is the 2nd Rezz day for one of my best friends in this world or any other for that matter – Prad Prathivi.  I’m sure many of you know him.  He’s a builder, DJ, photographer, videographer, artist, blogger, fashionista, venue owner and really just an all around good guy.

I met Prad at the Three Lions Pub(long gone now   ) when we were both noobs(yeah ok, he’s older by a couple months).  He would stand in the corner staring out the window because the lag was so bad on his pc he couldn’t move.  He started DJing and while he couldn’t say his last name(still can’t) he turned out to be a fab DJ.  He started building and let me tell you the boy has talent.  Hop over to Amodica to see what he can do. 

We co-own the Crown and Pearl on Angel Square, stop by some night and hang out.  You never know who will be on the stream.

I won’t embarass him by writing a lenghty tome singing his praises.  Although he’d probably love it.  

He knows how  proud I am of him.

Love ya hon, hope this is a fab rezz day!

<3

P.S. He’s been nominated for Hottest Male Av on New World Notes http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/09/nominate-hot-gu.html