Alas, Mary Unknown7 has been challenged to a beauty contest in Second Life. Which strikes me as strange, because Mary's avatar is a classic (also known as system) avatar (which is free), while others use expensive mesh avatars. This puts Mary at a severe disadvantage, because the drawbacks of a classic avatar are that it's low in detail, subject to harsh shadows, and the hands, feet and joints are not aesthetic and can get warped. Mary does use a pair of Slink feet which is mesh, which she will continue to use because she has a huge collection of shoes. Mary grins, cackles and rubs her hands together in glee. Yeah Mary, nothing says wealth like a woman with many shoes. I will buy her a Maitreya body when I can afford it inshaAllah, but even then Mary will not acquiesce to having naked snapshots of her avatar posted on the Internet. Mary Unknown7 is so "not a slut". Mary nods. I'm sure you people have Mary's head pasted onto naked bodies already. It's the same thing, right? The advantage of a classic avatar is that while mesh avatars can only wear clothes that are made for that particular brand of mesh, classic avatars can wear clothes for both classic and mesh avatars AND can easily layer clothes up to multiple layers if need be. This takes some skill of course, so Mary and I work long hours at wardrobe. Thus Mary has a wardrobe that's miles deep, after many years of accumulation in inventory. Like Princess Diana. Mary grins, cackles and rubs her hands together in glee.
So the rules of the beauty contest are:
1. Human female avatars only.
2. The contest is ongoing: it had no beginning, and has no end.
3. Let the people be the judge of the contest, kind of like running for President. Or better yet, let God be the Judge.
4. The winner gets to be "the fairest one of all".
