Can You Make the Grade? Do You Want To?

I will never forget the conversation my mother and I had about exclusivity. She was describing in glowing terms an acquaintance's daughter's inclusion in some sorority somewhere. After impatiently listening for what seemed like an eternity, I asked, "Why? Didn't she have her own personality?" Of course, Mom was befuddled by the query, thinking that inclusion in such an obviously elite group was to be trumpeted. I, on the other hand, thought of all the times I couldn't go to the country club to swim or play golf because my parents were not members. Relegated to the city pool, I had to swim through a much less sophisticated stream of little kids', um, well, urine than the cool kids at the country club. (the story of how we "broke" in one night just to swim is a whole other story!)
Anyway, when I read about BeautifulPeople.com the other day, I was much bemused and figured you might be as well...or maybe YOU, too, could be included! Here's your chance.
BeautifulPeople.com is an "elite dating site" from Denmark which went global only last year. It has 360,000 members, and is soliciting only beautiful people to join. In a recent article, Britons were excoriated as the lest beautiful people on earth...apparently, they care nothing about their looks or their degree of fitness. I think living in a crappy climate would do that to anybody, but that's just me. So, who ARE the most beautiful people? According to the article, Swedish men and Norwegian women rate the highest. Of course, that might have been before the site was opened globally.
How exclusive IS this site? only one out of ten men have been accepted, and merely three in twenty women get the nod. Now THAT'S exclusive. Now, of course, I've piqued your curiosity enough to get you to wonder whether or not you'd make the cut. Here's how it works:
Would-be beautiful people have to submit a brief biography and photo, then all the club members of the opposite sex have 48 hours to vote on whether or not to accept you. The vote is simple: there are four choices: "Yes, definitely;" "Hmm yes, OK:" "Hmmm no, not really:" and "No, definitely not." If you're a little nervous about taking the initial risk of being rejected by thousands, you can take a free peek in order to gauge the possibilities. There is a link on the home page that says, (and I'm NOT kidding) "Too ugly to join? Click here for a free preview."
Seriously.
Should you decide to do this either seriously or for fun and get rejected, don't feel bad. More than 1.8 million people have already been rejected from 190 countries. I could take the rejection, particularly after looking at the free preview.
Yes, I looked.
I'm as beautiful as most of the guys on there.
This says something about looks as a determiner of worth...
or inclusion into a sorority.