In the online dating world, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince. However, if you’re a user of BeautifulPeople.com, you know there’s going to be a lot of handsome frogs. After all, that’s the dating website where users vote on who gets to be included as one of the beautiful sort. However, once you’re in, you’d better take care of yourself, because there’s a strict “no fat chicks/dudes” clause. Over 5,000 members of the site were thrown off for gaining weight during the holidays.
Managing director Greg Hodge says the initiative to weed out the chubby was a direct result of member complaints. “We responded to complaints by moving the newly chubby members back to the rating stage. This is the same as having them re-apply. Their re-applications were reviewed by existing members and only a few hundred were voted back in. Over 5,000 were rejected.” That’s a significant loss to the company’s bottom line (pardon the pun), but founder Robert Hintze says it’s all worth it to preserve the company’s image as a place where the beautiful can meet and greet. The former members are encouraged to hit the plastic surgeon, drop the poundage, and reapply.
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