Challenge #01637-D176: The Last Beauty Contest
Alien species may not have the same standards of "Beauty" as us humans. Beauty contest for alien species . Maybe the Alien equivalent of the types who watch wet T shirt contests? -- Knitnan
Of all the wide and varied species in the known universe, only Humans are insane enough to judge each other based strictly on a narrow and nigh-unachievable set of aesthetics, and give people prizes for adhering to them. This has baffled the Greater Galactic Alliance, especially when some human societies attempted to introduce such a baffling custom to Galactic Society.
"I do not understand. You are inviting other species to compete against humans, based on human beauty aesthetics, and they are going to be judged on human aesthetic standards?"
"Well, if we don't, we're being discriminatory. Can't have a Miss Universe with only one species in it, can we? Not now that we're part of the universe."
"Anyone else who is not human will not win any prizes. Is this not more discriminatory?"
"We're perfectly willing to find alien life forms beautiful."
"But do you know all standards of beauty."
"This is our first time, we can learn as we go along."
"That would be inadvisable." Grax went into a detailed list of the current aesthetic standards of all known Galactic species. They were difficult to remember, for most. It took a mere five minutes for the Human from Pannesen to acquire a glazed expression. "Any failure to acknowledge these in a contest regarding aesthetics may result in a diplomatic incident. It may even result in a war."
The human appeared to re-set. "Yes, that's all fine, but how will the ladies know how to pretty themselves up for their man if they don't know what to aspire to?"
Grax sighed and marked the entire planet of Pannesen down for global therapy.
[AN: What is it with you and aesthetic contests? I imagine that, in 500-relative years, society's grown up a little beyond evaluating people on standards of beauty alone. And wet T-shirt contests are sexist and going extinct.]
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