For 'beautiful people' only

Heard of BeautifulPeople.net? Teenagers you know probably have. It's a cross between HotorNot.com (people rating) and Friendster.com (social networking) or maybe Match.com (online dating). As USATODAY puts it, it's "the electronic equivalent of the junior high cafeteria, with the popular kids - i.e., members - voting on whether to offer seats to the hopeful hordes." As the site itself describes the process, "Once you have uploaded your profile, you will be rated by existing members of the opposite sex over a three day period. They will judge whether your picture and profile are deemed attractive enough to grant you coveted access." What a marketing ploy! According to USATODAY, the service started in Denmark, moved on to the UK, and has just launched in the US. To look into this scene a little further, there's RateMe.com, RateMyBody.com, and RatingSpot.com; or just look up "rating sites" in a search engine.