BeautifulPeople.com is an online dating service where applicants to the website are voted in or out by existing members of the opposite sex over a 48-hour period.
[7] The website's managing director Greg Hodge claimed that it is "based on a fundamental principle of human nature".
[11] In June 2011, it was attacked by a virus which allowed users to join without going through the mandatory 48 hour voting process.
In order to gain entrance to its events, attendees must look as attractive as they have represented themselves online or they will be turned away by the door screeners, who the media have coined the "Beauty Police".
[14] The information made public included addresses, education, employment, income, and sexual preferences.