Dating site for the vain rejects fat members!

The BBC reported yesterday that the dating and social network site BeautifulPeople.com booted out some 5000 members off their site for putting on a few pounds over the holidays. Is this a fair action to take? Read the story below:

“Dating and social network site BeautifulPeople.com has axed some 5,000 members following complaints that they had gained weight.

The members were singled out after posting pictures of themselves that reportedly showed they had put on pounds over the holiday period.

The site allows entry to new members only if existing members vote them as sufficiently attractive to warrant it. The US, the UK, and Canada topped the list of excluded members.

The site has always been unrepentant about its selection process, calling itself “the largest network of attractive people in the world”.

The move was reportedly prompted by members themselves, who police the membership of the site to maintain a high – if highly subjective – standard of attractiveness.

“As a business, we mourn the loss of any member, but the fact remains that our members demand the high standard of beauty be upheld,” said site founder Robert Hintze.

“Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded.”

It seems discrimination has once again prevailed, why on earth do we let these kind of statements pass us by? We have no right to discriminate against Mr Hintze (say in his manhood!) but he is suggesting that fat people cannot be beautiful? Your comments please.

And if you are by any chance looking for love, we have our own dating site that welcomes all shapes, sizes, interests and opinions because that is what life is about.