…or kind of sad
and creepy?
Kaya
is ravishing. She has full lips, long lashes, and a slightly upturned nose.
Her expression radiates confidence and power, and her smooth skin is well
scrubbed and dotted with freckles. But she doesn’t have much of a body. At
all. In fact, she exists only from the neck up. Kaya is a CG model, a 48,200-polygon
beauty created by an artist in São Paulo, Brazil. And she’s sure to
be a finalist in the Miss Digital World beauty pageant.
You read that right, fanboys. Miss Digital World. How exciting!
Have digital models finally crossed the uncanny valley? Are they ready to
go head-to-head with Tyra and Giselle?
Um, I would imagine that they’ll need to grow, like, bodies first. Anyway,
I suppose the point of a digital beauty contest is to reward the artistry of
the creator. But I want to see digital people competing on their own merits.
Like what if Alice, Ramona,
and Jabberwacky were to play a round
of Jeopardy? Now that would be interesting.
I’m pretty sure Jabber would lose, but not before confusing the daylights out
of Alex Trebek.