{"id":1968,"date":"2003-11-20T12:42:40","date_gmt":"2003-11-21T04:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/20\/miss-digital-world\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:48:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:48:06","slug":"miss-digital-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/20\/miss-digital-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Digital World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12782,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.missdigitalworld.com\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240225031541\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.missdigitalworld.com\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 02:28:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 19:36:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 19:36:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12783,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2003\\\/TECH\\\/11\\\/07\\\/digital.diva.reut\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250506182206\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2003\\\/TECH\\\/11\\\/07\\\/digital.diva.reut\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 02:28:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 19:36:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 19:36:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2003\/11\/graphics\/modella_esempio.jpg\" title=\"Miss Digital World\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Miss Digital World\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2003\/11\/graphics\/modella_esempio-thumb.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a fun idea for a new-millennium beauty contest: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missdigitalworld.com\/index.html\" title=\"Miss Digital World\">Miss Digital World<\/a>, a beauty contest complete with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2003\/TECH\/11\/07\/digital.diva.reut\/index.html\" title=\"Italy seeks world beauty queen, in pixels\">virtual contestants<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;Miss Digital World&#8221; is the first beauty contest reserved for the likes of video game heroine Lara Croft, computer-cloned actresses from the &#8220;Matrix&#8221; films and new beauties tweaked to perfection with 3D graphics.<\/p>\n<p>  Digital artists, advertising agencies and video game programmers from around the world have been asked to send a computer design of their perfect woman to www.missdigitalworld.com, complete with date of birth and body measurements.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think my favorite part from the CNN article is the tidbit about ethical considerations&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;They should not have taken part &#8212; not even as extras or cameos &#8212; in pornographic films, shows or plays nor have made statements&#8230;in any way out of tune with the moral spirit of the competition,&#8221; organizers said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via Prairie)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a fun idea for a new-millennium beauty contest: Miss Digital World, a beauty contest complete with virtual contestants!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-1968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}