History Main / FairestOfThemAll

* Averted in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' of all places. Despite the rivalry between Regina (the Evil Queen) and Snow White being one of the main plot points, this is never cited as a reason for it ([[SeriesContinuityError aside the first episode]]). Regina actually wants Snow dead because she holds her responsible for the death of her true love, and subsequent loss of happiness. There's never even any indication that Snow is supposed to be more beautiful than than Regina, personal preferences aside anyway.

* ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'': The BigBad, Queen Hedrian, ruler of the Vader Clan, travels around space with her minions ruining planets because she wants to be the only beautiful thing in the universe. All the monsters she creates are ugly, asymmetrical beasts. She even has a servant with the ability to transform into a mirror for her to ask "Whose the fairest?" to.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'': Gruntilda the witch sought to be the most beautiful person in the world, and created a "beauty extractor" to that end. She then set off to kidnap the fairest maiden in the land--who turned out to be the hero's little sister, Tooty: a cross between Goldilocks and a bear. And when you get a game over, [[ItsAWonderfulFailure she]] [[EvilIsSexy succeeds]].

* ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'': The BigBad Queen Hedrian, ruler of the Vader Clan, travels around space with her minions ruining planets because she wants to be the only beautiful thing in the universe. All the monsters she creates are ugly, asymmetrical beasts. She even has a servant with the ability to transform into a mirror in a ShoutOut to ''Literature/SnowWhite''.

* ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'': The BigBad Queen Hedrian, ruler of the Vader Clan, travels around the universe with her minions ruining planets because she wants to be the only beautiful thing in the universe. All the monsters she creates are ugly, asymmetrical beasts. She even has a minion with the ability to transform into a mirror in a ShoutOut to ''FairyTale/SnowWhite''.

* The video for the "Music/FosterThePeople" song "Music/BestFriend" involves a model who steals the beauty of other models by literally devouring them.

->''[[MagicMirror Mirror]], [[BeamMeUpScotty mirror]], on the wall,\\

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' parodies this with Lord Faarquad asking a Magic Mirror, "Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, is this not the most perfect kingdom of them all?"

''[[MagicMirror Mirror,]] [[BeamMeUpScotty mirror]], on the wall,''\\
''who is the fairest one of all?''

* In Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TillWeHaveFaces'', it's implied that some of the misfortune in the story is caused by the goddess Ungit being jealous of the princess Istra's beauty. It's a retelling of the story of Cupid and Psyche from Myth/GreekMythology example.

* ''VideoGame/LivingLegends: Frozen Beauty'' takes this UpToEleven: the evil Queen not only wants to become the fairest in the land, she also wants to become the fairest for ''all eternity''.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'': Gruntilda the witch sought to be the most beautiful person in the world, and created a "beauty extractor" to that end. She then set off to kidnap the fairest maiden in the land--who turned out to be the hero's little sister, Tooty: a cross between Goldilocks and a bear. And when you get a game over, [[EvilIsSexy she succeeds]].

* In ''VideoGame/CastleOfIllusion'', the witch Mizrabel is envious of Minnie Mouse’s beauty and popularity. She kidnaps Minnie so that she can try and rob her of it.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'': Gruntilda the witch sought to be the most beautiful person in the world, and created a "beauty extractor" to that end. She then set off to kidnap the fairest maiden in the land--who turned out to be the hero's little sister: a cross between Goldilocks and a bear. And when you get a game over, [[EvilIsSexy she succeeds]].

* The Anime Adaptation of ''Snow White'' ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirayuki_Hime_no_Densetsu Shirayuki Hime no Densetsu]]'' (''The Legend of Princess Snow White'') has the wicked stepmother trying a GrandTheftMe instead. And it's not her first time.
* In ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'', the former Queen of Kei banished all the other women from her kingdom so that she would be the most beautiful and there would be [[{{Yandere}} no chance of Keiki paying more attention to them than to her]]. Those that would not or could not leave were executed.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Beauty Is Only Smurf Deep", Periwinkle the pixie is so vain and beautiful that when her magic mirror shows Vanity Smurf to be just as handsome, she gets so jealous that she goes as far as to give her competition a lethal mud bath... but fortunately for her, Vanity is such an understanding soul when it comes to the burdens that she bears (of being perfect in a world of imperfection) that she allows the Smurfs to save Vanity without putting up a fight.

* In ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'', the former Queen of Kei banished all the other women from her kingdom so that she would be the most beautiful and there would be [[{{Yandere}} no chance of Keiki paying more attention to them than to her]]. Those that would not or could not leave were executed.

* In "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/jacobs/english/laidlyworm.html The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh]]", the stepmother, out of jealousy at her beauty, turns her stepdaughter into a dragon; she is disenchanted by her brother.

''[[MagicMirror Mirror, mirror]], on the wall,''\\

* Wrestling/AdorableAdrianStreet would not tolerate the existence of any men in professional wrestling who were prettier than he was. Fortunately for most of his opponents, Street had an inflated belief in how pretty he really was.

* In ‘’CastleOfIllusion’’, the witch Mizrabel is envious of Minnie Mouse’s beauty and popularity. She kidnaps Minnie so that she can try and rob her of it.