History Main / SlidingScaleOfBeauty

" In ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude'', while most characters oscillate between just average and imperfect beauty at most, there is Remedios the Beauty, who ''begins'' as World Class Beauty and gradually becomes a Divine one, and the only reason why she hasn't fully stepped into Intolerable Beauty is because her family is actively trying to tone her down. Also, she's mentally about five years old, is totally unaware of her own attractiveness, and when informed that people have''actually died'' because of being distracted by her beauty she immediately qualified the deceased as being the dumb ones.

* Music/{{Twice}}. In music videos, Tzuyu usually varies between being considered World-class and Divine level, to the point that she usually fills the role of Angelic Beauty. The other members are also usually considered very beautiful.

* Music/{{Twice}}. In music videos, Tzuyu usually varies between being considered World-class and Divine level, to the point that she usually fills the role of Angelic Beauty.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has Robin Scherbatsky, who claims that she doesn't have to pay for bagels, newspapers, or rent in Manhattan because she's so beautiful, and whom Lily [[GreenEyedMonster hated]] when they first met, but now seems to have [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer a bit of a crush on]]. This would probably classify her as a World Class Beauty.

** Lindsay, [[EvilIsSexy Alejandro and Heather]] are World Class beauties, with numerous characters mentioning their attractiveness. However, unlike Justin, no one loses control of themselves simply by looking at them (Alejandro comes close, but even he has to speak before his charm fully kicks in).

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', the BB Corps are physically on the top end of World Class, but in practice are terrifying Imperfect beauties due to their animalistic robot suits and unstable personalities. Snake is implied to be an ex-bottom-end-of World Class who is now Ugly as a result of his age, its effect on his appearance likened by Drebin to the effect of the BB Corps's suits.

* Discussed to some extent in ''Manga/Genshiken''. In-universe, Kousaka is described as a World-Class beauty, while Ohno is merely Common.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Sauron is described as a Morgoth's beautiful servant by Waldreg, but when actually appears on screen, Sauron is merely a Common Beauty. Justified, as he took a human form in other to stay hidden. He is still quite handsome, having the charms of a LoveableRogue with an Aragorn appeal to him, but without being otherworldly.

For these people, "gorgeous" would be an insult. Their beauty is so great, it appears to be nothing short of divine intervention (and it may well be). [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer They might attract heterosexuals]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim of the same gender]]. They are so beautiful, in fact, that everyone loses control of themselves simply by looking at them. You could stare at them for hours. Just the fact that a character is hot is not enough to qualify her for this trope. Indeed, many of these women fall into InformedAttractiveness. The character must be explicitly stated to be the world's most beautiful woman, hence why this trope is usually limited to fantasy and mythology, two genres that tend to go light on real-world logic (Was there a worldwide beauty contest that every woman alive was forced to enter?). Of course, having two (or more) women contending for the title is usually not good, and you really, really, really want to limit it to mortal competitors. [[BlasphemousPraise Asserting that a woman is more beautiful than a goddess]] is dangerous. Even...especially if she's another goddess.

* Music/{{Twice}}. In Tzuyu's music videos, she usually varies between being considered World-class and Divine level, to the point that she usually fills the role of Angelic Beauty.

* The Appearance Attribute in the ''TabletopGame/ClassicWorldOfDarkness'' measures looks which, normally, goes from one to five i.e 'Normal Ugly' to 'World Class Beauty'. Anything beyond five is 'Divine Level Beauty' and it means your character is a walking {{Masquerade}} breach.

* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': Fred and Daphne vary between World Class Beauty and Common Beauty depending on the series. Shaggy falls under Special Average since despite being designed to look less attractive than Fred, he still has a lot of female admirers throughout the franchise, with a few of them admitting he's cute. Velma is Just Average for the most part.

These characters are "slightly" beautiful. They are certainly attractive, as in, there is something "special" in their appearance, just nothing "extraordinary". They are beautiful enough to have admirers, but not enough to live off their beauty. Cute characters and {{Cool Loser}}s are often in this category.

* ''Series/NewGirl'', Jess is considered Special Average, while Cece is considered World Class beauty.

These characters are extremely good looking. It isn't uncommon for numerous characters mentioning their attractiveness often. They always have a lot of people after them at all times. Their beauty is magazine cover-worthy [[GreenEyedMonster and they are usually envied a lot]]. Beyond that, characters don't act particularly different around them.

'''Comparisons:''' TheBeautifulElite, AmazonianBeauty, ProudBeauty, HotConsort, SoBeautifulItsACurse, ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful, MsFanservice, MrFanservice

* Most Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse protagonists are considered (InUniverse) Common beauty or Special average because usually they are cute and [[CoolLoser losers]].