171 Miss Sunshine {one}
An Xiulan was standing in front of a huge hotel entrance holding her luggage. She had chosen a peach-coloured halter neck jumpsuit for the day and platform heels. Today was the day the beauty pageant would start.
From today onwards, every action she would do, every expression she would have on her face or every movement made would be judged by a panel of judges and netizens on the Internet. It didn’t feel well when you were judged all the time but that’s what she had signed up for.
No contest round was supposed to happen today. However, Mr Yun had told her that once she entered the hotel, the contest would informally begin. Though, she wouldn’t be given any marks for any event today. But the people on the internet were waiting for their chance to diss the contestants. Then again, the idle people on the internet were always ready to diss.
Thus, the look and outfit were equally important as on other days.
Her mother had packed her luggage under the guidance of Mr Yun as he said that even she had to carry her luggage gracefully. This luggage contained everything that she needed for the upcoming week and a half. She would stay there for almost ten days. Actually, she could only stay there for ten weeks if she wasn’t eliminated in any round.
She had no one waiting to serve her once she entered the hotel. She would be on her own. It was a little scary for her to be alone in a new world.
Mr Yun had scared her saying that she would see the ugliness of the world of beauty once she stepped inside. It might be the reason why she was a little scared.
Since it was going to be a very tough competition she took deep breaths and made a silent prayer in her heart.
Mr Yun had taught her that she shouldn’t be here for winning but to experience and enjoy the phase of her life.
This contest was just a test like many other tests that life usually throws our way and losing in it doesn’t mean losing in life. Therefore, she must make the best use of her time here.
Among all the hundreds of applicants, she was among the thirty girls that were selected.
As she took a step ahead with a wide smile on her face, she saw many other girls standing in the hotel lobby holding their luggage making small talk with each other. She understood why Mr Yun had said to her that day that there were many beautiful and well-deserving girls in the world.
A girl turned her head her way and walked elegantly to her with a bright Colgate kind of smile on her face. Her heels were higher than An Xiulan’s chosen heels and she was way taller than her.
“Are you the last contestant?” The girl asked as she extended her hand. “By the way, I’m Jiang Yao.”
An Xiulan blinked her eyes, momentarily stunned by the beauty standing in front of her. Jiang Yao had a sun-kissed complexion, a tall and straight nose, beautifully slanted dark eyes and a thin and slender body. She was wearing a light blue short dress that had beautifully embroidered collars.
When An Xiulan realised how rude she must look while staring at the girl, she scratched her head in embarrassment.
“I’m An Xiulan, ” An Xiulan introduced herself and then she recalled that she had to shake hands so she quickly extended her hands.
“No need to be embarrassed, ” Jiang Yao whispered as she leaned forward to say in her ear. “I have this effect on everyone.”
An Xiulan’s mouth was left wide open when the girl sashayed away while winking at her.
“…”
What just happened….
On the Internet,
The organisers of the Miss Sunshine contest had decided to do three hours of live streaming every day because, in the last two years, the number of people interested in the beauty pageant had increased.
Since the organiser felt that it could be a great way to generate revenue and increase the popularity of the beauty queens, they added in their contract that there would be a total of three hours of the live stream a day. It could be a three-hour-long live stream or two or three streams adding up to three hours.
As the team posted a stream announcement on the official page of Miss Sunshine, hundreds of netizens began commenting under the post. They were curious and excited to see who were the top thirty beauties. ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀꪶ
Many boys were here to watch the beauties while the girls were gushing after the beauty queens who were living their dream. There was another category of both boys and girls who were just waiting to diss the airheads. Yes, according to this third category, girls belong in school at this age, rather than in meaningless contests where they do nothing but prance their perfect bodies.
Airheads were the popular nickname for beauty queens on the internet.
After ten minutes the announcement was made, and the official team began live streaming. It was the scene where almost all the contestants were gathered in the hotel lobby.
@User101—[I’m choosing my fairy in yellow. Look at her dazzling beauty. I’m getting dazzled!]
@ThisYoungMaster—[One is more beautiful than the other, how can I choose one! This is unfair. @MissSunshineoffical, you must be held liable for the broken heart of young ladies. This young master is forced to have a Harem full of my beautiful concubines!]
@Ihateauthors—[Mr @ThisYoungMaster why don’t you accept that you are a pervert hiding behind the screen.]
@ThisYoungMaster—[@Ihateauthors, your father is a pervert!]
@Ihateauthors— [Who would I be born if my father wasn’t a pervert? By staring at my mother? Nah]
While the two netizens were fighting and dissing each other, several other netizens appeared. They were getting ensnared by the beauty and glamour on their screens.
All of them were hushed when the last contestant entered the hotel lobby with her sparkly pink luggage. She was not as tall as other contestants even with her heels on. She didn’t look as beautiful and sexy as the other contestants. However, there was an indescribable charm about her that one couldn’t pinpoint. She invoked a weird sensation in the heart of people watching her.
@ThisYoungMaster—[ *arrow to heart sticker* This young master is in love!]
@User110—[Someone forgot their child at the venue of Miss Sunshine contest.]
@Ihateauthors—[ Don’t tell me this shorty is a contestant too.]
@ThisYoungMaster– [Shorty, your mother, motherfucker.]
@MrsChina— [OMG. Such a cutie. My heart is going kyaaa.]
Seeing the recent comment, the other silent netizen turned their head to look at the scene unfolding before their eyes where The Goddess Yao was being stared at by the other girl. She was beautifully fanning her big eyelashes at the goddess and she looked so cute doing those particular actions that people couldn’t help but aww. Her hot pink glitter eyeliner was making her big doe eyes alluring to look at.
@ThisYoungMaster-–[You all can have anyone but this glitter queen is mine! No objections allowed.]
An Xiulan might not have made many fans with her first introduction on camera but her glitter eyeliner had a fanbase of its own. Very soon, this glitter eyeliner trend was going to be adopted at a reckless speed. And the credit for it would be given to a certain Miss An for rocking glitters.
Until then, Jiang Yao was getting the most of attention as she was the tallest and had the most beautiful features. It wasn’t the only reason for her popularity. She was a famous figure among the netizens. She was known for her cool and funky makeup videos on the internet. However, soon she was kicked out of the list of most liked beauty queens as the camera fell on Ji Mao’er who had the appearance of a fairy.
Ji Mao’er appeared wearing a beautiful white dress. She was keen on adopting the figure of an angel to win the contest. Her temperament looked soft and mellow and when she talked, people couldn’t help but want to listen to her sweet voice more. She had this soft power in her to captivate anyone.
While An Xiulan was walking ahead, her luggage got stuck even after so many tries, that she couldn’t move it. Ah, she couldn’t help but curse her luggage who decided to not move.
She had a serious luggage crisis at this moment.
“Do you want help?” Ji Mao’er asked with an angelic smile on her face.
An Xiulan looked up and frowned. This girl was giving her serious Zhou Lily vibes. She couldn’t help but feel wary of her. Or maybe, this was what people call gut feeling.
Mr Yun had asked her to beware of extremely friendly girls as they might be waiting for the other person to let the guard down and then attack.
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A/N: Trust me, this arc wouldn’t be as boring as I am thinking. We will have lots of fun.