Modest Misses from the Outer Planets

Huge by nature, huge by name, Sue Huge is a humble secretary from Indi Lea, one of the larger rocks in the Minor Planets, and is one of our tallest contestants. Admittedly she has drab taste in clothes, but certainly knows how to show off her assets – those legs go for miles! Just as well; with such a high forehead as she has, Sue has come to terms with the comments on her constantly surprised expression.

A full 20cm shorter than her rival, hairdresser Leala Marns from Mars has green-coloured skin, proving that traditional adage about little green men from Mars. Leala likes to match her costumes to her hair and skin-tone, a common combination of olive and emerald on Mars. She is just branching out her business to include beauty and styling tips to other similarly complexioned ladies, and has already given some very sound advice to the Misses Bottlestar and Lorna.

A cast eye has not deterred Greta Grand, a piano teacher, from trying her luck and entering the Inter-Universe Beauty Pageant. Apart from this serious flaw (which makes her somewhat of a freak on a planet famous for both its goodness and beauteous inhabitants), hers is the typical physique of the Plutonians: the women are tall and slim, and the men are well built.

Next time on the Inter-Universe Beauty Channel we’ll meet a pragmatic air-force pilot; a fair maid who has risen above her humble origins … and a very shiny young woman with a penchant for expensive jewellery.