I dunno... I rather like the first one. To each his (or her) own!
Mike.
"If your mind is attuned to beauty, you find beauty in everything.
~ Jean Cooke ~"
I often worry about that line of thought: it can lead one to very confused decisions! Try a model casting if you doubt me, which, of course, doesn't imply that all models have to be beautiful...
Sounds to me more as if Ms Cooke (not a Frenchman, I presume?) was defending a bad call!
;-)
Rob C