Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
If it gets dominated by certain styles then that means those are the sorts of styles that a lot of people want.

Either that or (ideally perhaps) they just don't run a vote and instead just have the judges pick out a good balance of interesting things themselves. There are still some things in the old contest's shortlist that I wish they had implemented in addition to the winners.
They'd likely get very different results if they polled people in-game and split the contest into at least three different categories - namely 'feminine', 'androgynous' and 'masculine'. There have also been many threads over the years asking for masculine aesthetics/hairstyles to be embraced more readily which received quite a bit of support. We also know that Yoshi-P was 'surprised' to receive the request for the stubble sported by the Warrior of Light in cinematic/promotional footage to be added to the game. Which suggests that feedback relating to male characters isn't really sent their way as a priority.