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People Are Outraged After “Miss Buttaface” Compared To Zendaya In Early 2000s Ugliest Woman Contest
A 2004 clip from the “Miss Buttaface Contest” went viral on X (formerly Twitter) this week, sparking heated discussions about feminism and beauty standards.
The clip features a contestant named Stacey, who went on the Howard Stern Show’s Miss Buttaface, a parody of competitions like Miss Universe, but for women who are deemed unattractive.
Highlights
- A 2004 clip from the 'Miss Buttaface Contest' has gone viral on X, sparking both feminist and derogatory comments.
- The contest judged women with attractive bodies but faces deemed unattractive.
- A post compared Stacey, a contestant, to Zendaya, provoking heated discussions about modern beauty ideals.
Some men online have compared Stacey to Zendaya, whom they called an example of a modern “model,” and stirred controversy by claiming that today’s “it girls” are less attractive than the so-called “Buttaface girl.”
The contest’s name comes from “butterfaces,” the slang term for “but her face,” and is used to describe women who have slim, curvy bodies but whose faces supposedly don’t meet society’s conventional beauty standards.
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Miss Buttaface was held annually in Las Vegas, and the winner received a cash prize of $25,000.
Contestants were ranked by a panel of judges who decided who had the largest gap in beauty between their body and their face.
Judges included Howard Stern, Artie Lange, Rob Schneider, and Robin Quivers, among others.
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Women walked on stage wearing bikinis and paper bags over their faces. Once they faced the judges, they removed the brown bags, revealing their faces to the judges and the live audience.
In 2004, the first contestant was named Stacey (or Stacy). When she took the paper bag off, the audience and judges laughed, with some sticking their tongues out or making other faces of disgust.
In 2004, Stacey went on the show, which looked for the woman with the best body and the most unattractive face
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Image credits: 我的世界萌小熊 / YouTube
A post featuring side-by-side photos of Stacey and Zendaya has recently gone viral. The post, captioned, “Butterface, 2003; Model, 2025,” received over 22 million views and 185,000 likes.
Many men expressed disbelief that Stacey was once considered unattractive, while the Dune actress is now widely regarded as beautiful. In criticizing modern beauty standards, they often made derogatory comments about Zendaya.
“Zendaya is much more of a butterface then the girl on the left,” reads one comment.
“I’ve never understood the hype of Zendaya.. It’s not like she’s ugly but she gets touted as some supermodel. But hey… I grew up in the time of Cindy Crawford and Tyra Banks,” another user said.
Hosted by Howard Stern, it showed women in bikinis who removed their paper bags after going on stage
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@anonym0usqz shes legit one of the prettiest girls ive ever seen. #2000s#toxic#2004#buttaface#trending#foryoupage#‼️#fyp♬ original sound – 🫶🏻
Another group quickly defended Zendaya, stating that both women are attractive and condemning early-2000s shows like Miss Buttaface for their treatment of women.
“We don’t have to bring one woman down to prop another woman up. They’re both beautiful…. In their own unique way,” one person penned.
“Howard Stern is an awful human being,” fumed someone else.
“You scoured the earth for a bad pic of Zendaya,” a third replied.
“Watch like 5 seconds of a 2000s reality TV show and you will instantly understand why 2016 feminism was the way it was,” said another viral reaction.
Actress Zendaya, considered an “it girl,” was compared to Stacey in a viral post
Image credits: Arnold Jerocki / Getty Images
Butterface, 2003 Model, 2025 pic.twitter.com/aSIRzIE0Yb
— David Santa Carla 🦇 (@TheOnlyDSC) August 14, 2025
When someone countered that Stacey and the other contestants had competed on the show voluntarily, the user replied, “Ask yourself what type of society would produce people who are ok subjecting themselves to this type of stuff and what type of society would produce people who are ok treating others like this.”
Others recalled the body-shaming faced by stars like Britney Spears during that period. “The 2000s was such a strange time. Ppl were calling Britney Spears fat, even her own dad and mind you this was how she looked,” the fan wrote, sharing a photo of the singer’s 2007 MTV Video Music Awards performance.
The show was hosted in Las Vegas and awarded the winner a cash prize
Image credits: 我的世界萌小熊 / YouTube
Image credits: 我的世界萌小熊 / YouTube
In the full “Miss Buttaface” clip, host Howard Stern tells Stacey after she removes the paper bag that she’s “pretty” and that he doesn’t understand why she competed.
“I think your face is really nice. I would go home with you in a minute. I think you’re hot. I think you’re too pretty for this time,” he said.
“Yeah, I don’t think you’re unattractive at all,” agreed Robin Quivers. “I think you’re girl next door cute.”
Stern asked the woman if it was hard for her to witness the crowd’s negative reaction after taking off the bag. She quietly replied, “No, not really.”
“Howard Stern is an awful human being,” fumed one netizen after watching a clip of the humiliating show
Image credits: 我的世界萌小熊 / YouTube
The host then asked if “some guy” entered her into the competition, to which Stacey replies that a friend had told her about it.
The crude competition to find the woman with “the best body and the worst face,” as described by Stern, was broadcast for many years in the early 2000s.
According to BuzzFeed, the segment included instances of judges asking women if they could “take her top off,” telling them to “turn around to look at their a**,” speculating about their pubic hair and s*x lives, and labeling them “sl*ts.”
People called the show “despicable” and said both Zendaya and Stacey are attractive
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Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
Why would any self-respecting woman enter a contest like that?
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
Might be the only time their "ugliness" pays off. But I agree, it's demeaning and disgusting.
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Nova Rook 3 months ago
The first time I heard the term I heard it as "Butterface" and I thought it was because the woman had a sort of fatty face - like she ate too much butter so she was butterface. The next few times I heard it the wrong definition fit so it was a while before I figured out I had it wrong. I will also add that this is a horrible term and should not be used.
Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
Why would any self-respecting woman enter a contest like that?
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
Might be the only time their "ugliness" pays off. But I agree, it's demeaning and disgusting.
Load More Replies... Nova Rook 3 months ago
The first time I heard the term I heard it as "Butterface" and I thought it was because the woman had a sort of fatty face - like she ate too much butter so she was butterface. The next few times I heard it the wrong definition fit so it was a while before I figured out I had it wrong. I will also add that this is a horrible term and should not be used.
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