History Main / TheBeautifulElite

* ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood''. Being in PerpetualPoverty has never looked so good, and it must feel great being a ChurchMilitant wearing such elaborate and sexy garments - though Abel's robe gets torn off all the time, Tres is a bullet wall and Esther isn't immune to wounds either. The vampires are of course uncannily beautiful, being vampires and all, but so are almost all the human characters (see more in the evil part of the trope). Caterina has the complete dashing beauty + regal paraphernalia in addition to RegalRinglets.
* Anyone in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', which pokes great fun in the snooty, upper-crust societies in high schools.

** Pretty much every person in the series is beautiful, save for some of the males like Baron Kelvin, Georg von Siemens, Jumbo, Lord Arthur Randall, Azzurro Vanel, Fred Aberline, Damian, and Doctor.

* ''LightNovel/CrestOfTheStars'': [[SpaceElves Abh]] are both this and InhumanlyBeautifulRace due to being ruling aristocracy and genetically engineered superhumans at the same time. While they are shown to be benevolent and just rulers, their militarism and imperialism makes them somewhat morally ambiguous.
* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Applies to the all-girl Venus Unit as a whole, as they're all portrayed as being [[GoodLookingPrivates stunningly beautiful]] - with particular emphasis being given to Demitra and Yan-Min in official art for the anime. Also lampshaded by the 7th episode's title: ''"The Goddesses who Came Down to Tenbi"''.
* Exemplified in ''Anime/StarDriver''. ''Every single character'', not just the main characters, is beyond beautiful (even, nay, especially the men). There's a reason why the main character of the series is called the "Galactic [[{{Bishounen}} Pretty Boy]]".

* ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' has several characters who have the looks for it. But only Team Summer A really makes up this trope, with their exceptionally good looks (including Ban), fast thinking abilities and observation skills, other survival skills and even speech. Sure, their [[NoSocialSkills social skills]] could take a few lessons, but overall, they are amazing. Justified, they are DesignerBabies.

* Subverted in ''Manga/YamadaTaroMonogatari'', in which the eponymous Yamada Tarou is so amazingly beautiful that everyone in his school believes that he has to also be rich, noble, and a candidate for princehood. Tarou, who has more practical concerns, uses Valentine's Day chocolate as 'emergency rations' for his six hungry siblings.

* ''Manga/SpecialA'': Not only is the entire cast ''beautiful'', but Special A is the most elite class in the already prestigious academy. Lampshaded in episode 13, when someone comments, "Amazing. Which modeling group are they from?"
* The vast majority of the significant cast in ''Manga/HanasakeruSeishounen''. They're all so regal that even when the situation is funny they stay in bishounen/bishojo mode! And then you have the occasional normal looking character (Gonk by comparison).
* ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos''. All IS pilots have snazzy school uniforms, a 5 star hotel grade dormitories, pimping mecha suit, and of course, look very good.
* Virtually every named character in ''Manga/CroiseeInAForeignLabyrinth'', especially when the story involves [[{{Ojou}} Alice]]. It fits classical Japanese notion that everything in the GayParee is beautiful.
* The ''Manga/DearS'' of the series of the same name are a race of beautiful alien slaves who are practically perfect in every way.
* Just about everyone in ''Manga/PrincessPrincess'', especially the titular "princesses" are very beautiful, enough to be made to crossdress as girls to be [[HoYay worshiped by the rest of the students at the all male school they attend]].
* The Sakamoto family of ''Manga/FamilyComplex'' is regarded by their neighbours as the "perfect family" due to every member of the household (except one) looking like models.
* The mangaka Chi-Ran never draws anyone in any other manner than a) very beautiful and b) very feminine, whether they're [[YaoiGenre male]] or [[YuriGenre female]], major or minor; they live in pretty surroundings too, whether mansions or nightclubs.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': For all its GenericCuteness, CostumePorn and [[GratuitousPrincess Princesses]], the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] and [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] mostly avert this. No truly beautiful character is shown without serious flaws that spoil the image of elitist perfection, whether they're the [[ThisLoserIsYou good]] [[TheKlutz guys]] ''or'' the [[VainSorceress bad]] [[NotSoAboveItAll guys]].
* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' is about French aristocrats living the high life right before UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. {{Invoked|Trope}} and endlessly {{lampshade|Hanging}}d with Gardes du Corps, the senior cavalry regiment of the French Army and the main unit of the royal guard: they're an elite regiment largely composed of aristocrats, the members are chosen not just for their skills but also for their beauty, and people are so open on their good looks that everyone who learns Oscar's regiment replies with a variant of "Of course he's so beautiful!" and Girodelle (another officer of that regiment) ''flat-out admits that he '''has''' to be beautiful if he was accepted in the Gardes du Corps''.
* ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'': This is largely the point of the novel, with Yumi as audience surrogate. Even the author states that it's like a fairy tale set in modern time.
* ''Manga/GokujouDrops'': Komari lampshades it all the time, usually something along the lines of "it's different for beautiful girls". Except Sai, who is a slob.
* As typical of a Jun Mochizuki work a lot of the characters in ''Manga/TheCaseStudyOfVanitas'' are gorgeous beyond compare.

* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Warren Worthington III]] is a handsome, blonde-haired man of OldMoney origins with [[WingedHumanoid wings]] making him a literal AngelicBeauty.
** Betsy Braddock aka [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]] is the daughter of a British lord and had a modeling career for a time.
** This is one of the complaints that the Morlocks - a community of [[TheMorlocks sewer-dwelling mutants]] - and especially their leader Callisto and flesh-shaper Masque had about the X-Men. The X-Men - self-appointed ambassadors of the mutant community - are almost all powerful and attractive (even the inhuman-looking ones wouldn't have much trouble getting a date) and live in a mansion (or they did when the Morlocks were around), while the Morlocks were all freakish (some due to the afore-mentioned flesh-shaper) outcasts who lived in a sewer, relatively few of which had impressive powers. They accuse the X-Men of being elitist snobs who have a [[ButNotTooForeign "but not TOO mutant"]] policy toward new recruits.

** Averted with the Cobblepots. It's even shown that [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]]'s ancestor [[UncannyFamilyResemblance looked pretty much just like him]], so being chubby, short and having a sharp nose run in the family.

* In ''Fanfic/TheStalkingZukoSeries'' the Southern Water Tribe warriors apparently seem to be this to Fire Nation girls as they are made up of mostly good-looking men. Mai jokes that the Water Tribes banish the ugly children at birth. A strange example, as the Water Tribes are stereotypically barbaric in comparison to the Fire Nation.

* The ruling class of [[ArtificialHuman Elites]] of ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' are ''elite'' in every way because they are [[ArtificialHuman designed]] [[LegoGenetics to]] [[BioAugmentation be]]. Especially the highest of them all, Iason Mink.

The Beautiful Elite aren't just beautiful looking. In addition to being healthy and fit, their whole ''life'' is beautiful. They are more fashionable than anyone else, more sophisticated and charming than anyone else, and are usually both fabulously rich and socially powerful. Their clothes are all way too expensive for you to ever own. They live in an elegantly furnished BigFancyHouse that is so clean and well organized they look like they are LivingInAFurnitureStore.

TruthInTelevision, to some degree. In most societies, wealth and attractiveness are highly correlated; the wealthy have much greater access to resources for improving their own appearance, through fitness training, plastic surgery, healthy food, and hairstyling. Moreover, attractive often have better access to social, financial, and material success, whether through marriage or career opportunities. Beyond that, ''the very standards of beauty'', especially feminine beauty, are usually primarily a demonstration of wealth! Hey, LifeIsntFair.

The Beautiful Elite aren't just beautiful looking. Their whole ''life'' is beautiful. They are more fashionable than anyone else, more sophisticated and charming than anyone else, and are usually both fabulously rich and socially powerful. Their clothes are all way too expensive for you to ever own. They almost always live in a BigFancyHouse that is so clean and well organized they look like they are LivingInAFurnitureStore.

Most of the time they simply fell into this status. In many cases, they are of [[BlueBlood royal descent]], of divine descent, or at least belonging to some sort of lesser nobility. If they weren't born to the upper crust, they have managed to become a part of it by becoming a celebrity or business leader. More likely than not, they have been educated in top private schools and universities. The Beautiful Elite rarely have to work hard at anything, as they are [[ShelteredAristocrat sheltered in wealthy, luxurious enclaves]]. In many cases, [[{{Socialite}} they don't have to work at all]], but if they do have a job, it will be just as glamorous as the rest of their lives.

Don't always count on BeautyEqualsGoodness. Sometimes BeautyIsBad, and they spend their time plotting to torment the poor, decent normal folk like (maybe) you and me. This type of character is the {{Trope Maker|s}} for ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful, and often benefits from ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney as well.

TruthInTelevision, to some degree. In most societies, wealth and attractiveness are highly correlated; the wealthy have much greater access to resources for improving their own appearance, while the attractive often have much greater access to social, financial, and material success, whether through marriage or career opportunities. Beyond that, ''the very standards of beauty'', especially feminine beauty, are usually primarily a demonstration of wealth! Hey, LifeIsntFair.

Most of the time they simply fell into this status. In many cases, they are of royal descent, of divine descent, or at least belonging to some sort of lesser nobility. If they weren't born to the upper crust, they have managed to become a part of it by becoming a celebrity or business leader. More likely than not, they have been educated in top private schools. The Beautiful Elite rarely have to work hard at anything, as they are [[ShelteredAristocrat sheltered in wealthy, luxurious enclaves]]. In many cases, [[{{Socialite}} they don't have to work at all]], but if they do have a job, it will be just as glamorous as the rest of their lives.

Most of the time they simply fell into this status. In many cases, they are of royal descent, of divine descent, or at least belonging to some sort of lesser nobility. If they weren't born to the upper crust, they have managed to become a part of it. More likely than not, they have been educated in top private schools. The Beautiful Elite rarely have to work hard at anything. In many cases, [[{{Socialite}} they don't have to work at all]], but if they do have a job, it will be just as glamorous as the rest of their lives.

Most of the time they simply fell into this status. In many cases, they are of royal descent, of divine descent, or at least belonging to some sort of lesser nobility. If they weren't born to the upper crust, they have managed to become a part of it. More likely than not, they have been educated in elite private schools. The Beautiful Elite rarely have to work hard at anything. In many cases, they don't have to work at all, but if they do have a job, it will be just as glamorous as the rest of their lives.

* In Creator/JimButcher's ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', the White Court. Averted with Inari Raith, Thomas' little sister. Cute, but not blinding, jaw-droppingly beautiful like Lara, although that's only because she is still human. It is shown in the same book that teenaged Thomas was, while not ugly, slightly overweight and had a "squint that suggested a need for glasses." So becoming a White Court vampire literally ''makes'' you one of the beautiful people. They're [[HornyDevils Succubi and Incubi.]]

* The [[HornyDevils Daeva]] from ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' are a [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstruction]] of the trope. In their [[{{Splat}} Clanbook]] it is stated that they're "[[SuperStrength stronger]], [[SuperSpeed faster]] and [[EvilIsSexy sexier]] than you". Even before the Embrace most of them were already attractive humans and after and it they become [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace drop-dead gorgeous]], thanks to their [[SignatureMove core Discipline]], [[{{Glamour}} Majesty]], that allows them to enthrall people with their presence. The Clanbook does make a point of the fact that anyone who knows enough about the Daeva (including the Daeva themselves) tends to find [[UncannyValley something off about them because their beauty is artificial]] and they are [[LackOfEmpathy incapable of love]]. One of the illustrators noted that the Daeva are essentially sex objects rather than people.

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' where most of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Nobles]] and [[{{Dhampyr}} Dhampyrs]] are inhumanly beautiful, but hide predatory instincts behind their suave demeanour. One of the novels mentions that even the most kind-hearted Noble can't spend more than three days in the presence of a human without succumbing to the desire to drink their blood.

* ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' has several characters who have the looks for it. But only Team Summer A really makes up this trope, with their exceptionally good looks (including [[BlindingBangs Ban]]), fast thinking abilities and observation skills, other survival skills and even speech. Sure, their [[NoSocialSkills social skills]] could take a few lessons, but overall, they are amazing. Justified, they are DesignerBabies.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonetStCroix Monet St. Croix]] is the daughter of a Monégasque ambassador and the granddaughter of a French aristocrat. Between her beauty, which makes her the LustObject of numerous men; wealth; fame; and winning of the SuperpowerLottery, it is little wonder she has an ego the size of a continent.

* Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}'s [[ComicBook/EmmaFrost 2003 limited series]] reveals the Frosts to be this. Winston, the family patriarch, is an abusive control freak who also cheats on his wife Hazel and pits his children against each other to win his approval. He is also homophobic towards his gay son whose boyfriend he has deported and expresses NoSympathy when his son attempts suicide. Hazel for her part is implied to resort to drugs and alcohol to deal with the chaos of her family. The eldest daughter Adrienne is a manipulative sociopath who thinks little to nothing of hurting her siblings to get her father's approval and in [[ComicBook/GenerationX future stories would become a villain herself]]. The second eldest daughter Cordelia is a teenage Goth rebel who frequently acts out to get her parents' attention. Christian is a closeted homosexual who turns to drugs after his boyfriend is deported. And of course, we have Emma who starts out as a descent person but will become the White Queen in the future.

* Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}'s [[ComicBook/EmmaFrost 2003 limited series]] reveals the Frosts to be this. Winston, the family patriarch, is an abusive control freak who also cheats on his wife Hazel and pits his children against each other to win his approval. He is also homophobic towards his gay son whose boyfriend he has deported and expresses NoSympathy when his son attempts suicide. Hazel for her part is implied to resort to drugs and alcohol to deal with the chaos of her family. The eldest daughter Adrienne is a manipulative sociopath who thinks little to nothing of hurting her siblings to get her father's approval and in [[ComicBook/GenerationX future stories would become a villain herself]]. The second eldest daughter Cordelia a teenage Goth rebel who frequently acts out to get her parents' attention. Christian is a closeted homosexual who turns to drugs after his boyfriend is deported. And of course, we have Emma who starts out as a descent person but will become the White Queen in the future.

* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]] was born beautiful and lives in an old-fashioned BigFancyHouse on a magnificent estate. Every stick of furniture and decorative item inside of his residence are SimpleYetOpulent. Ditto for his impressive collection of vintage cars and the inside of his personal plane. Xavier is enamoured with classic three-piece suits which cost a pretty penny, and he was quite the peacock when he was younger. ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' accentuate his delicate facial features, his vanity and the splendour of his lifestyle. While he is generous to those he cares about, and he's the most altruistic character of the film series, it's made crystal clear that he ain't no Buddha--Charles derives great pleasure from basking in the luxury that his incredible wealth provides.

* Justified in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam Seed]]''. You'd expect DesignerBabies to be prettier than everyone else.

* Shuu Tsukiyama from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', known as the "[[RedBaron Gourmet]]" for being an exceptionally PickyPeopleEater. In stark contrast to most Ghouls that are orphaned and living in poverty, Tsukiyama is the son of an extremely powerful and wealthy family with connections in both human and Ghoul society. As a teenager, he was the SchoolIdol of a prestigious private Academy and is known for his eccentric but high-end taste in fashion. [[AmbiguouslyBi Kaneki]] notes that he "looks like a model", though quickly learns that his cultured demeanor hides a ruthless and twisted killer even by Ghoul standards. Later in the series, he uses his considerable wealth to assist and remain close to Kaneki, having become a {{Yandere}} StalkerWithACrush. [[spoiler: The sequel implies the result of having developed into a better person is that he's become a grief-stricken IllBoy in poor physical condition -- while leaving him looking [[TheOphelia beautiful and frail during the times he's not loosing control of his sanity]].]]

** [[Characters/XMen2010sMembers Monet St. Croix]] is the daughter of a Monégasque Ambassador to France and the granddaughter of a French aristocrat. Combined with her SuperpowerLottery and beauty which makes her the LustObject of numerous men, one can see why she has an ego the size of a continent.

* Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's ''Literature/{{A Song of Ice and Fire}}'' makes heavy use of this trope; an unrealistically-high proportion of the Great Houses of Westeros seems to consist of glamorous, insanely gorgeous men and women. Some particular examples are:
** House Targaryen, once-ruling family of the Seven Kingdoms is famous for its sons and daughters possessing a striking, almost inhuman beauty, including silver hair and violet eyes coming from their Valyrian ancestry.
** House Lannister is the richest and most glamorous of the Great Houses. They are tall, beautiful and golden-haired. Jamie and Cersei Lannister are regarded as some of the most dashing and beautiful members of the nobility. The expected physical perfection of the Lannisters is part of why Tyrion Lannister, a deformed dwarf, is so reviled by much of his own family.
** The Tyrells, the High Lords of the Reach, are all very beautiful. The youngest generation, most especially Loras and Margaery, are considered exceptionally attractive. Even the older generation, including Olenna and Mace, who are now old and fat, respectively, were once [[IWasQuiteALooker very attractive]].
** Young Robert Baratheon was said to have been "every inch a king" and "muscled like a maiden's fantasy" before he took the throne and let himself go; Renly is just as striking, if in a rather less martial way (although he makes up for it in charm and pizazz). Heck, even Stannis with his perpetually grim expression and receding hairline is not exactly hard on the eyes. TallDarkAndHandsome, built like brick houses and with InnocentBlueEyes are all Durrandon/Baratheon traits, and have been for centuries. Spotting various of Robert's bastards, who are all dotted about the Seven Kingdoms, isn't exactly hard. For some reason. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a problem for them, care of Cersei.]]
* Elves in Creator/JRRTolkien's works. Their beauty is unearthly, their communities (Lothlorien and Rivendell especially) are described in terms of exquisite beauty, comfort, and sustenance, and they've each had centuries (sometimes millennia) to perfect their wisdom and hone their poetry/fighting/jewelry-making skills -- they ''are'' why you CantArgueWithElves. But Tolkien balanced out their greater power with greater consequences for harm when they ''do'' make mistakes. To err is human, but to really screw things up requires an Elf.
** The human equivalent are the Númenóreans, said (in Tolkien's letters) to be almost indistinguishable from Elves in appearance.
* In the ''Literature/{{Eldraeverse}}'', the Imperials have been turning their whole population into this over centuries of {{Transhuman}} hacking on their bodies, brains, and society alike. You can't argue with SpaceElves, either.
* The author of ''Literature/TheDoll'' [[DeconstructorFleet deconstructs the hell out of this trope]] with some unusual malice through the character of Izabela. She's beautiful, she's fearless, she's rich, she's above normal people, she's an angel from heavens come to earth... Nope. She's JerkWithAHeartOfJerk who led a sheltered life, IceQueen refusing to melt and a bankrupt in all but name. [[Quotes/TheDoll The contempt Prus has for her must be seen to be believed.]]
* Most of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series follow this trope, but especially the Cullens. All the Cullens are described as being impossibly beautiful with Edward being metaphorically referred to as a god. All of them have at least one CoolCar and several college degrees. They also possess extreme wealth from years of compound interest and knowing someone able to predict stock market trends. OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Bella often despairs because she can't find ''anything'' that Edward is bad at. It's implicit that this is almost a side effect- when you finally meet an ordinary looking vampire, it's because in life, he was really, incredibly ''ugly''.

* Creator/AnneRice. All of her vampires, but especially Louis, Armand and, of course, Lestat are gorgeous and rich. Of course most of the above were chosen as vampires mainly for their looks, and they had money because they stole it; Lestat turned Louis at least partially because he had good stable wealth, and needed a nice place to care for his elderly human father.
* In Creator/DanAbnett's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/GauntsGhosts novel ''Necropolis'', the mere outside of the noble level in Vervunhive stuns the troopers escorting Gaunt. (Gaunt, fortunately, is made of sterner stuff; then, he's a BlueBlood himself.)
* Inverted in the Australian school comedy ''Literature/HatingAlisonAshley'' by Creator/RobinKlein (later made into a play and film), where the beautiful and talented Alison is a genuinely nice person, but the 'ordinary' protagonist persists in believing she's a snob who's constantly showing off her superiority.

* The Koryon [Korean] royal court in ''[[Literature/{{Conqueror}} Bones of the Hill]]'' is described in such a manner - the Koreans are all incredibly good-looking and exotic, the gardens are gorgeous, and the wall hangings and decorations are spectacular. Of course, that scene is told from Chagatai's PointOfView; since this is probably the first time Chagatai has been in a building other than a tent or fort, it's only natural for him to be awed.
* Creator/FScottFitzgerald was fond of this trope.
** Dick and Nicole Diver appear to be Beautiful Elite at the beginning of ''Literature/TenderIsTheNight''.
** {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby,'' a classic novel that starts off by showing all the glamor of the rich, then revealing the ugly truths behind why some of them are this way.
** ''Literature/TheBeautifulAndDamned'' starts out with this in play until the main couple's awful life choices start catching up with them.
* During the first few chapters of ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', there are various beautiful ladies hanging around a beautiful people party, where all the other beautiful people notice them being beautiful even in relation to their beautiful-to-begin-with-selves, and in fact whatever they do must be accompanied by a beautiful description of how beautifully beautiful they are, and their beautiful dresses, and the beautiful way they do their graceful beautiful beauty walk, and overall their beautifully beautiful beauty, lest you for a second forget what these ladies' apparent defining characteristic is. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20061230023918/http://www.quoteworld.org/quotes/5974 And also, you're drunk.]]
* The good guys in Creator/AynRand novels. Example: John Galt from ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'' is a brilliant enough scientist to rewrite the laws of physics, a brilliant enough engineer to build a perpetual motion device using his discoveries, a brilliant enough philosopher and orator to AuthorFilibuster on UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} for HOURS, and a brilliant enough leader to get every industrialist on Earth to join a utopian society of his own creation. Also, he's [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptible]]. And torture proof. And every word of his physical description is dripping with swooning adoration.
* Kyle from ''Literature/{{Beastly}}''. As Lindy says, "Ten out of ten shallow high school girls surveyed would agree you're perfect." He's also fabulously wealthy thanks to his father being a huge media reporter and can date any girl in his school. {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, however, as even before the witch Kendra tells Kyle that he's [[TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside ugly on the inside where it matters most]] and [[BeautyToBeast curses him to become ugly on the outside too]], it's implied that he's not really happy because his "perfect" life is a shallow one and his father doesn't give him any real attention or love.

* In the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'', the 'haut' caste of the Cetagandan Empire fulfill this trope in every detail. They have been experimenting with human genetics for centuries.

* The citizens of the Capitol from ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. While the rest of the Panem districts are on the brink of starvation, the Capitol expends its wealth on extravagant parties consuming as much food as possible, and even drinking emetic beverages to induce vomiting so they can continue eating. Many Capitol citizens avert this, however, by indulging in plastic surgery so over-the-top that they become grotesque.
* The books of Creator/DanielleSteel. All are set in glamorous locales--New York, Paris, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles. And all of her protagonists are very successful. The "poorest" that any of her characters has been is upper middle class. That said, the vast majority of these people have worked very hard and honestly to achieve this wealth (except for her villains of course, who were either born into it or got it through unscrupulous methods) and have maintained their down-to-earth demeanor (again, excepting her villains, who either are corrupt or become so).
* In ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', all the Nephilim are somehow good-looking (with the possible exception of Hodge and [[spoiler: The REAL Sebastian Verlac]]). The vampires, too.
* In ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight'', vampyres are all gorgeous and talented -- it's mentioned that most important historical figures like Shakespeare are vampyres, and so are most movie stars and pop singers.

* Camille from ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' is a vampire, so [[VampiresAreSexGods naturally]] this would come into play.

* In the Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote franchise, The KZ soccer team are definitively considered as the "elite" in [[CramSchool Shumei Seminar]]. While they occasionally have {{gonk}} members like Onozuka, most of the current or former members in the cast are quite handsome, to the point that [[EncyclopaedicKnowledge Kozuka]], the only non-member male in the cast, looks ''a lot'' plainer than the rest.

* In ''Literature/TairenSoul'', the Fae species is more-or-less ideal even as it's dying out. Every Fae is beautiful, [[LongLived wise]], magically empowered, and varying shades of benevolent. In the cosmic scheme of things, they are literally warriors and embodiments of good whose role it is to keep the world's embodiments of evil at bay. (If not for plot reasons, 'gray' species like humans would barely interact with Fae at all.) This trope justifies the Fae monarchs going on plot-relevant adventures, instead of doing boring stuff like actually ruling- in a kingdom full of Beautiful Elite, there simply isn't much need to.

* In ''Film/TheLastWitchHunter'', Danique's fashion house, with its high-class models and the owner being a full-blown FemmeFatale, is definitely one. Kaulder calls it "old magic and old money", and they turn out to be aiding Belial.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: As a Prince of Asgard, it's expected that [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]]'s wardrobe be lavish and majestic, but he takes the "beautiful" part ''much'' more seriously than Thor or Odin. Loki's attire is noticeably more elaborate than theirs, and it always flatters his statuesque frame leaving no doubt that he's part of the ruling class. In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', Loki's LuxuryPrisonSuite and his SimpleYetOpulent prison uniform are visual cues that he was once a member of Asgard's elite. In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', he indulges in a bit of decadence by being a RecliningReigner with five lovely female servants offering him GrapesOfLuxury and [[WineIsClassy wine]].

* In Creator/ScottWesterfeld's book ''[[Literature/{{Uglies}} Pretties]]'' everyone gets turned phenomenally [[TheBrainlessBeauty beautiful]] at age sixteen,[[spoiler: but given brain lesions, so that they're all the same and follow the herd]].
* In William King's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/SpaceWolf novel ''Wolfblade'', the House of Belisarius is like this. They even provide this kind of luxury for the Wolfblades, their Space Wolf bodyguards. The [[DividedWeFall factional fighting]] is something else again, as well.

* Treacherous Beautiful People often figure in the novels of Creator/SidneySheldon, dating back to his breakthrough hit ''The Other Side of Midnight'' and villainess Noelle Page, a poor French girl who clawed her way to the top by utilizing her beauty. Good Beautiful People exist too, but usually are the targets of the bad ones.

* Creator/PoulAnderson:
** In ''Sargasso of Lost Starships'', the alien race appear as stunningly beautiful, because of their vast psychic powers. They're also sadistic and completely insane.
** ''Queen of Air and Darkness'', there are TheFairFolk, stunningly beautiful, on a distant planet. [[spoiler:Psychic aliens, actually.]]
* Wealthy residents of the city of Shadukiam in ''Literature/TheOrphansTales.'' The setting alone should give you an idea: They live in the most beautiful city in the world, pieced together by djinn-magic, crowned by diamond spires and a magnificent dome covered in roses that never wilt. The achievement of their lives is eating, especially food derived from jewels. Look away from the Rose Dome, however, and you'll find crowded slums teeming with [[FantasticRacism sapient species undertrodden and killed daily]], [[BodySurf corpse-defiling evil spirits]], and a long history of corruption, greed, and betrayal, which finally catches up with the beautiful city.
* Any time one adopts a beautiful orphan in the works of Creator/VCAndrews, watch out. Incest and all forms of abuse will ensue.
* ''Literature/BooksOfTheRaksura'': The Ruler [[HiveCasteSystem caste]] of the AlwaysChaoticEvil Fell are usually described as having RavenHairIvorySkin with a "cold, perfect beauty" to their [[{{Humanshifting}} human forms]].

* ''Literature/{{City of Bones|1995}}'' by Creator/MarthaWells: Patricians of Charisat are generally tall and fair, with classically attractive bone structure, in contrast to the denizens of the lower tiers of the city. {{Justified|Trope}} in that there's little class mobility, so Patricians not only hold all the wealth but are mostly descended from a small pool of {{Blue Blood}}s who specifically selected for those features.

** ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII is a handsome, blonde-haired man of OldMoney origins with [[WingedHumanoid wings]] making him a literal AngelicBeauty.
** Betsy Braddock aka ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} is the daughter of a British lord and had a modeling career for a time.

** The Wayne family has this reputation among Gotham's citizens. There's ''extremely'' handsome and charismatic playboy [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]. Aside from that we have his sons and daughter (adopted and not): [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Jason]] [[ComicBook/RedHood Todd]], [[NerdsAreSexy Tim]] [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Drake]], [[IndifferentBeauty Cassandra]] [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cain]] and adorably precocious Damian Wayne. ''All'' of them, Dick in particular, are portrayed as exceedingly good looking.

** Averted with the Cobblepots. It's even shown that ComicBook/ThePenguin's ancestor looked pretty much just like him, so being chubby, short and having a sharp nose run in the family.

* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': ComicBook/ProfessorX was born beautiful and lives in an old-fashioned BigFancyHouse on a magnificent estate. Every stick of furniture and decorative item inside of his residence are SimpleYetOpulent. Ditto for his impressive collection of vintage cars and the inside of his personal plane. Xavier is enamoured with classic three-piece suits which cost a pretty penny, and he was quite the peacock when he was younger. ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' accentuate his delicate facial features, his vanity and the splendour of his lifestyle. While he is generous to those he cares about, and he's the most altruistic character of the film series, it's made crystal clear that he ain't no Buddha--Charles derives great pleasure from basking in the luxury that his incredible wealth provides.

* Kyle from ''Literature/{{Beastly}}''. As Lindy says, "Ten out of ten shallow high school girls surveyed would agree you're perfect." He's also fabulously wealthy thanks to his father being a huge media reporter and can date any girl in his school. {{Deconstructed}}, however, as even before the witch Kendra tells Kyle that he's [[TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside ugly on the inside where it matters most]] and [[BeautyToBeast curses him to become ugly on the outside too]], it's implied that he's not really happy because his "perfect" life is a shallow one and his father doesn't give him any real attention or love.

* ComicBook/EmmaFrost's 2003 limited series reveals the Frosts to be this. Winston, the family patriarch, is an abusive control freak who also cheats on his wife Hazel and pits his children against each other to win his approval. He is also homophobic towards his gay son whose boyfriend he has deported and expresses NoSympathy when his son attempts suicide. Hazel for her part is implied to resort to drugs and alcohol to deal with the chaos of her family. The eldest daughter Adrienne is a manipulative sociopath who thinks little to nothing of hurting her siblings to get her father's approval and in [[ComicBook/GenerationX future stories would become a villain herself]]. The second eldest daughter Cordelia a teenage Goth rebel who frequently acts out to get her parents' attention. Christian is a closeted homosexual who turns to drugs after his boyfriend is deported. And of course, we have Emma who starts out as a descent person but will become the White Queen in the future.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: As a Prince of Asgard, it's expected that ComicBook/{{Loki}}'s wardrobe be lavish and majestic, but he takes the "beautiful" part ''much'' more seriously than Thor or Odin. Loki's attire is noticeably more elaborate than theirs, and it always flatters his statuesque frame leaving no doubt that he's part of the ruling class. In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', Loki's LuxuryPrisonSuite and his SimpleYetOpulent prison uniform are visual cues that he was once a member of Asgard's elite. In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', he indulges in a bit of decadence by being a RecliningReigner with five lovely female servants offering him GrapesOfLuxury and [[WineIsClassy wine]].

* The ruling class of the Fire Nation in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': the men are almost all either venerable sages or muscular hunks, all the women under 70 are gorgeous, they wear extravagant red and gold robes and live in opulent palaces or luxurious beach houses, and many of them are powerful firebenders. Their morality ranges from PunchClockVillains to TheSociopath.

** ''ComicBook/NewMutants'': Bobby da Costa aka ComicBook/{{Sunspot}} [[ButNotTooBlack is the son of wealthy Afro-Brazilian businessman Emmanuel da Costa and his white American mother archaeologist Nina da Costa]]. In his youth Bobby was temperamental and pig-headed towards his team mates but mellowed out as he grew up.
** ComicBook/MonetStCroix is the daughter of a Monégasque Ambassador to France and the granddaughter of a French aristocrat. Combined with her SuperpowerLottery and beauty which makes her the LustObject of numerous men, one can see why she has an ego the size of a continent.

* The upper-class society depicted in the ''Series/BlackMirror'' episode "[[Recap/BlackMirrorNosedive Nosedive]]" where everyone is physically fit and impeccably dressed, and the surroundings are very well-kept and clean-cut (with pretty pastel colors to brighten it all up). The jerkass part comes from the fact that, in this world, '''everything''' in your life is dictated by how high your social media rating is, and those living in the upper classes are those with the highest ratings. The whole society is essentially a StepfordSuburbia CrapsaccharineWorld. And given this episode was written by Mike Schur and Rashida Jones of ''Parks and Rec'' fame, one could even say it's like Eagleton taken UpToEleven.

** Cordelia is rich, beautiful and serves as the AlphaBitch for much of her time on the show. [[RichesToRags Her family losing their wealth]] sets on the path to humility.
** Even before he became a vampire, Angel was a handsome man and his father was a linen and silk merchant. He was also, as the First Evil put it, "a drunken, whoring layabout", whose only real ambition was to travel the world for excitement and adventure. His bad traits got taken UpToEleven after he became Angelus. Having his soul restored turned into TheAtoner and made him much more humble.

* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Applies to the all-girl Venus Unit as a whole, as they're all portrayed as being [[GoodLookingPrivates stunningly beautiful]] - with particular emphasis being given [[AmazonianBeauty to Demitra]] and [[AnimeChineseGirl Yan-Min]] in official art for the anime. Also lampshaded by the 7th episode's title: ''"The Goddesses who Came Down to Tenbi"''.

TruthInTelevision, to some degree. In most societies, wealth and attractiveness are highly correlated: The wealthy have much greater access to resources that improve their own appearance, and the attractive have much greater access to financial and material success, whether through marriage or career opportunities. Beyond that, ''the very standards of beauty'', especially feminine beauty, are usually primarily a demonstration of wealth! Hey, LifeIsntFair.

* Manfred von Karma of the VisualNovel/AceAttorney series was a man murderously obsessed with "perfection". So instead of LA attorneys, all members of his family (Edgeworth, Franziska, and himself) live more like European nobility than LA lawyers, from {{Classy Cravat}}s, to expensive cars, to globetrotting lifestyles, to perfect prosecution records, to [[RoyallyScrewedUp terribly dysfunctional family dynamics]].