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Michael Devitt

Age 31

Resides Brooklyn

Occupation Online quality assurance

Is it more important to be beautiful or smart? Smart. I read somewhere about a test where they sent nine or 10 people into a job interview and the beautiful people got the job-but if you want to excel, there’s no real comparison.

Would you buy an egg from a supermodel? I’d rather go through a reputable service. I wouldn’t buy Michael Jordan’s cologne just because it had his sweat in it.

What celebrity would you most like as a donor? Marge Simpson. She’s a very caring woman.

Curtis Phillips

Age 34

Resides Manhattan

Occupation Bike messenger

Is it more important to be beautiful or smart? I’d rather be smart because beauty doesn’t get you that far.

Would you buy an egg from a supermodel? I don’t think so. People who choose to do that are in the minority. People who live on the Upper East Side might do that, for instance.

What celebrity would you most like as a donor? Mia Hamm. She’s real. Athletics are good.

Mario Citron

Age 18

Resides Manhattan

Occupation Student

Is it more important to be beautiful or smart? Smart because you can get somewhere if you’re intelligent. Beauty has a limited life span.

Would you buy an egg from a supermodel? Yes, I’d want my girlfriend to be happy, and if you could be sure that the baby was beautiful, why not?

What celebrity would you most like as a donor? Jennifer Lopez, because she’s just so beautiful.

Lucky Smith

Age 22

Resides Brooklyn

Occupation Clerk, insurance company

Is it more important to be beautiful or smart? I’d like to say beautiful, but actually I think it’s better to be smart. With wisdom you can get anything.

Would you buy an egg from a supermodel? I’d rather adopt. That way I can see what I’m getting. Anyway, you never know what’s going to be
in fashion. Light skin could be in one year, long legs another year.

What celebrity would you most like as a donor? I’m Jamaican, so it would have to be Shabba Ranks. He is fine. Also, I’d say Shaka Zulu.

Yoko Tatsumi

Age 22

Resides Manhattan

Occupation Salesclerk

Is it more important to be beautiful or smart? The
inside is more important than the outside.

Would you buy an egg from a supermodel? No, it’s just too weird to actually seek out a beautiful child.

What celebrity would you most like as a donor? Antonio Banderas. He’s so sexy.

Gustav Von Roth

Age 25

Resides Brooklyn

Occupation Web support

Is it more important to be beautiful or smart? It’s more important to be smart. Success in sports and movies is a matter of luck. If you’re smart, you can get a job anywhere.

Would you buy an egg from a supermodel? No, although I think the egg route is fine.

What celebrity would you most like as a donor? Ada Byron, the daughter of Lord Byron. She lived in the 19th century and was the first documented programmer. She died an alcoholic like all good programmers.

Rosemary Petrino

Age 45

Resides Brooklyn

Occupation Student

Is it more important to be beautiful or smart? I’d rather be really intelligent. If I were 13, and competing for those things you want at that age, I’d want to be beautiful. At this point, I know smart is more important.

Would you buy an egg from a supermodel? If I end up having to go that route, I’ll just adopt.

What celebrity would you most like as a donor? Dylan McDermott from The Practice

Steve Golden

Age 26

Resides Brooklyn

Occupation Credit card promoter

Is it more important to be beautiful or smart? It’s more practical to be smart, even though the culture promotes beauty 100 percent of the time.

Would you buy an egg from a supermodel? Perfection’s not why you have a child.

What celebrity would you most like as a donor? My girlfriend’s not a celebrity, but aside from her, I’d say Catherine Zeta-Jones.