not really into this but in my open opinion, its more passion having a pretty person cosplaying a pretty character after all the characters were design to look good.

When i see the cosplay pictures the person "cuteness" can play a factor in whether they look good but i have seen some where even if they are cute they just don't fit the character. I'll look at it and think well man they could of been a good, i don't know...Revy from black lagoon instead. 

My question is why would someone dress up looking like a character they know they couldn't cosplay as. I know the person likes the character, i like Kuchiki Byakuya but i know for a fact that i wouldn't cosplay that guy for the sheer fact that 1: im not light skinned, and 2: i wouldn't dare try to replicate that crazy hair. People should probably think about who they want to cosplay as and wiegh out some pros and cons to see whether or not its worth it to try and dess up like them. Even if its just for fun its cool to express yourself but have alittle self respect. At the very least cosplay something that compliments you. 

appearance matters alot to me I prefer the skinny to fat chicks but if you actually tried i'm not gonna laught about

it, for instance I've seen a bajillion sakuras from naruto who looked like the put 5 lbs of gel in their hair wearing somthing they just throught together weighing atleast 200 lbs  ppl that don't even try annoy me

 YOKO

Anna and Kipi

hot :o!

Go fat ppl and geek powa :O! Let whoever wants to cosplay do so, anyway companies will hire who they want. I did say sexyness is for commercial use mostly :)

 I don't see how Cosplay is in any way practical. But still it is interesting to see people do these kind of things.

Yoko is hot xD

Thank you.

I'd like to believe that true cosplayers with good understanding of style not only know how to pay attention to detail in the costume, but appropriate body figure as well. People don't pay attention to your costume if you weigh a good 400 pounds more than the actual figure (no offense, just the truth), though I respect their effort.

 lol @ Ran Asakawa as Lulu

I came.

Well, I agree with you in some points but, I guess it depends on the situation you know.
People do cosplay not just to promote stuff or to show off themselves, sometimes they do that just for fun.
Of course they will get more admirers if they are beautiful like the ones on most pictures you chose. But remember that will happen even if they are not cosplayers you know. People tend to look too much for appearance. So, if you are cute doing cute cos it will get digged a lot, not only because it really looks like the character, but because many people who will admire it, are simply looking the PERSON not the clothing and all.
On the other hand, if you are ugly/fat/etc, and your character is not like that, many will laugh at you, no matter how hard you tried to make a perfect costume, make up, acting, accessories, etc. That also is due to the fact that  most are simply looking for the person not the cosplay itself.
I think the ideal IMO is to equilibrate, you have to choose a character you like, and try your best to look like them.

(I wrote too much lol xD.... )