Style, beauty, and grace might go far in most beauty pageants, but the winner of the first-ever AI beauty pageant needed a lot more than good looks. Kenza Laylie, a computer-generated Moroccan'influencer', has become the winner of the Fanvue World AI Creator Awards. The team behind Kenza beat off competition from 1,500 other computer-generated women to claim the 13,000 prize. Judges told MailOnline they were impressed by the advanced technology behind the AI star as well as her compelling'personality'. Accepting the award, Kenza's creator said: 'Winning Miss AI motivates me even more to continue my work in advancing AI technology.'

When poet John Keats wrote in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" that "beauty is truth, truth beauty," he probably didn't have AI influencers in mind. Back in April, Fanvue, an AI-infused creator platform that falls somewhere between OnlyFans and Cameo in terms of services, launched what it's calling the "world's first beauty pageant for AI creators." On Monday, the World AI Creator Awards announced the contest's 10 semifinalists. Drawn from a pool of more than 1,500 applicants, they are vying for the chance to make a liar out of Keats--and a prize package valued at about 20,000. Amongst those 10 finalists, you'll find Seren Ay, a stunning Turkish redhead who is sometimes pictured doing jobs traditionally held by men in her country, like electrical lineman or firefighter.