Zehra Güneş and the extreme charm of digital appeal

Extreme 'pizpirancia'? The term, half slang and half code, has found in Zehra Güneş its new highest expression. The Turkish volleyball middle blocker –1.97 meters and 88 kilos– has become the paradigm of female attractiveness for a certain corner of the internet that has elevated a curious 'pizpirómetro' to the status of an exact science.

The physical stats are beyond dispute. But when moving from the technical sheet to the nuances, consensus breaks down. Some value her antiestéticatures while docking points for makeup and earrings; another camp believes that, discounting those 'extras', she would reach absolute perfection. Digital skepticism also surfaces: the top score is only awarded to verified raw material, that is, with the guarantee that there is no synthetic image or editing involved.

The personality risk factor

It's not all about centimeters. Part of the analysis introduces an element few metrics consider: character. The possibility that the candidate has her own opinions or an agenda that doesn't fit the traditional division of roles is priced in as a risk to be assessed before signing off on the verdict. The courtship, it is suggested, should be approached with classic methods and without ruling out that she has plans of her own. The pizpirómetro, in the end, measures the body, but not what's inside.

With two factions in dispute –the purists of anthropometric data and those who don't trust anything without proof of authenticity– the final score oscillates between a 10 and a 10 with an asterisk. We will find Zehra Güneş on the court, where numbers have a single competitive reading and none of these disputes cost her any sleep.