I like the diea of a competition, sounds good to me. This could also go with another map making competition and also the best mod competition. That would get people going and it would be fun to see all the new stuff. All the winning items could be released in a patch.
Female characters really don't bother me either way, I really believe that it's such a small feature of the game that I wouldn't notice the difference, but I'm certinly not against it. I love new characters so I welcome anything new. But yeah, whether it's female or male really doesn't bother me.
To all those people who say things like Tripwire are sexist/racist, whatever because they don't release females or other cultures, there are reasons and those accusations are unfair. For cultures, it is set in London, so that explains all the British. As for females, as mentioned in previous posts, they are generally used for eye candy, and really, Killing Floor should not stoop to that level. It is one of the best put together games I've evr played and I wouldn't want to see it ruined by some skimply dressed female model. Just to let you know, I am male and teenage and bloody straight, but games are not the place for that sort of thing, it's a bit wierd really...
I like the skins suggested with the army woman and the cop, but I'm not big on the Goths or the Japanese girl, try not to add Anime stuff in, it's not designed for such things. It is a grungy game, it neds to retain that feel.
That is what i have to say, if I have caused offence to anyone, my apologies, there was none intended. Thanks