value by proxy

When a medium to ugly guy is in a committed relationship with a beautiful or successful woman, and a woman of lesser standing or beauty attempts/successfully homewrecks that relationship because she thinks if she’s with him it’ll mean she is also beautiful or successful.

Example.)

When Adam Levine cheated on his wife with Sumner Stroh, and she immediately went to tik tok leading with the fact his wife was a Victoria secret model. Hoping that intern that meant she was just as beautiful as a super model.

Hannah thought that by sleeping with the prom queen’s boyfriend she would receive value by proxy.