Esther is chosen and crowned

Twelve months, one night, then a second house unless summoned

Every maid's turn came after she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours. Then thus came every maiden unto the king: whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, keeper of the concubines. She came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

The process is sexual access under royal timetable. 'Purification' is cosmetic regimen, not moral cleansing. Most of the gathered remain in the second house. Esther's later crown does not rewrite their night as a love story.

Esther uses Hegai's counsel and is crowned instead of Vashti

When the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come, she required nothing but what Hegai appointed. Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. She was taken unto king Ahasuerus in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. The king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins. He set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. The king made a great feast, even Esther's feast; he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts.

She exercises bounded judgment inside custody: she takes Hegai's advice and is received. Survival and skill are real. They do not make royal desire a vocation, beauty a calling, or the harem a model.