aiya jay, i'm not trying to dampen your spirits or being rude but most of my readings said chinchilla longhairs aren't favored in the show ring. but chinchilla persians isn't that flat like other type of persians... chinchilla persian is judged in a different method than the persians... chinchilla persians fare quite well in the rings...

about show quality or not i have no idea... but for South Africa chinchilla longhairs, they are certainly stars in their own right - being advertising industry stars

there's quite a lot of websites in the internet regarding the chinchillas, i'm sure there'll be something that can guide you better

if you want to show your chinchilla, getting a chinchilla persian (breed 10) is quite a safe bet

not all hope is dashed...

here's a link of a show chinchilla longhair show diary
http://topcats.ad.co.za/thomas/chl.html