It's actually not just about the coat but more of head and body shape, eyes, ears, tail. Everything goes into consideration when evaluating a show quality kitten/cat. She was actually less than half the price of her litter mates because her coat and marking were not so great. She actually turned out to have better markings than her brother that was sold as a breeder, but of course he has better type than she does. He has the nicest head I have seen in person.

Thanks for the compliment tho ;) she is my beautiful baby girl with the best personality you could ask for and she is my hubby's pride and joy.

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I would rest assured that you got a great deal on a beautiful bengal!

Aside from the bigger ears and longer snout, he is gorgeous! Not that those traits are unattractive, they are just not part of the breed standard!

"Show standard" is very subjective and unless a cat has obvious faults ie tail faults or lockets, or is cow hocked or has some obvious conformational fault, or is in poor condition ie too thin or too fat, or looks ill (bad coat, lethargic, bad teeth, etc), then all may do well at a show.
The show is a beauty contest (first and foremost) so the cat that takes the judge's eye is often more important than whether it ticks all the boxes.
The Bengal standard is very loose, so often cats with big ears, whippy tails, poorly marked coats etc. may do well despite all, if the competition is poor or if they have no truly bad faults or their opposition is found to have more faults, or if they have one stunning feature that makes all the other faults pale into insignificance.
So a cat with an exceptionally good head or fantastic ears or a show stopping pattern may get off with being a bit short in the body, or the ears are pointy, or the tail could be a little fatter, of the muzzle is too narrow.

Of course a great looking cat is also about balance.
The cat looks amazing - it may be difficult to pinpoint any truly great features, but the package as a whole just works.

The perfect cat hasn't been found yet and because there are so many differing ideas of what the Bengal should look like amongst breeders and judges, then Champion cats are not peas in a pod in the Bengal. They are often highly variable.

Of course shows are highly political too, so Mrs InfluentialCatteryWhoShowsAllTheTime often stands a much better chance of having the top cat than Mrs UnknownCatteryWhoHasJustTurnedUpToday, no matter what the real quality of the cats are.
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thanks for the help guys just a few updated pictures, looks like hes getting a little bigger and the snout a little wider LOL, still dont think he was eating right