Beauty is the key to success

Doomspell

Well this came up in a conversation yesterday, and it's stuck in my mind since. What lots of people say is, well look at celebrities. Sure most are somewhat beautiful but there is alot of ugly buggers out there that are successful.
So what I'm wondering is what you think. Is it true that in order to be successful you have to be beautiful? Or do you think it doesn't matter what you look like.
Matty

Dave!

Look at this guy! He's doing quite well with himself, despite the fact that he's a mutant!

QED

Lust4Life

Mick Jagger is proof of the opposite, isn't he?

And although I adore Uma Therman as an actress, she's not particularly beautiful (I'd say striking is a better phrase for her).

I think the world is finally starting to change away from that perspective. People get where they need to be on merit and brains more often these days and that is fine.

That's not to say there isn't still SOME of that going around. Two women both up for the same job - both with the same qualifications, one beautiful, one average. We all know which one gets the promotion... the one with the biggest boobs!

whiskeyman

Bill Gates.


I rest my case...

The Sweeper

Years ago, I read in something (may have been the Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes) that if you are badly injured and admitted to A&E, the emergency medics are more likely to try harder, for longer, to resuscitate you if you're beautiful.

(They had an actual statistic, e.g ten times more likely or somesuch, but I can't remember it and I can't find it on google.)

Being tall is more important. It's very difficult to take a midget seriously.

Heisenberg.

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Doomspell

Minesajackdaniels wrote:

Years ago, I read in something (may have been the Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes) that if you are badly injured and admitted to A&E, the emergency medics are more likely to try harder, for longer, to resuscitate you if you're beautiful.

(They had an actual statistic, e.g ten times more likely or somesuch, but I can't remember it and I can't find it on google.)

Really, well I never knew that! Thats absolutly ridiculous imo.

Lust4Life

Posted by Minesajackdaniels
Years ago, I read in something (may have been the Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes) that if you are badly injured and admitted to A&E, the emergency medics are more likely to try harder, for longer, to resuscitate you if you're beautiful.

(They had an actual statistic, e.g ten times more likely or somesuch, but I can't remember it and I can't find it on google.)

Now that you mention it, I think there is a prerequisite (at least in my neighbourhood) that all EMT's MUST be gorgeous. Working in a hospital, I'm quite thankful for that. Their presence makes the drama and seriousness of an ambulance patient a bit easier to grasp.

Kaylee

I think it depends on what you want to achieve, sometimes people can find beauty threatening for lots of different reasons.

In a way I think it is better to be 'attractive' not drop dead gorgeous, in order to get on in life. If you're physically attractive people will be drawn to you but not threatened by you, it gives you more scope to influence people.

Obviously this is unless you want to go into a profession like modelling. With acting, I'd say being attractive is enough - but charisma/presence/intelligence is everything.

Yup . . . sure is tough being beautiful but somebody has to do it!

toomevara

Yeah, but it may also stunt your growth, its only skin deep remember, and it fades...There's nothing sadder than an individual used to gliding through life on the strength of their looks, suddenly realising that the spell is fading and they may have to start using assets like personality, charm and communication skills which they've sadly neglected...

Was it Marilyn Monroe or Jayne Mansfield, one of those fifties starlets, who said that all their beauty got them was an extra five minutes in the casting room....

Capt'n Midnight

In politics honesty is the key to success.

Once you can fake it, you're away.

Pigman II

What about that burd off Dragons Den? Multi-millionaire with a face like a bag of spanners.

Capt'n Midnight

Pigman II wrote:

What about that burd off Dragons Den? Multi-millionaire with a face like a bag of spanners.

So you are saying you can feel your nuts tighten when you look at her ?

ferdi

i find people are intimidated by my beauty.

scojones

Doomspell wrote:

Well this came up in a conversation yesterday, and it's stuck in my mind since. What lots of people say is, well look at celebrities. Sure most are somewhat beautiful but there is alot of ugly buggers out there that are successful.
So what I'm wondering is what you think. Is it true that in order to be successful you have to be beautiful? Or do you think it doesn't matter what you look like.
Matty

What do I say... hmmm... how about you and your friends are completely devoid of clue. Lets see shall we...

Bill Gates *swoon*

Steve Ballmer

Michael Jackson

Shall I go on?

Stephen Hawking Oh my god I just want to do him right now.

Yeah, beauty is the key to success alright. Best of luck with that.

Wolf

Peter Crouch

Pigman II

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

So you are saying you can feel your nuts tighten when you look at her ?

No but I am saying that even with all her cash she probably still has to resort to DIY.

rymus

Shane McGowan. Need we go on?

Karl Hungus

Steve Buscemi? Bill Bailey? Gene Simmons?

Merrick

Wolf wrote:

Peter Crouch

And to elaborate further: Dirk Kuyt.

Ruu_Old

Wayne 'Shrek' Rooney

spurious

Confidence is much more important for success than beauty, though a modicum of talent and ability is also useful - but not always necessary.

Piste

In research done in some university somewhere they got studetns to rate lecturers looks and teaching effectiveness, the better looking lecturers were always the best teachers.

spurious

...or were perceived to be the best teachers.
Did they correlate it with actual results/improvements made?

Ruu_Old

spurious wrote:

...or were perceived to be the best teachers.
Did they correlate it with actual results/improvements made?

They put all the ugly teachers on The Swan for a makeover.:) Plastic surgery for all!

scojones

Ruu wrote:

Wayne 'Shrek' Rooney

Don't forget his girlfriend. She's a fucking minger.

Pigman II

In research done in some university somewhere they got students to rate beauty contest contestants on looks, the better looking contestants were always the more successful contestants.

Doomspell

sjones wrote:

Yeah, beauty is the key to success alright. Best of luck with that.

Eh? I never said thats what I thought! I asked what you thought. Plus I don't agree that beauty is the key to sucess.

Another to the list is tom cruise - ugly AND stupid!