Does Attractiveness Get You Further?

[MsFoxyLoxy77]

I did a search. Couldn't find this topic so hopefully this wasn't discussed before.

I was watching the Tyra Banks show last night. The title of the show was Does Attractiveness Get You Further? Here's a link to the recap http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/show_...cap_tue59.html. Basically Tyra took two fairly attractive twins and alter one of the twins by giving her a pimply face, a false big nose, bushy eyebrows, pulled her hair back into a pony tail, and gave her very plain clothes. She had the twins interview for a hosting job and as a receptionist at a skin care spa. The pretty twin had 3 jobs with less than 3 months of experience not pertaining to any of the jobs and the attractive twin had 7 years of relevant experience. The attractive twin got both jobs.

On the other hand Tyra had 3 ladies on the show who basically said being attractive has hurt them socially and professionally. One of the ladies said she was a barber and her male customers were told to stay away from her by her significant others. Another said she couldn't keep any female friends because her friends' were afraid their significant others would want to date her instead.

Now I expect attractiveness to be the issue in dating and relationships. Also, I concede that if two equally or almost equally qualified people applied for a job then an employer's character and professional appearance would be fair game. But I was taken aback at the fact that a person with 7 years of experience could be pushed aside for a pretty face. I was also taken aback when one of the ladies said that she was told she was too pretty to be working and she should marry someone well off and stay at home.

My questions:
1. Do you think where you are in life professionally and otherwise has been significantly affected by your looks?
2. Do you think it is commonplace for potential employers to view looks just as if not more important than experience?
3. On the other had do you thind being to beautiful is a curse? That one may not be taken seriously for a job or socially treated poorly beacause a person is too pretty?