[Windcatcher]

I guess it all comes down to what people want in life. I'm only average-looking. but my biggest asset was brains (graduated tops in high school, full scholarship to college, yada-yada-yada). Which master does a person serve? If it's just looks and nothing else, IMHO that's a losing proposition, since looks fade, and those with good looks still have to be able to look themselves in the mirror when the makeup isn't on. If all a person wants out of life is to be physically beautiful, I pity that person--there is so much more that life offers in addition, if one is but willing to serve a different master.

[FirstTomato]

Oh, believe me, the girls that could make it as runway models could earn so much money that when their looks faded they could simply retire.

Don't feel sorry for the really beautiful women, honey. They've got it made: the men flock to them like bees to a flower, people make special allowances for them, fuss is generally made over them, their beauty is often equated with goodness so they are often assumed to have above average characters, and they look great in clothes. What's to feel sorry for? And don't be fooled--lots of those women are smart, too.

They got handed a pretty good deck of cards from the Card Dealer in the sky, lol.