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1) Do you now, 2) have you ever, 3) or would you ever work in a profession wherein your facial attractiveness is a deciding factor in pay? ~







Posted - January 21, 2019

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  • 4624
    Back when I was a student, one of my part-time casual jobs was with a modelling agency.
    Mostly they sent me bit-part roles in T.V. advertisements.
    I also did casual modelling for artists.
    My face was a critical factor for either, but it may have helped.

    I had the chance to pursue acting at one point. Appearance in a couple of amateur productions of plays by Ibsen and Pinta resulted in an uninvited offer of a place at drama school. I didn't take it because I disliked the culture of fame and celebrity that is a bi-product of film, theatre and performance. I feared that if I got hooked into that kind of thinking it would have a negative effect on me. Looking back over my life and issues, I think it was a good guess.
      January 21, 2019 12:50 PM MST
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  • 44602
    I would be a millionaire.
      January 21, 2019 12:51 PM MST
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  • 7792
    If you saw this "mug", you would already have my answer.
      January 21, 2019 12:52 PM MST
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  • Sort of -  I worked for seven years in a very high end health club.  They didn't blatantly require job applicants to be attractive...but they kind of did...   
      January 21, 2019 12:59 PM MST
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  • 5808
    haha
    they would never hire me
    no pretty faces here
      January 21, 2019 1:23 PM MST
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  • If that were a prerequisite .. I would be starving today.  :)
      January 21, 2019 2:44 PM MST
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  • 53502

      Wait, I'd hire you!

    ~




      January 21, 2019 2:50 PM MST
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  • Thanks Randy!  Darn it ... I'm retired now or I'd say "OK"!!  
      January 21, 2019 2:52 PM MST
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  • 14795
    I do,I have and I would...   :) 
      January 21, 2019 2:48 PM MST
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  • 44602
    Who could have possibly doubted you.
      January 21, 2019 2:49 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Just a doubting Thomas....  :)D
      January 21, 2019 2:57 PM MST
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  • 19937
    I haven't specifically applied for employment where my facial features would be a deciding factor, but I'm pretty sure that my overall appearance has helped me gain employment.
      January 21, 2019 4:12 PM MST
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  • i used to work at the make up counter in macy's 

    they dont say you have to look nice but it's def implied. if your make up looks nice then potential buyers are more likely to trust you, buying what you are selling and earning you a commission 
      January 21, 2019 4:15 PM MST
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  • Nah. 
      January 21, 2019 5:31 PM MST
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  • 952
    I'd rather prefer my work to be a deciding factor!
      January 23, 2019 11:53 AM MST
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