Mr Kiran77, You didnt seem to get my point I think. I am against beauty contest,that's my personal matter of liking or disliking and you dont have to subscribe to my opinion.It's sad that you have put the academic world in par with a purely glamor oriented personal adventure that entitles a shot lived fame and disappears afterwards.SLC is a valid and national examination every student must take it. I also did it not because I want to be the board first or second or 1000th. There is no comparision between SLC and beauty contest and shouldnt be seen as being of equal in their respective terms of productivity and creativity. Your analogy of beauty contests having as much broad,valid, equally standard and 10 years of hard work of a student is as equalof7 days of bikini wearing,bra padding and turning of a natural habit of walking into a feline manner by these girls. Give me a name of one beauty queen,miss world universe,pokhara,kathmandu dharan any of them who have had a meaningful impact in the life of an ordinary people,I m sorry I cant name one such deed from the brainy and beutiful women's parade that has been being staged since almost 2 decade..,