MR BME2005, Your fixation is that you think you are complex, difficult to decode in one go. No one gives a damn about ur personal opinion. It is a matter of concern if you speak in public. And I believe, sajha is public. YES, the analogy of academic is at PAR with glamour and if you have not seen this, it is ur problem. Try and get rid of your fixation first then you will see reasons on everything. So is beauty contest. Beauty is natural gift. Sorry if you are not so much gifted. But hey, let those gifted people express themselves. Who are you to judge whether the happiness/ success they get is short lived? Why worry if it is short lived? Tyra Bank's happiness is not short lived, Naomi Campbell's happiness is probably longer than you can think of, Or take Aishwarya Rai. As you mentioned that 10 years hard work is not comparable with 7 days of bikini padding, feline walking etc etc. Dude, no one can become beauty queen just because she walks 7 days on the ramp. Just like 7 days of exam needs 10 years of preparation, models / beauty queens also need many more years of hard work. You need eye and brain to appreciate the beauty unless you have ... You are searching equality in analogy, makes me laugh. Search equity on analogy dude... There are plenty of examples where beauty queens have impactedthe society in positive note. I can hardly think of an average or just above average student can ever raise money for the social need. He/she will struggle for living until he/she dies. (I can not tell for sure if anyone has done so) But if needed, even miss pokhara/Dharan can collect millions of Rupees easily for a charity. How about that? Will that be a big impact? May be it is time to think about being your self as Mr. Pokhara or Mr. Dharan. How about that? Wink wink... Kiran