UGLY PEOPLE MAKE MONEY, TOO

Researchers at the London School of Economics and the University of Massachusetts have been able to dispel a pervasive theory regarding attractiveness. Previous studies have claimed that those who are good-looking command higher wages in a wide range of professions, as opposed to less attractive people who earn less. This new study finds that people on the opposite end of the attractiveness scale are also high-income earners. Using data from a survey of adolescents that measures physical attractiveness in four installments over a period of 13 years, they looked at what those people were earning. They found that while more attractive individuals often out-earned their less attractive peers, this was often due to the presence of other qualities, like being smarter, healthier, calmer, more extroverted, and more conscientious. But also, those who were categorized being “very unattractive” were also higher earners. They always outearned those who were deemed “merely unattractive,” and in some cases made more money than individuals of average and above-average attractiveness. (Study published in the Journal of Business and Psychology.)
* Hey, (radio team member), can I borrow 20 bucks?
* What I’m hearing is, there’s hope for us radio guys.
* If this wasn’t bad enough, “very unattractive” wealthy guys also have a whole class of women chasing after them.
* Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, the Walton family who owns Walmart – you don’t need a scientist to tell you that unattractive people have money.