In real life, gorgeous women like Maggie, LIFE IS A BREEZE!

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Well, life is a breeze -- to a point.

Sometimes a very pretty girl may have been molested as a kid and never got help for it. Sometimes women make themselves gorgeous because they are screwed up about themselves on the inside. Just because someone can be a model doesn't mean she isn't in pain.

However, even thought looks do fade, they fade even more cruely to the average looking woman so in your age group, the old prettier lady will still have more men her age after her than the rest of us.

In college I was good friends w/ the then-current Miss Maryland who was gorgeous. I remember sitting in the Student Union holding her while she cried her eyes out because no one had asked her to some big dance or other.

We had a history class together and there was a guy in it that she liked. He wasn't gorgeous like she was but was smart, funny, and very nice. But he avoided her anytime she approached him.

The only guys who did ask her out were egotistical or jerks because they were afraid they wouldn't measure up. It wasn't her fault she was beautiful. She was a genuincely sweet girl but her looks pusched both guys and girls away who were intimidated by her. She was terribly lonely a lot of the time.

And don't forget the Hollywood beauties who've committed suicide like Marilyn Monroe. Some people have brown eyes, some have long noses, some are very smart, and some are physically gorgeous. The luck of the genes. It's how other people react to the genes you happen to get and what you end up doing about their reactions that makes the difference.

If you think all beautiful people have it made, you're living in a glass bubble!

I'd agree with you on this. I think really attractive people have a lot easier time of it. I guess this is why I could relate to the character of Rose so much. I feel fat, even if I'm not. Next to Maggie, Rose felt fat.

They only have it easier to begin with, when things get difficult its the person with the most passion that enjoys the challenge. Atractive ppl tend to trade on their looks, which can create crippling insecurities

"...I'm a contradiction"

That's not true, don't think that way.
First of all, her life really wasn't that great--guys used her for sex, then bailed and she worked one s**t job after another. Doesn't sound that great to me.
Second of all, beauty is totally in the eye of the beholder--look how many people debate on these boards about whether or not a celeb is hot! And, like Rose said, you don't stay young and beautiful forever--eventually you have to fall back on something more useful and unique.
I actually think it's a lot harder for beautiful women--they're judged solely on their looks, and not what's underneath, men want to use them or exploit them, and they get a lot of cattiness from other women, as if being physically UNattractive makes you a better, smarter person.
Look at Marilyn Monroe. That's really the only answer you need.

Beauty does not equate to an easy life. There are drawbacks to being physically beautiful just as there are drawbacks to being physically unattractive. It's probably easiest to be right in between, I think.

Cool discussion. Have any of you seen The Holiday (I was on a chick's flicks weekend)? Because CD is starting to look like she's in her late-thirties which isn't a bad thing, but in Hollywood, youth matters. Her beautiful body and great bone-structure and lovely smile won't matter because a younger version of her will come along. This makes me a bit sympathetic toward Ms. Diaz because I actually think she realizes this and has tried to expand her range and push herself in other directions (Being John Malkovich, comes to mind), but I don't think Hollywood producers will let her. They want her to be walking sunshine and nothing else and that sucks.

In twenty years from now, I bet Toni Collette will still be working steadily. She may not make as much money as Cameron Diaz, but she'll have longevity because she is perceived as smart, capable, and able to stretch.