To think that uber-popular women are usually extremely beautiful too?

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I know two acquaintances, both of whom I would describe as supermodel-like, and they are probably the two most popular women that I have ever known.

They are both nice enough as far as I know. By popular I mean literally hundreds and hundreds of friends, and everyone clamouring to spend time with them. One of them recently had a baby shower and over 120 people turned up. It's a whole different league of popular.

The one with the huge baby shower has also married a very rich man now, and I think that this has made her even more popular, as she has such beautiful clothes/house/things now.

AIBU to think that in general, very very popular women are usually beautiful too? AIBU also to think that if they looked like bedraggled old bag ladies, living in a tiny dirty flat and wearing old jeans and a t-shirt all the time, that they wouldn't be as popular as they are now, regardless of how nice they are?

Funny I was just watching that film 'Death of a Cheerleader' the other night and it really drove home the message about people who hang out with the 'popular' girl just to be seen as part of her clique; even though in a lot of cases they mightn't even like her.
I think 'well liked' and 'popular' often mean two very different things.

I dont think so. I can only think of 1 woman I know like this. She's not especially beautiful at all but she is very well groomed, has a resonant voice, a friendly personallity and a wicked sense of humour.

Why would a bedraggled bag lady be popular anyway?!

I really don't think it's possible to be good friends with more than 120 people. Having lots of acquaintances who like you, however, isn't actually that hard if you get out and about enough to meet them and have a slightly extroverted personality tempered with half-way decent social skills.

Most people simply don't have the time to get out and about enough to meet that many people on a regular basis though.