Mm...people may like you when you look like that, but it's not always in the ways you want, or for the right reasons. Looking good comes with its own problems. It's also a lot of work. And like I said, not even models look like that all the time - just when they've got the makeup on. Sometimes not even then - some people manipulate the pictures to make the models look even better than they ever could in real life, just to get people more interested in the models. Then they can sell more magazines and make more money off of the models.

Also, some models are not particularly great people, no matter how good they look. I'm not gonna give you some trite "it's what's on the inside that counts" speech, but I will say that looking pretty doesn't mean people will like you. Personality always matters. Looks help, but they won't take you all the way.

That said, if you really want to try out how it feels to look like a model, I could help you. Maybe seeing how those looks are created will make you feel better about not naturally looking like that. Because nobody naturally looks like that, I promise. But the upshot of that is that with the right makeup and clothes and lighting, most people can look like models. And I know some tricks of the trade.

As for friends...I'm not gonna make any promises, especially when you've been burned before, but I've been around for awhile and I don't mind chatting.