Money may not buy happiness, but an unmatched beauty can buy both happiness and money, an intriguing new study involving more than 25,000 people worldwide finds.
Economists at The University of Texas at Austin suggest that beautiful people are generally more happier than their not-so-beautiful counterparts, because apparently they get paid more than their plain jane counterparts, and marry rich husbands, who are also good-looking.
Such economic benefits of beauty account for more than half of their happiness, researchers say.
“Personal beauty raises happiness. The majority of beauty's effect on happiness works through its impact on economic outcomes,” the USA Today quoted lead author Daniel Hamermesh as saying.