At a holiday party at work, Joe walks in with an average- looking brown- haired woman. Then a couple of minutes later, heads turn when Mickey walks in with a black- haired beauty. Why does everyone notice the beauty instead of the ordinary- looking woman? Could it be a case of appearance discrimination based on appearance, dress, or grooming.Drawing on this definition, the situation at the holiday party seem to be such a case. This raises several guestions. Are good-looking individuals always at an advantage over less attractive ones? If so, in what cases do these advantages occur? Most important, are we as a society the ultimate loser in the game of appearance discrimination?