Aly I agree with you , beauty is within, and I think the swan is putting out a very bad mesage to women, even after these women have all this done, only one is chosen, so they are still made to feel like a loser.

I disagree slighty with extreme makeover- this is not a contest, and frankly I can sympathise with some of these people who wanted the surgery done, some of their teeth were just the pits, and they were in bad need of treatment, the other bits and pieces done were perhaps not so necessary.

Each to their own, I believe if having surgery makes you feel good about yourself, uplifts your self esteem and you are prepared to go ahead , then why not, you are not harming anyone, its not necessarily vanity.

BTW did you know since the screening of these programmes plastic surgeons in NZ are getting much more work than before, I watched EXPOSE last night which was about Breast reduction, this is a different situation again, and I for one can understand why these women would choose to have this surgery, even though it is pretty dangerous, they have so many health problems, its a blessing that they can have this procedure undertaken.