Only Barbie Dolls Need Apply...
MORE than 50% of women believe improved looks would help them speed up the career ladder.
Growing numbers of cosmetically enhanced celebrities appear to be helping undermine the "brains over beauty" battle in the workplace, new research has found.
A survey by Top Sant magazine found that 51% of women thought their careers would progress faster if they had a better body and were more attractive.
More than eight out of 10 women (83%) also said that the modern celebrity culture had made men's expectations of women's bodies too high.
As a result of this, growing numbers of women are considering cosmetic surgery.
But it is not just men who are pushing women to extreme measures - 78% said that other women were more critical of their weight and shape than men.
The survey of 2,000 women also found that hardly any women are completely happy with their body.
Only 2% felt happy about their body. The majority (95%) said they felt unhappy about their body on a daily basis.
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