conducted among a cross section of Americans by Playboy magazine in the year 2012 to gauge their perception of attractiveness of people of different ethnicities/raxces, Indians came 22nd among 28 ethnicities !
The Indians were regarded with so much indifference and derisiveness/distaste for their physical attractiveness that they were placed far behind even the much reviled and usually shunned black Americans !
The Chinese were ahead of the Indians, the Japanese were ahead of the Indians, every European ethnicity was ahead of the Indians except one (the Gypsies) and the American blacks were ahead of the Indians! And among Asians, besides the Chinese and the Japanese, the Iranians, the Lebanese, the Syrians, the Thais and the Philippinos were each placed ahead of the Indians !
The survey measured the respondents perception of physical charm, desirability, likeability and sociability of the different ethnicities.
The survey findings go well with the general luke warm disposition of the American world of show business to Indian hopefuls in modelling and acting. It is said that for every person of Indian origin in the American fashion / film industry and Broadway, there are at least 7 Chinese, 2 Philippinos and 1 Lebanese.
