The Week contest: Beauty betterment

This week's question: A new study has found that people who are described as being kind or generous are typically rated as more attractive than those labeled as funny or smart. In seven or fewer words, come up with a catchy PSA message that might entice otherwise shallow people to look better by behaving better.
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THE WINNER: "Eights are fours who hold open doors"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
SECOND PLACE: "Be more caring to keep them staring"
Brian Funk, Alexandria, Virginia
THIRD PLACE: "Want beauty? Don’t act like a beast"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Treat others like you stand to inherit"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
"Smile, though your heart is faking"
James Parrish, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
"Sweet, kind, and plucky means getting lucky"
Gary Susko, Tucson, Arizona
"Give some to get some"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"Kindness — more of a foundation than foundation"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
"Esquire's sexiest woman alive: Mother Teresa"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
"The Golden Rule is a beauty tool!"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
"Just don't be yourself"
Bert Hudnall, Charleston, South Carolina
"Open your wallet, close your mouth, smile."
Martin Udoff, Newhall, California
"Beauty is the prize of the door holder"
Larry Hance, Barboursville, Virginia
"Be kind, rewind (the years)"
Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
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