Just gauging physical attractiveness according to the standards used every day in our society, Casey is an attractive girl. Pre-prison, she kept her hair in cutesy styles, she dressed neatly and she appeared to be a clean, hygienic individual who obviously took care of herself. She was physically fit and toned, and had an attractive body. She looked good. I don't think she is a 10 either, maybe a 7 or an 8...but regardless, just strictly on what Americans generally speaking would consider an attractive individual, Casey ain't half bad...
But there is that other thing...that horror thing...and THAT dulls the beauty and makes the attractiveness a moot point...it is actually a strike against her. Pretty girl like that, and from a well enough off family, what possible logic can it be for her to murder her baby and toss her out on the side of the road? Americans cannot make that gel-pretty woman murders baby...Strike against her.
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I agree. I think what you state above (bolded) is a definite factor as to why this case has stirred so much interest.
I don't think she's unpopular, as Baez implies, because people are jealous of her ( that is really just so junior high). However, I do think the fact of her being pretty/attractive goes against her because (as you say) people can't grasp it.
Bad enough for any mother to kill her own child. But for a girl-next-door, all-American looking type girl to do it just makes it all the more unfathomable to people. Most of us were raised on fairy tales where the princess was "as beautiful as she was kind and good" blah, blah, blah. I do think, as the first post asked, that it's harder to accept that a pretty, healthy, young, middle - class girl murdered her baby than it would be to accept from someone less attractive, less advantaged, etc.
I think her good looks make it harder to feel sorry for her - to an extent. She should have, and could have, had everything going for her, nice-looking, young, supportive family, etc. And look what she chose to do with these advantages.
P.S. MOO-and I'm not saying this was the main factor, though I do believe it is a factor. There are other factors too: 31 days, how beautiful Caylee was, the media attention (Caylee and KC are both photogenic IMO), the ridiculous lies, GA and CA's antics, etc., etc.