I was a judge when he won the drug-tested NPC CT (1992?, or a bit later)...saw him in the rest room...said, "You looked good...", looked me up and down and uttered, "Pshaw"...in the most condescending of ways.
Minutes later, he learned I was a judge, and pathetically came up to me and was sickenly nice.
I toild him not to fear, it was easily in the bag for him.
However, this is how and when character does matter, despite some here feeling oinly one's appearance should.