mushroom - // if not in the sports arena, where would "eye candy" belong Andy? //
I think that's rather the point, in 2018, 'eye candy' doesn't actually belong anywhere.
//it doesn't matter how good the education system ever gets in the UK, there will be some whose only asset is their appearance. so far as I can tell, these types of job are advertised, and candidates are interviewed, and if accepted they take the job, or not. no-one points a gun at their head and forces them into it, and none of the candidates can be under any illusion as to the job description. but they still apply. //
That's a poor argument - just because it can be done means it's alright to do it.
Let's extrapolate that logic shall we?
I am sure that if I walked into a primary school playground at end--f-school time, I could find two parents who, if offered £100 each, would agree for their ten-year-old son to fight another ten-year-old while I watch.
An extreme example? Of course it is - but then, according to your approach, no-one is holding a gun to anyone's head, money is being made, entertainment is the end result, so it's OK to do it.
//what alternative career options could you suggest to a girl whose only plus is that they look good, now that such an avenue is rapidly closing off?//
I don't believe there is a woman on the planet whose only 'plus' is that she 'looks good', and that sort of condescension is what allows this sort of nonsense to continue well past a time when it should have been consigned to social history where it belongs.