p2pnet.net OT News:- A while back Linda Ronstadt said the music industry ‘values sex appeal more than talent’.

She went on, "If you are someone like Beyonce who happens to be gorgeous and talented, well, great. But there are a lot of people who are not paid attention to because they don’t look like a fashion model."

But if you do look like that, you’re set. Especially if you also have great hair. Ask Beyonce.

Her five-year endorsement deal with a large company that makes hair stuff is worth up to $4.7 million – for just 10 days’ ‘work’ a year, says The Smoking Gun here.

But it’s not all gravy.

"Along with the ten days worth of photo shoots, promotional gigs, and personal appearances, Knowles has to let the cosmetics giant know of ‘any radical changes to her hair any concert tour may necessitate’ and has to maintain her luxurious auburn locks ‘in excellent condition’," says The Smoking Gun. "She declined, however, to make appearances ‘at a store or other retail location or spaces otherwise open to the public’."

The company also gets to actually inspect Beyonce’s hair "as long as she gets two weeks notice. And if she has to travel more than 50 miles to go to work, she gets first-class ground and air transport and hotel accommodations for four people.

The contract recenty surfaced in connection with a lawsuit brought against Knowles by Wilhelmina Artist Management, which claims it’s been shafted on commissions it’s owed for arranging the endorsement deal, adds the report.

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