See, the thing people miss is that there is nothing inherently WRONG with a Damsel in Distress. DiDs are perfectly decent characters and plot elements. The problem is that both audiences and creators assume that DiDs will never do anything but sit around and wait to be rescued. (Ever watch Gundam Wing? In the post-series movie, the heroine literally sits there and lets a kid half her size rants at her and never even thinks about saving herself, she just waits for the hero to save her.) There are many, many perfectly decent DiDs who, even if they can't quite save themselves, at least make things difficult for their kidnappers, and sometimes even turn things around. Look at Princess Bride. That thing is the ultimate "hero saves damsel in distress...a lot" movie, yet Buttercup, though no fighter, makes things utterly miserable for her various kidnappers, including pushing one down a mountain(only to then realize he was the supposedly-dead true love and send herself tumbling after, but that's not the point.) It's not the character type(even if, like Elizabeth, they move far beyond that) it's what you do with it.
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Re: It comes down to who's prettiest.