IN MY OPINION:

WILLIAM REYNOLDS:

NOT IN ACTING...OR, MODELING>>>

When actors go on auditions, for parts, roles in movies or tv series, they do not get an award for showing up.

That does not go on their resume as an accomplishment.

You either get the part, or you don't. There is no in-between. Get hired, or go home, or better still move on to the 

next opportunity. There is always a next time, for those that are not just dreamers, but for those that have prepared 

themselves for success.

Second place means you lost. You weren't good enough,  or you didn't have the look.