I concur with your view as well but the part of "showing extra flesh" is not the reason she was awarded the doctorate. Like I said in my earlier post, she hit BIG time after her success in BB and that could have been the deciding factor towards it.
i don't watch hindi cinema, but i know that the amount of skin shown by her cannot be compared to some of the others in Indian cinema... damn, she dun even go topless as far as i can remember...
And oh, she has an excellent command over English and is well read.... so who knows?