London: Norwegian women are the most
beautiful while Britons are among the ugliest people in the
world, according to a website "for beautiful people only".
In fact, this inference is drawn after fewer than one
in eight British men (12 per cent) and just three in 20 women
(15 per cent) who have applied to 'BeautifulPeople.com' have
been accepted as members.
Swedish men have proved the most successful
applicants, with two-thirds (65 per cent) of those putting
themselves forward being accepted. Norwegian women are the
most beautiful with more than three-quarters (76 per cent)
making the grade.
Sweden, Brazil and Norway are proving to be the most
beautiful countries overall, with applicants from Germany and
the UK among the least successful. Since the site was opened
to UK members 295,000 people have applied, with only 35,000
being approved, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
Existing members of the website rate how attractive
potential members are over a 48 hour provisional period, when
applicants upload a photograph and a short personal profile.
They are rated by members of the opposite sex, who
have four options to describe how attractive they think the
hopeful is -- 'Yes definitely', 'Hmmm yes, OK', 'Hmmm no, not
really' and 'NO definitely NOT'.
The website was founded in 2002 in Denmark and since
then it has spread to other countries -- becoming available in
the UK in April 2005. The portal went live across the globe on
26 October this year. Over the past two weeks, the site has
rejected nearly 1.8 million people from 190 countries.
Beautiful People managing director Greg Hodge
was quoted as saying, "Asking why British people are doing so
badly is a tough question. It hurts me -- I'm English. I think
there is less emphasis on appearance in the UK than overseas.
If you go to some countries they are very into how they look -
very health and body conscious."
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 18:29