Britons among ‘ugliest people’

[Caid]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/33863533/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

Swedish men, Norwegian women get highest ratings for their looks

Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating Web site that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.

Fewer than one in eight British men and just three in 20 women who have applied to BeautifulPeople.com have been accepted, an e-mailed statement from the site showed.

Existing members of the "elite dating site" rate how attractive potential members are over a 48-hour period, after applicants upload a recent photo and personal profile.

Swedish men have proved the most successful, with 65 percent being accepted, while Norwegian women are considered the most beautiful with 76 percent accepted, the site said.

The way that BeautifulPeople.com accepts new members is simple. A potential member applies with a photo and a brief profile. Over 48 hours, existing members of the opposite sex vote whether or not to admit them, the site said.

Options are: "Yes definitely," "Hmm yes, O.K," "Hmm no, not really" and "No definitely not."

The site was founded in 2002 in Denmark and went live across the globe last month. Since then, the site has rejected nearly 1.8 million people from 190 countries, admitting just 360,000 new members.

"I would say Britain is stumbling because they don't spend as much time polishing up their appearance and they are letting themselves down on physical fitness," Beautiful People managing director Greg Hodge said. "Next to Brazilian and Scandinavian beauties, British people just aren't as toned or glamorous."

Only the male Russian and Polish applicants fared worse than British men, although Russian women had a 44 percent acceptance rate. Polish women did not appear in the table.

German applicants were slated for offering up unflattering photographs, which may have hindered their acceptance rates at 15 percent for men and 13 percent for women, the lowest rate in their category.

"German men and women aren't faring well, but they are submitting stern images, they need to soften up," Hodge said.

[ross4life]

Nothing surprising about that list?

I've been all around Europe & Norwegian women are the best looking I've seen but if your not a fan of Blonde's (real blonde's) then maybe there not for you?

Even the women airport security were hot, & i was more than willing to checked by them 

[erne bhoy]

I can see why you might have an interest in a topic like this as a fellow Fermanagh man caid, cuz our women leave a hell of a lot to be desired, we've got to be down there with the worst in Ireland...

[mylestheslasher]

Sure what do ye expect with inbreding rampant in Fermanagh.

[Tony Baloney]

Sure what do ye expect with inbreding rampant in Fermanagh.

As a near neighbour youse all must dip in the same small gene pool ;-)

Married an Armagh woman myself so they're obviously lookers!

[Owenbeg]

Scot are the ugliest bred- was over there working for a while and hardly seen any nice women at all

[saffron sam2]

Aerlik's thread was funnier.

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=14485.0

[Puckoon]

There must be a lot of british about Derry.

[Caid]

Aerlik's thread was funnier.

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=14485.0

But this one got more replies