Britons among ‘ugliest people,’ dating site says

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Britons among 'ugliest people,' dating site says

Swedish men, Norwegian women get highest ratings for their looks

Reuters

updated 2:36 p.m. CT, Wed., Nov . 11, 2009

LONDON - 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.

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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.

Aww. I think hubby's pretty cute. But he can look a little...well..."stern".

Germans aren't supposed to smile, right?

[Welshcookie 17]

"Next to Brazilian and Scandinavian beauties, British people just aren't as toned or glamorous."

<shakes fist at Nessa>

[Heracles 417]

Germans aren't supposed to smile, right?

nein!

[Mags 112]

I think the more realistic answer is that most Brits can't be bothered with the effort of having their looks assessed on the say so of a website called beautifulpeople.com.

They're more likely to call it a load of old bollocks and p!ss off down the pub.

Life's too short!

[Danno 1,228]

I think it would be more true to say Brits are the ugliest people trying to get in the Club, not in the world.

The first time I went to "England" (as we called it,) I was a little disappointed to find few attractive women, they all seem to have that "I just woke up" look about them, the men too.

The ones I did meet seemed to have a lot of personality and were quite fun even if they did smoke like Chimneys.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I think it would be more true to say Brits are the ugliest people trying to get in the Club, not in the world.

The first time I went to "England" (as we called it,) I was a little disappointed to find few attractive women, they all seem to have that "I just woke up" look about them, the men too.

The ones I did meet seemed to have a lot of personality and were quite fun even if they did smoke like Chimneys.

Australian's look like Brit's, so they must be ugly too.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

These asswipes can kiss my bleedin' ringpiece. My Limey man is hawt!

[Mags 112]

I think it would be more true to say Brits are the ugliest people trying to get in the Club, not in the world.

The first time I went to "England" (as we called it,) I was a little disappointed to find few attractive women, they all seem to have that "I just woke up" look about them, the men too.

The ones I did meet seemed to have a lot of personality and were quite fun even if they did smoke like Chimneys.

They were the ones who had just woken up and didn't have the sense to hide from you as you walked down the street.

The hawt ones were hiding from you, pointing and laughing at the stupid loud American tourist, whom they wouldn't have touched with a ten foot barge pole.

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I think it would be more true to say Brits are the ugliest people trying to get in the Club, not in the world.

The first time I went to "England" (as we called it,) I was a little disappointed to find few attractive women, they all seem to have that "I just woke up" look about them, the men too.

The ones I did meet seemed to have a lot of personality and were quite fun even if they did smoke like Chimneys.

They were the ones who had just woken up and didn't have the sense to hide from you as you walked down the street.

The hawt ones were hiding from you, pointing and laughing at the stupid loud American tourist, whom they wouldn't have touched with a ten foot barge pole.

She is so hot when she's mean

[Ban Hammer 14,292]

"Next to Brazilian and Scandinavian beauties, British people just aren't as toned or glamorous."

<shakes fist at Nessa>

[Peikko 1,575]

Brits hate to exercise, wash, go to the dentist and spend money on product. They like to drink, smoke and have fist fights. I doubt many of them care about a Danish website anyway, the Danes do good bacon though.

[Heracles 417]

Brits hate to exercise, wash, go to the dentist and spend money on product. They like to drink, smoke and have fist fights. I doubt many of them care about a Danish website anyway, the Danes do good bacon though.

Might be interested in this read: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-a...91111-i9vq.html

[Danno 1,228]

I think it would be more true to say Brits are the ugliest people trying to get in the Club, not in the world.

The first time I went to "England" (as we called it,) I was a little disappointed to find few attractive women, they all seem to have that "I just woke up" look about them, the men too.

The ones I did meet seemed to have a lot of personality and were quite fun even if they did smoke like Chimneys.

They were the ones who had just woken up and didn't have the sense to hide from you as you walked down the street.

The hawt ones were hiding from you, pointing and laughing at the stupid loud American tourist, whom they wouldn't have touched with a ten foot barge pole.

Touched a nerve I see

Awe com'on.. I was just messin a little.

Anyway, I was not a loud American tourist...though perhaps "stupid" for hoping to meet all these Hot Brit-Chicks.... instead all I got was a Chain-smoking Punk-rock wanna be.

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...perhaps "stupid" for hoping to meet all these Hot Brit-Chicks....

There's a facebook group where you'd meet tons