We Are Not The ‘Beautiful People’
11 Nov
British people are among the least attractive in the world according to BeautifulPeople.com. The site is described as ‘elite dating site for beautiful people only’ and those applying for an account must first be rated by members of the opposite sex. Apparently only 12% of British men who apply are accepted into the site. 15% of female applicants from the UK are considered attractive enough to use the site.
BeautifulPeople is the first community of its kind. To become a member, applicants are required to be voted in by existing members of the opposite sex. Members rate all new applicants over a 48 hour period based on whether or not they find the applicant ‘beautiful’. Should applicants secure enough positive votes from members, they will be granted a full membership to the BeautifulPeople Network.
Statistically speaking we can’t all be beautiful (I have a face for blogging) because beauty by its definition is outside of the norm. Strangely most people consider themselves to be of above average intelligence and looks particularly in comparison to other people (see Illusory superiority).
Georgia Jagger
The stats presented by BeautifulPeople.com clearly show that some people overestimate their attractiveness. Its also worth pointing out that the people who are accepted into the site are those who are considered attractive by the majority of those rating. When the majority vote we tend to end up with predictable and bland winners (see X-factor). If you look at the hottest rated people on Hot or Not most of the girls look like Barbie and most of the men look like Ken.
There are clearly lots of attractive British people but perhaps we aren’t as uniformly attractive as other countries. According to the site Swedish men and the most attractive (65% of applicants approved) and Norwegian women come out on top (76% approval). Brazilian women have proved to be considered attractive by the majority of members. 1.8 million people have been rejected in the last 2 weeks since the site went world wide.
Wow, for some reason this actually surprises me. Maybe not that we weren’t the MOST attractive but the fact that we are the among LEAST attractive is somewhat of a letdown. I guess I was just one of those people with a little too much faith!