Dating site for cute people says Brits are ugly
You might suffer paralysis in several digits when I tell you that there is now a dating site exclusively for those deemed gorgeous.
BeautifulPeople.com exists to protect its members from having to espy the corpulent, the disproportioned, and the downright fugly-puglies.
On its home page, next to a photograph of a quite impossibly eugenic couple, the site presents its most famous media quote: "The sexiest Web site in the world today."
Entertainment Weekly? No, CNN.
Now, another august publication, the Telegraph, has reported some painful news from this online island of the beautiful: BeautifulPeople.com says British people are ugly.
Perhaps you might wish to blame the fish, chips, haggis, curry, and 14 pints of lager consumed by the average inhabitant of the Fragmented Kingdom. Perhaps you might indicate that such a lifestyle suggests an increasing amount of procreation between beings of indeterminate provenance in indeterminate places.
But BeautifulPeople.com revealed that only 12 percent of British men and 15 percent of their female cohorts were accepted by the prettiest online community in the world. This compares rather desperately with the 65 percent of Swedish males who enter this refined paradise and 76 percent of Norwegian women.
The site went live around the world just a couple of weeks ago and so far 83 percent of those who have attempted entry have failed to satisfy the bouncers.
Oh, did I mention that when you present yourself at BeautifulPeople.com's doors you have 48 hours to impress with your deeply ingrained pulchritude and your pulsating profile before you are voted in or out?
BeautifulPeople.com's managing director, Greg Hodge, told the Telegraph: "It hurts me. I'm British."
I am concerned, as I often am, for the Brits.
They donate so many pretty actors and actresses to the world--Hugh Grant, Sienna Miller, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon--that one wonders if they are using their theatrical greats to cover up for some serious national genetic deficiencies.
One can only appeal to the British government to launch an immediate campaign in all media. The government should spend some of its vast advertising resources in encouraging its most striking citizens to put their finest jaws and fingers forward and apply for membership to this site.
National pride is at stake. And if the British can substantially increase their presence on BeautifulPeople.com, it might be the start of yet another British cultural renaissance.
Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. 
Oh, it can't all be about teeth, surely. I mean, Craig Ferguson has a nice lady who was allegedly leered at by Dick Cheney. And Craig's teeth aren't exactly shiny.
However, I do agree that Norwegia is a fine place to encounter interesting company. But so dreadfully dark.
Chris
Problem with beautiful people is that they are often fake.
Brilliant. Quite Brilliant. And remember, we have nothing to fear but beer itself.
Chris
Sheena Easton? Sheena Easton? You sure?
I must say, though, that I did work with Samantha Fox once and she was delightful.
Chris
Not all Brits are ugly, maybe just the single ones lol !
- by zeke2.0 November 15, 2009 4:56 AM PST
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(27 Comments)I've been to England. For every Kate Beckinsale, there are a hundred lantern jawed overweight dowdies.
If you've ever seen early photos of Elizabeth Hurley, she has had major plastic surgery.