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Toby Young
Thursday 18th February 2010

Poll is wrong: Americans not most attractive people in the world


I almost fell off my chair this morning when I read about the www.OnePoll.com finding that Americans are the most attractive people in the world. Over 5,000 British travellers were asked to rank the people of different countries in order of attractiveness and the United States came top, followed by Brazil, Spain, Australia and Italy.

I've spent almost 25 per cent of my adult life in America and continue to spend at least a month there every year and, frankly, this poll is complete balls. I suspect that the vast majority of the respondents have never set foot outside New York or Los Angeles. The moment you travel in the "flyover states" you encounter a race of Ork-like creatures with low foreheads, hairy hands and torsos that look as if they've been pumped full of custard. (To read more, click here.)

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