There are downsides to looking this pretty': Why women hate me for being beautiful
By Samantha Brick
On a recent flight to New York, I was delighted when a stewardess came over and gave me a bottle of champagne.
‘This is from the captain — he wants to welcome you on board and hopes you have a great flight today,’ she explained.
You’re probably thinking ‘what a lovely surprise’. But while it was lovely, it wasn’t a surprise. At least, not for me.
Throughout my adult life, I’ve regularly had bottles of bubbly or wine sent to my restaurant table by men I don’t know. Once, a well-dressed chap bought my train ticket when I was standing behind him in the queue, while there was another occasion when a charming gentleman paid my fare as I stepped out of a cab in Paris.
Another time, as I was walking through London’s Portobello Road market, I was tapped on the shoulder and presented with a beautiful bunch of flowers. Even bar tenders frequently shoo my credit card away when I try to settle my bill.
And whenever I’ve asked what I’ve done to deserve such treatment, the donors of these gifts have always said the same thing: my pleasing appearance and pretty smile made their day.
While I’m no Elle Macpherson, I’m tall, slim, blonde and, so I’m often told, a good-looking woman. I know how lucky I am. But there are downsides to being pretty — the main one being that other women hate me for no other reason than my lovely looks.
If you’re a woman reading this, I’d hazard that you’ve already formed your own opinion about me — and it won’t be very flattering. For while many doors have been opened (literally) as a result of my looks, just as many have been metaphorically slammed in my face — and usually by my own sex.
I’m not smug and I’m no flirt, yet over the years I’ve been dropped by countless friends who felt threatened if I was merely in the presence of their other halves. If their partners dared to actually talk to me, a sudden chill would descend on the room.
And it is not just jealous wives who have frozen me out of their lives. Insecure female bosses have also barred me from promotions at work.
And most poignantly of all, not one girlfriend has ever asked me to be her bridesmaid.
You’d think we women would applaud each other for taking pride in our appearances.
I work at mine — I don’t drink or smoke, I work out, even when I don’t feel like it, and very rarely succumb to chocolate. Unfortunately women find nothing more annoying than someone else being the most attractive girl in a room.
Take last week, out walking the dogs a neighbour passed by in her car. I waved — she blatantly blanked me. Yet this is someone whose sons have stayed at my house, and who has been welcomed into my home on countless occasions.
I approached a mutual friend and discreetly enquired if I’d made a faux pas. It seems the only crime I’ve committed is not leaving the house with a bag over my head.She doesn’t like me, I discovered, because she views me as a threat. The friend pointed out she is shorter, heavier and older than me.
And, according to our mutual friend, she is adamant that something could happen between her husband and me, ‘were the right circumstances in place’. Yet I’m happily married, and have been for the past four years.
This isn’t the first time such paranoia has gripped the women around me. In my early 20s, when I first started in television as a researcher, one female boss in her late 30s would regularly invite me over for dinner after a long day in the office.
I always accepted her invitation, as during office hours we got along famously. But one evening her partner was at home. We were all a couple of glasses of wine into the evening. Then he and I said we both liked the song we were listening to.
She laid into her bewildered partner for ‘fancying’ me, then turned on me, calling me unrepeatable names before ridiculing me for dying my hair and wearing lipstick. I declined any further invitations.
Therapist Marisa Peer, author of self-help guide Ultimate Confidence, says that women have always measured themselves against each other by their looks rather than achievements — and it can make the lives of the good-looking very difficult.
‘Many of my clients are models, yet people are always astounded when I explain they don’t have it easy,’ she says. If you are attractive other women think you lead a perfect life — which simply isn’t true.
‘They don’t realise you are just as vulnerable as they are. It’s hard when everyone resents you for your looks. Men think “what’s the point, she’s out of my league” and don’t ask you out. And women don’t want to hang out with someone more attractive than they are.’
I certainly found that out the hard way, particularly in the office.
One contract I accepted was blighted by a jealous female boss. It was the height of summer and I’d opted to wear knee length, cap-sleeved dresses. They were modest, yet pretty; more Kate Middleton than Katie Price.
But my boss pulled me into her office and informed me my dress style was distracting her male employees. I didn’t dare point out that there were other women in the office wearing similar attire.
Rather than argue, I worked out the rest of my contract wearing baggy, sombre-coloured trouser suits. It was clear that when you have a female boss, it’s best to let them shine, but when you have a male boss, it’s a different game: I have written in the Mail on how I have flirted to get ahead at work, something I’m sure many women do.
Women, however, are far more problematic. With one phenomenally tricky boss, I eventually managed to carve out a positive working relationship. But a year in, her attitude towards me changed; the deterioration began when she started to put on weight.
We were both employed by a big broadcasting company. One of our male UK chiefs recommended I take the company’s global leadership course, which meant doors would have opened for me around the world.
All I needed were two personal recommendations to be eligible. As everyone in the office agreed I was good at my job, I didn’t think this would be a problem.
But while the male executive signed the paperwork without hesitation, my immediate boss refused to sign. When I asked her right-hand woman why, she pulled me to one side and explained that my boss was jealous of me.
Things between us rapidly deteriorated. Whenever I wore something new she’d sneer at me in front of other colleagues that she was the star, not me.
Six months later I handed in my notice. Privately she begged me to stay, blaming the nasty comments on her hormones. She was in her early 40s and confided she was having marital problems. But by then I’d had enough.
I find that older women are the most hostile to beautiful women — perhaps because they feel their own bloom fading. Because my husband is ten years older than me, his social circle is that bit older too.
As a Frenchman, he takes great pride in hearing other men declare that I’m a beautiful woman and always tells me to laugh off bitchy comments from other women.
Yet I dread the inevitable sarky comments. ‘Here she comes. We’re in the village hall yet Sam’s dressed for the Albert Hall,’ was one I recently overheard. As a result I find dinner parties and social gatherings fraught and if I can’t wriggle out of them, then often dress down in jeans and a demure, albeit pretty, top.
But even these ploys don’t always work. Take last summer and a birthday party I attended with my husband. At one point the host, who was celebrating his 50th, decided he wanted a photo with all the women guests. Positioning us, the photographer suggested I stand immediately to his right for the shot.
Another woman I barely knew pushed me out of the way, shouting it wasn’t fair on all the other women if I was dominating the snap. I was devastated and burst into tears. On my own in the loos one woman privately consoled me — well out of ear-shot of her girlfriends.
So now I’m 41 and probably one of very few women entering her fifth decade welcoming the decline of my looks. I can’t wait for the wrinkles and the grey hair that will help me blend into the background.
Perhaps then the sisterhood will finally stop judging me so harshly on what I look like, and instead accept me for who I am.
I feel her pain. Many women I have dated deal with this issue. I am trying to not date the models I photograph cuz I am tired of dealing with this too.
Coral
04-03-12, 09:44 AM
Everything she says is true, except for being beautiful.
Judging by that picture, she doesn't look any better than the average woman I see every day... in fact, she looks a bit older than 41.
TomOpus
04-03-12, 09:54 AM
It's probably less her looks than how she carries herself and treats others. And she got a bottle of champagne from the pilot... did anyone else also get a bottle? Did she announce to the flight attendant that she's a writer for the Daily Mail?
But if she wanted to get read, then she accomplished her goal. If you look at the number of comments for this article, it's over 3,000. Usually her articles only get 100 or less.
cpgator
04-03-12, 09:55 AM
Maybe it is my good looks that cause no one to like me either...
Nick Danger
04-03-12, 09:56 AM
I feel her pain. Many women I have dated deal with this issue. I am trying to not date the models I photograph cuz I am tired of dealing with this too.
So what she says is true? A decent guy like yourself doesn't want to date beautiful models because they're beautiful?
Buford T Pusser
04-03-12, 10:01 AM
So what she says is true? A decent guy like yourself doesn't want to date beautiful models because they're beautiful?
They do have issues with other women and it makes get togethers with others to be a hassle. Went to a party recently with almost all married women and they were not being friendly to her but were overtly flirting towards me. She felt excluded and said the guys wouldn't talk to her either cuz they don't want to get their wives pissed off.
Actually at least three women were not married. One is a widow and she gave me her number in front of my date so we could discuss some photography. Another is a friend that wanted to date me but I have no interest in that. She was friendly to my date. A third is very attractive and about 5'11" and suggested we should hang out sometime saying it's not easy for tall women. She has a bit of the shun issue from what I have observed. She also has three kids so that would make things a bit difficult for dating.
DRG
04-03-12, 10:05 AM
So the pictures in that link were taken post-propeller, correct?
She looks decent in about half the pictures at that article, certainly no knockout in any of them. Samantha, honey, maybe it's time to come to terms with the fact that you're just a bitch.
Shazam
04-03-12, 10:54 AM
She has a fivehead.
d2cheer
04-03-12, 11:01 AM
Guilty!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't this a tabloid paper?
Maybe it is my good looks that cause no one to like me either...
Oh...I doh't think it is because of that. (snicker, snicker) -wink-
cungar
04-03-12, 11:11 AM
Everything she says is true, except for being beautiful.
Judging by that picture, she doesn't look any better than the average woman I see every day... in fact, she looks a bit older than 41.
Don't you have to meet the models you "photograph" first?
atrium
04-03-12, 11:11 AM
She is spectacular
....ly average ;)
That article must've taken some major cajones to write, what with the risk of her head blowing up from it's ballooning size.
GMan2819
04-03-12, 11:14 AM
Not bad looking for 41. There are lots of 41 year olds who look a lot worse. There are also a lot of under 41s who look a lot worse.
Mrs. Danger
04-03-12, 11:17 AM
Oh, boo hoo, women are jealous of each other.
I never understood that at all. I'll be talking to some guy, about cars or movies or something, and this woman will come up and snap at me for "trying to steal her man". Well, I've got news for her. If men keep leaving her, it's not the fault of other women.
Kmical
04-03-12, 11:17 AM
And she got a bottle of champagne from the pilot... did anyone else also get a bottle?
The pilot and copilot had already finished their bottles, and I guess they had one left over for her ...
Rockmjd23
04-03-12, 12:12 PM
Depending on where she lives, she might really be the best looking woman around.
TallGuyMe
04-03-12, 12:18 PM
http://i.imgur.com/VlcXY.jpg
RocShemp
04-03-12, 12:19 PM
Depending on where she lives, she might really be the best looking woman around.
Especially if everyone's mother is their sister.
Nefarious
04-03-12, 01:03 PM
"I’m tall, slim, blonde and, so I’m often told, a good-looking woman."
She's half right. She's tall and blonde.
So the pictures in that link were taken post-propeller, correct?
Oh sorry, wrong thread...
Propeller chick is way hotter...even post accident.
Vibiana
04-03-12, 01:07 PM
:lol: As a mildly attractive fatgirlperson, let me just say I'm glad that I was never taught to think so highly of my looks. In a way, being fat insulates me from that kind of shallow competition ... thank God.
Meglos
04-03-12, 01:08 PM
tml; df
(too many lies; didn't fap)
DeputyDave
04-03-12, 01:12 PM
She must be British. In England she'd be a 9.5. In California a 5 at best.
GMan2819
04-03-12, 01:35 PM
She must be British. In England she'd be a 9.5. In California a 5 at best.
So where does that put Kate & Pippa? They must be off the scale. ;)
Rockmjd23
04-03-12, 01:37 PM
Pippa is a butterface. Kate was very very hot before she went on the Karen Carpenter diet.
RocShemp
04-03-12, 02:00 PM
Propeller chick is way hotter...even post accident.
I actually like her better post-accident. :blush:
She must be British. In England she'd be a 9.5. In California a 5 at best.
Not to say there aren't any hot British chicks but this made me laugh nonetheless. :lol:
So where does that put Kate & Pippa? They must be off the scale. ;)
Who? I'm guessing the first is a person. Is the latter a cartoon character?
DeputyDave
04-03-12, 02:02 PM
So where does that put Kate & Pippa? They must be off the scale. ;)
I never found Pippa "all that" and Kate is the exception. Every place has a few exceptions and she certainly would fair very well against some of the women I see around here.
d2cheer
04-03-12, 02:39 PM
She must be British. In England she'd be a 9.5. In California a 3.5 at best.
It's never the insanely hot women (like, say, Kate Bekinsale-who's only 3 years younger than this cow) who feel like this woman does, it's usually the slightly above average looking woman. The "average" being of the community she's in, obviously, since in my community, she'd be decidedly well below average and summarily ignored.
rabbit77
04-03-12, 05:42 PM
Not bad looking for 41. There are lots of 41 year olds who look a lot worse. There are also a lot of under 41s who look a lot worse.
So I'm going to go back home now with my base covers, since I see you have all your bases covered.
Solid Snake PAC
04-03-12, 07:01 PM
Meh. She's not pretty enough to be hated. If she was Monica Bellucci. Sure..but not her.
I use my sex appeal to get ahead at work... and so does ANY woman with any sense
By Samantha Brick
25 August 2011
The truth is, I’d much rather work for a man than a woman. I’ve always dressed with the express intention to please and gratify my male bosses in the workplace.
If I had a choice of how to spend my ideal lunch hour, it’s a no-brainer. Each and every time I’d choose to flirt over lunch with a male superior rather than engage in mindless gossip with the girls over a Pret sandwich.
Yet I’m no meek, all-serving geisha or someone hellbent on sleeping their way to the top. I am university educated, reasonably intelligent and, so I’ve been told, attractive. I’m easy on the eye — and I use it to my advantage every single day. Before you roll your eyes in disgust and write me off as a shameless gold digger, little better than a WAG, consider this.
By the age of 30 I had a three-quarter-of-a-million-pound house, a Mercedes convertible (and a Mercedes estate for when I took my dogs out), a walk-in dressing room crammed with clothes that Carrie Bradshaw would be envious of — oh, and I had a generous six-figure salary and a high-ranking position in my chosen industry.
For 16 years I worked in television. While women dominate many of the senior roles; it is men who are the gateway to million pound budgets, to salary hikes, to whether you succeed or not. Like it or not, the reality is this: they hold the purse strings of the broadcasting industry. Whether you are working for a guy in London or LA, they are one and the same.
They adore being flirted with, love to have their egos stroked and — above all else — they yearn for the attention of an attractive woman. I learned very early on in my career how to clock within seconds who the important male was in any room and pandered to him accordingly. And it paid off.
Without realising it, I was just obeying the principles outlined by sociologist Dr Catherine Hakim in her new book called Honey Money: The Power Of Erotic Capital. Serialised in the Mail last week, it’s caused quite a stir with its suggestion that knowing how to use your sexuality is as crucial to success at work as intelligence, skill and professional qualifications. My only surprise is that erotic capital hasn’t been flagged up before as a crucial office asset.
Certainly in the TV industry, there aren’t any successful women who don’t possess these skills — and utilise them to the max. But you don’t have to be born beautiful to learn how to use your erotic capital. I was a shy, overweight, dumpy child, who grew into a self-conscious, spotty, plump teen, the proverbial ugly duckling. To my surprise, at 16 I transformed into a swan. The puppy fat disappeared, my complexion took on an enviable glow and I reached the 5ft 11in height I am today.
Almost on cue I was whisked into the Queen Bee in-crowd. Male friends fawned after me (they still do), and I received countless date invitations.
After years of being looked over, I was finally being looked at. My confidence grew, along with my flirting skills, my social charms were finessed and, after years of being the wallflower — someone guys confided in rather than chatted up — I was at ease in male company.
By the time I arrived in London to go to university, my skills had been honed even further. I groomed a relationship with a professor whose cousin worked in TV. He was reputed to occasionally put forward favoured students who would automatically go on to be granted that much-sought-after first rung on the ladder. Inevitably, he put me forward for my first position in TV.
My investment in my sexuality was already paying off. Do I regret those hours spent listening to him rabbiting on about his career, his successes, of a life lived aeons ago, while my fellow students were out having a good time? I do not. I’d have spent double that time with him. He had the power to open doors because he found me attractive. Neither of us was in any doubt about the trade-off.
My own allure grew from the get-go of my professional life. Working in TV meant being around young, single, sexually available men and women. But they were primarily interested in each other; their bosses were rarely on their radar. Typically a generation older than me and my peers, our bosses wanted someone to listen to them moan about their wives or kids. They wanted to feel valued as a man — and I was always more than ready with the right words.
I engineered such opportunities. I’d arrive early — looking perky — to have that valuable 30 minutes of chat with the guy who controlled my wages and the path my career took. It paid off — I went from job to job, with a salary increase each time. I was soon invited to award dinners, networking events and one-to-ones with superiors; I’d been spotted and my star was in the ascendant.
I discovered early on there is no such thing as a free lunch. It is a transaction between you and the man you are dining with. The food is irrelevant. Conversation, flattery, where you’re seated, who your fellow diners are, and, tellingly, who you’re introduced to are what’s important. In return, the man gets to sit with an attractive woman, who makes him feel good about himself. Such conversations are never restricted to a restaurant; on transatlantic flights, in an elevator, even at a Pilates class — you grab every opportunity to trade on your erotic capital in order to benefit your own lot in life.
While you might be thinking I’m little better than a prostitute, I’d argue that’s far from the case. Dr Hakim says erotic capital has real value in the job market and refers to countless studies which back this up. Why anyone else wouldn’t behave as I did is beyond me. While I never slept with anyone, I deliberately wore outfits that the decision-makers appreciate — for example, a Diane von Furstenberg wrap dress never fails to work with a man.
You might think my friends would be outraged. Not a bit of it. Platonic male friends were full of admiration when they clocked how my career and salary soared above theirs. As for my girlfriends, in shared moments over a bottle of wine, when alcohol had paved way for confession time, I discovered a perhaps not-so-surprising thing.
One girlfriend regularly re-adjusts her bra before going into a meeting with her male boss. Yet another female co-worker let it be known in every professional encounter with a man — whether job interview or formal meeting — that she had once worked as a Playboy bunny. Far from me being a one-off, if we women are honest, we’re all at it in our own unique, albeit secret, way.
It hasn’t always been easy to marry this strategy in my home and professional life. My first marriage lasted two years. Was it a casualty of my erotic capital? Yes. My then-husband couldn’t cope with my success or with the fact I paid so much attention to nurturing my relationship with the right bosses. He would comment on my appearance when I left the house each morning, awkwardly joking that I made more of an effort for my employers than I did for him. He was right. Of course I did — I’d argue most women do this, too.
Did I ever cross the line? Yes, but not in the obvious way. I’d put friendships on the backburner while in pursuit of the man or woman with the bigger, better job prospects. Friends, for a while, did stop calling. When you step over that line you move away from the sisterhood and your peers. Today I live in France and no longer work in TV — but that’s not to say I don’t use my erotic power.
Happily married for three years, I’m sexually attentive to my husband and in return I know I can splurge in the Mac make-up store or online at net-a-porter without guilt — I don’t have to justify or even hide my purchases.
Dr Hakim states in her book that for a woman to be successful in all areas of her life she must use her feminine wiles constantly. I’m 40 and have no intention of letting my erotic power diminish.
I exercise daily, use anti-ageing creams and am mindful about what I eat. If I need to secure a reservation in my local busy restaurant I will see the owner and ask him for my favoured table. We inevitably pass several minutes chatting, flirting and catching up on family life. Unsurprisingly, he always frees-up my preferred spot. The secret to any woman’s successful use of their erotic capital starts with a long, hard look in the mirror. If you don’t like what you see, do something about it.
Define what your best assets are: long legs, lustrous hair or even if you have a particular talent, exploit it. It’s time to be realistic because that is the way the world works for successful women.
DVD Polizei
04-03-12, 10:33 PM
By the age of 30 I had a three-quarter-of-a-million-pound house....
That's one heavy house. :eek:
PopcornTreeCt
04-04-12, 12:41 AM
:lol:
PhantomStranger
04-04-12, 02:11 AM
She must be British. In England she'd be a 9.5. In California a 5 at best.
What I was thinking when I saw her picture, and I am of British descent.
Nugent
04-04-12, 03:05 AM
Pippa is a butterface. Kate was very very hot before she went on the Karen Carpenter diet.
She must be British. In England she'd be a 9.5. In California a 5 at best.
I'm surprised it took so long for someone to point this out.
Once again, the Daily Fail at its finest.
GMan2819
04-04-12, 06:37 AM
She must be British. In England she'd be a 9.5. In California a 5 at best.
I'm surprised it took so long for someone to point this out.
CA has a disproportionate number of good looking women so a 5 in CA is maybe a 6 or 7 anywhere else. And calling her a 9.5 in England would be putting her in the same group as Kate Beckinsale, Sienna Miller, Elizabeth Hurley, Michelle Ryan, etc.
RocShemp
04-04-12, 07:08 AM
And calling her a 9.5 in England would be putting her in the same group as Kate Beckinsale, Sienna Miller, Elizabeth Hurley, Michelle Ryan, etc.
The American scale is from 0 - 10 whereas the British scale is from 0 - 20.
She's definitely not in their league.
Rockmjd23
04-04-12, 08:10 AM
:confused:
http://gossip.whyfame.com/files/2011/02/pippa_kate_middleton.jpg
Thanks for the picture evidence confirming. :up:
Need an ass pic to judge if she's worthy enough to sit on my face :)
foofighters7
04-04-12, 08:43 AM
Does she really believe what she is saying about herself or is she just an ugly girl trying to sell herself?
I honestly think she is hideous. Big forehead Big Nose, Ugly teeth= not attractive in my book. If I was walking down the street I wouldn't give her a second look.
cungar
04-04-12, 08:53 AM
I love the follow up article where she claims the bile that the first article inspired proved she's right
While I have a strong coterie of friends who emailed me all day asking me if I was OK, telling me this will all pass and trying to shield me from the worst of the insults lobbed my way, what hurt the most?
The tears really fell when I happened across those sly and sneaky comments from women I know well enough to call friends messaging each other about me on Facebook.
Women I've supported emotionally and financially taking the first opportunity to declare I had it coming. And what has my husband made of all this?
At first, he shrugged it off, saying they were just the spiteful remarks of a few jealous women. But as the storm brewed . . . well, I've had to hide the worst of it from him; the tame few I've read out have riled him enough to want to take his own form of action.
Yes, I have cried on and off all day. But do I regret my article? Not at all. I'm know I'm risking the wrath of the online community once more, but there is an irony to yesterday. While I was tearfully dealing with the emails and calls outside the supermarket, a young man approached me, offered to park my car and even get me a coffee.
Sure he did. Psycho.
Groucho
04-04-12, 09:05 AM
To be fair, she prepared the "any negative comments just prove my point" defense as part of the original article. And she's completely missing the point of the criticism (possibly on purpose), which is coming from women AND men around the world.
I thought this quote was hilarious:
I have lived and worked in Los Angeles and I doubt that such a reaction to my piece would have happened there. For in the U.S. you're expected to look good and you're rightly applauded for it.
Rockmjd23
04-04-12, 09:46 AM
I'd like to think she's trollin' everyone, but I don't think that's the case.
WCChiCubsFan
04-04-12, 02:39 PM
So is April Fool’s day celebrated on April 2nd in the UK?
Even giving her the age adjustment factor for a 41 year old she simply is nothing special. She is ok looking and as others have posted I would not give her a second look if she if I saw her on the street.
The Black
04-04-12, 03:03 PM
I'd like to think she's trollin' everyone, but I don't think that's the case.
She is trollin', just not in a "I demand a reaction"-way, but in her looks and personality.
Nefarious
04-04-12, 03:38 PM
I like this quote:
"If Brad Pitt were to say: 'Yes, I'm a good-looking fella,' then the world would nod sagely in agreement. But if Angelina Jolie uttered something along those lines, she'd be subject to the same foaming-at-the-mouth onslaught hurled at me yesterday."
Uh, no. People wouldn't have gone off on Jolie because she is what she says she is. You're not fucking hot. Get over it.
cungar
04-04-12, 03:45 PM
I'd like to think she's trollin' everyone, but I don't think that's the case.
She's trolling for a reality show or some air time on talk shows.
nando820
04-04-12, 05:10 PM
maybe people hate you cause u are flirtatious bitch who swears u are all that
Match
04-04-12, 05:52 PM
Sorry.
http://i.imgur.com/6kS6d.jpg
cungar
04-04-12, 07:05 PM
I bet she has cankles
Cankles
The area in affected female legs where the calf meets the foot in an abrupt, nontapering terminus; medical cause: adipose tissue surrounding the soleus tendon, probably congenital, worsened by weight gain and improved in appearance only by boots. From the English "calf" meaning wide portion of the lower leg, and "ankle" meaning slender joint of leg with foot.
Those criticisms are absurd. I think she's very pretty.
Burnt Thru
04-05-12, 02:41 AM
She's just playing for attention, and sadly seems to be getting it. We're all playing into her game which is quietly depressing. Frankly I see hundreds of better looking girls every day when walking down the street. Though the same goes for actresses as well of course, with Beckinsale and the like being no where near the best looking women in the country.
VinVega
04-05-12, 07:03 AM
Those criticisms are absurd. I think she's very pretty.
You know what's pretty? Her heart. :wub:
@JoshGoguen
What was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction? A photo of Samantha Brick.
@MsKathrynLively
Chuck Norris once tried to ask Samantha Brick out on a date, and stammered.
Norm de Plume
04-05-12, 02:57 PM
I find her fair looking despite the forced smile, but she's delusional if she thinks folks are showering freebies and praise on her because she's stunningly gorgeous. She's not. My sense is she's a master manipulator, and blindly self-affirming in that she misconstrues every reaction to her - positive or negative - as proof of her beauty. It's a snowball effect.
Abob Teff
04-07-12, 12:44 AM
So she watched Sex In the City and thinks this is her way of becoming a famous writer. Big deal. Ignore it and it will go away. (Or is it "Rub some dirt on her and send her back in there" ... I can't recall.)
dsa_shea
04-07-12, 02:11 PM
I'd buy her a bottle of Dr. Pepper but not much else. Does anyone really believe that a pilot sent her a bottle of champagne? Maybe he sent it to her empty after he drank it all.
magiccmom
04-07-12, 04:10 PM
Women don't hate her because she is beautiful. Women must hate her because she is delusional and arrogant.
In my experience, a lot of stuff that woman says is true, except for her (the writer) being hot. When I first moved to LA I dated a girl who modeled underwear and swimsuits for various print advertisements, like Target ads. She was the most attractive girl I'd ever dated up to that point in my life, and as a result was also the first person who made me realize just how hostile a lot of other women are to a woman more attractive than they are. Over time I learned she had fairly low self-esteem because a lot of people treated her badly. And she wasn't a bitch by any means, just a woman looked down on by other women and ridiculed because she turned more heads than they did. She also got a lot more jobs from guys than she did from women. Put her in a male majority environment and she'd have modeling jobs 5 days a week. Put her in a female majority environment and she'd get nothing. A few times it was really bad when we'd go out with her friends... all of whom were models just as attractive as she was. Guys would flock around them and other women would become extremely resentful, often vocally. It made me pretty uncomfortable on more than one occasion.
I've dated a few attractive girls since and have experienced varying degrees of the same thing. But I've dated even more average girls, and they never seem to have a lot of the problems with other women that hot girls do. And there's a hell of a lot less stress involved for me.
GMan2819
04-08-12, 04:50 AM
At least she's better looking than Amanda Bynes.
http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/04/06/0406-amanda-bynes-mug-2.jpg
Damn. What a shame. Hope she's not following the footsteps of Lohan.
majorjoe23
04-08-12, 09:28 AM
I bet she has cankles
Cankles
The area in affected female legs where the calf meets the foot in an abrupt, nontapering terminus; medical cause: adipose tissue surrounding the soleus tendon, probably congenital, worsened by weight gain and improved in appearance only by boots. From the English "calf" meaning wide portion of the lower leg, and "ankle" meaning slender joint of leg with foot.
Hope she's not following the footsteps of Lohan.Before I agree, I will wait until the first panty-less crotch shots and Playboy photos show up.
slop101
04-08-12, 10:49 AM
In my experience, a lot of stuff that woman says is true, except for her (the writer) being hot. When I first moved to LA I dated a girl who modeled underwear and swimsuits for various print advertisements, like Target ads. She was the most attractive girl I'd ever dated up to that point in my life, and as a result was also the first person who made me realize just how hostile a lot of other women are to a woman more attractive than they are. Over time I learned she had fairly low self-esteem because a lot of people treated her badly. And she wasn't a bitch by any means, just a woman looked down on by other women and ridiculed because she turned more heads than they did. She also got a lot more jobs from guys than she did from women. Put her in a male majority environment and she'd have modeling jobs 5 days a week. Put her in a female majority environment and she'd get nothing. A few times it was really bad when we'd go out with her friends... all of whom were models just as attractive as she was. Guys would flock around them and other women would become extremely resentful, often vocally. It made me pretty uncomfortable on more than one occasion.
I've dated a few attractive girls since and have experienced varying degrees of the same thing. But I've dated even more average girls, and they never seem to have a lot of the problems with other women that hot girls do. And there's a hell of a lot less stress involved for me.There's a lot of truth in this. I've dated a few girls who were this pretty, and it's usually more true for women in their late 20s and in their 30s than it is for younger women, this is very much the case for many above average attractive women. I remember a girl I was dating was almost in tears because a friend had told her she looked slutty, when she was wearing a plain summer-dress, barely showing any skin. Another instance is when women in her work place would start rumor about her based in jealousy; mostly because she would advance and they wouldn't, which they attributed to her good look.
Thing is though, while what the woman in this article is saying might be true, the disconnect is that she's not in that caliber of good looking women that this happens to.
OldDude
04-08-12, 02:35 PM
We need a head-to-head "full of themselves" competition between this woman and Miss Tranny Canada.
The Bus
04-10-12, 03:40 PM
Troll columnist.
RocShemp
04-11-12, 07:06 AM
Troll columnist.
So a female Armond White?
Solid Snake PAC
04-11-12, 10:42 AM
*female
RocShemp
04-11-12, 11:55 AM
That's what i get for typing in a hurry. :doh:
fujishig
04-11-12, 12:07 PM
She also got a lot more jobs from guys than she did from women. Put her in a male majority environment and she'd have modeling jobs 5 days a week. Put her in a female majority environment and she'd get nothing.
So you're saying in a female majority environment, they hire the uglier models?
Goat3001
04-11-12, 12:16 PM
In my experience, a lot of stuff that woman says is true, except for her (the writer) being hot. When I first moved to LA I dated a girl who modeled underwear and swimsuits for various print advertisements, like Target ads. She was the most attractive girl I'd ever dated up to that point in my life, and as a result was also the first person who made me realize just how hostile a lot of other women are to a woman more attractive than they are. Over time I learned she had fairly low self-esteem because a lot of people treated her badly. And she wasn't a bitch by any means, just a woman looked down on by other women and ridiculed because she turned more heads than they did. She also got a lot more jobs from guys than she did from women. Put her in a male majority environment and she'd have modeling jobs 5 days a week. Put her in a female majority environment and she'd get nothing. A few times it was really bad when we'd go out with her friends... all of whom were models just as attractive as she was. Guys would flock around them and other women would become extremely resentful, often vocally. It made me pretty uncomfortable on more than one occasion.
I've dated a few attractive girls since and have experienced varying degrees of the same thing. But I've dated even more average girls, and they never seem to have a lot of the problems with other women that hot girls do. And there's a hell of a lot less stress involved for me.
There's a lot of truth in this. I've dated a few girls who were this pretty, and it's usually more true for women in their late 20s and in their 30s than it is for younger women, this is very much the case for many above average attractive women. I remember a girl I was dating was almost in tears because a friend had told her she looked slutty, when she was wearing a plain summer-dress, barely showing any skin. Another instance is when women in her work place would start rumor about her based in jealousy; mostly because she would advance and they wouldn't, which they attributed to her good look.
Thing is though, while what the woman in this article is saying might be true, the disconnect is that she's not in that caliber of good looking women that this happens to.
Shocking news of the day: Women are cunts.
RocShemp
04-11-12, 12:30 PM
Shocking news of the day: Women are cunts.
Would this be even more true for lesbians? You are what you eat.
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