My thoughts on Samantha Brick...

An article that I read yesterday on the Daily Mail website really has kicked up a fuss. And, quite frankly, I'm not surprised. The stir surrounds a woman named Samantha Brick and an article she wrote titled-

''There are downsides to looking this pretty.' Why women hate me for being beautiful''.

I clicked the link and scrolled down to see her picture. I was undoubtedly expecting a stereotypical blonde bombshell with a figure to die for and the face of an angel. I was simply shocked at what I saw. Yes, she was blonde, with a good figure for her age, but just not what I was expecting.

It would be unfair to describe Samantha Brick as 'ugly' as some have said, however, she is distinctly average. She's just a woman. A woman similar to most other women, a woman similar to myself. She is a woman that I walk past on the street every single day, without a second glance. Because, realistically, why would I, or anybody else, give her a second glance? She's just, well, normal?

The article has racked up thousands of comments and Samantha Brick was trending on Twitter worldwide. People have become so obsessed with her and engrossed in her story. But, it seems that the majority of comments she has received are negative. So why is that?

Firstly, I think the reason for this backlash is because, quite frankly, most people are seeing what I'm seeing, an average, 40 odd year old woman.

As she described the free bottles of wine and champagne she has had thrown at her and the bunches of flowers and free taxi journeys she has received due to her "pleasing appearance and pretty smile" it's hard to stop yourself from wondering where the hell she found these men?! She isn't, as far as can see, the kind of woman I would expect men to fall at the feet of. But then again, maybe these men can see something different to myself.

Us girls always have insecurities and so it's, quite frankly, irritating when we have to listen to someone talk about how good looking they are and make a vain attempt to try to make us feel inferior. Samantha Brick seems to be trying to do just that, wanting sympathy for being SO BEAUTIFUL?! When, in reality, I'm pretty sure that, if you were up against Samantha Brick in a job interview, you wouldn't feel intimidated, no matter how insecure you were about yourself.

Confidence in a woman is attractive, not just to men but to us women as well. Look at Beyonce. She's a beautiful, talented, strong and independent woman. And yet women love her!!! We aspire to be like her. Why? Because she's not arrogant.

Samantha Brick describes how she is the "first to compliment other women" and doesn't understand why people aren't complimenting her. The answer is simple. There's a fine line between confidence and arrogance and Samantha Brick leapt and sprinted one million metres past that line.

An arrogant women is something that other women don't take to very kindly. And, I think that this arrogance is the main reason why women find her ugly.

I honestly found the article rather embarrassing and cringed again and again the more that I read. One quote that really stuck out was-

"...there are downsides to being pretty — the main one being that other women hate me for no other reason than my lovely looks."

Even if Kate Moss, Angelina Jolie or Cheryl Cole said those words I would be sickened. It's such an awful and arrogant statement to make. And, if she walks around the office with her nose held so high in the air then I'm not surprised that women don't like her. It's not because they're jealous, or because they think she's going to run off with their man, it's because women cannot stand other women who have their head so far up their own arse.

In the article Samantha Brick wrote today, she responds to the negative comments by saying that they "prove her point". Yes, because thousands of women all over the world are simply jealous of her?

It is very important to compliment your girlfriends and make them feel good about themselves and I am 100% for sticking by the girls. But, in this instance, I feel she's let us females down.

I am positive that Samantha Brick has had problems with women in her life because, if she is the person that she comes across in her writing, she is unapproachable and self centred. She is someone who I would find very hard to be friends with if I was always made to feel as though she was so much better than myself.

It's not about how good looking a person is or how many free bottles of champagne they can get, it's about the person that you are inside. And, attractive or not, a good, kind hearted, hard working and genuine woman will get promotions, good friends and a nice man at the end of it all, despite the occasional cow they may face along the way.