I had this thought while in a newsagent browsing magazines and heat magazine caught my eye. On the top of the magazine was the headline " Heats 100 Sexiest Men Alive"
and it made me think how accurate is this?
The more I thought about it the more obvious it was not and for many reasons. But first here are the results:
100 Yoann Gourcuff
99 Shia Labouf
98 Scott Malsen
97 James May
96 Pierce Brosnan
95 Joe Jonas
94 Russel Brand
93 Harry McFly
92 Jamie Redknapp
91 Barack Obama
90 Enrique Iglesias
89 Dustin Milligan
88 Dave Annable
87 Jeremy Clarkson
86 Josh Duhamal
85 Simon Cowell
84 Viggo Mortensen
83 Simon Baker
82 Jackson Rathbone
81 Ryan Eggold
80 Paul Walker
79 Milo Ventimiglia
78 Goran Visnjic
77 Gordan Ramsey
76 Eric Bana
75 Gael Garcia Bernal
74 Jamie Lomas
73 Chris Fountain
72 Gerard Butler
71 Vin Diesel
70 Tyson Ritter
69 Hugh Dancy
68 Jonas Armstrong
67 Seann William Scott
66 Ryan Gosling
65 Paul Rudd
64 Elijah Wood
63 Matthew Fox
62 Luke Wilson
61 Jesse Metcalf
60 Dermot O'Leary
59 Colin Farrell
58 John Mayer
57 Vincent Gallo
56 Adrian Grenier
55 James Franco
54 Domonic Cooper
53 George Lamb
52 Danny McFly
51 Patrick Dempsey
50 Josh Holloway
49 Jake Gyllenhaal
48 Emile Hirsch
47 Cillian Murphy
46 Penn Badgley
45 Mark Owen
44 Adam Brody
43 Clive Owen
42 Olivier Martinez
41 Ricky Whittle
40 Leo Decaprio
39 Cam Gigandet
38 Jared Leto
37 Gary Barlow
36 Jason Statham
35 Dougie McFly
34 Ashley Banjo
33 Ed Westwick
32 James McAvoy
31 Christiano Ronaldo
30 Orlando Bloom
29 Jensen Ackles
28 Ryan Phillippe
27 Rupert Friend
26 Danny Dyer
25 David Tennant
24 Bryan Greenberg
23 Jude Law
22 Josh Hartnett
21 Christan Bale
20 Chad Michael Murray
19 Kellan Lutz
18 Ryan Reynolds
17 Ashton Kutcher
16 Steve Jones
15 Will Smith
14 Wentworth Miller
13 Daniel Craig
12 David Beckham
11 Taylor Lautner
10 Matthew McConaughey
9 Justin Timberlake
8 George Clooney
7 Channing Tatum
6 Chace Crawford
5 Hugh Jackman
4 Zac Efron
3 Brad Pitt
2 Johnny Depp
1 Robert Pattinson
I personally can't look at a picture of any of these and judge them because I am neither female nor gay. Thus, I leave reordering of the places to you (if you like men).
You may be expecting me to say something pathetic and whiny like: "it's all wrong because I'm not on it" but that's not what this article is about. Anyway I never thought I would be and honestly am elated I'm not on that list – I'm happy with top billion but still would not care if I'm not even there. I'm one of those people who don't really care how they look. Fair enough I don't ride down the street on a cow naked having not shaved for 20 years shouting "death to all humans" but nor do I spend 3 hours each morning getting dressed.
The first think I noticed was there is no-one Arabic, very few Asians, Africans and almost everyone is a white American, European or Australian. I'm very confident that looking good is not restricted to 50% of the inhabited continents. As well as that the only people who made the list were celebrities. Thus, omitting the majority of the population.
I also read about a year ago that Gordon Brown hit the Daily Mails' list at number 97. It leaves much to the imagination as to why a 55 (at the time) year old man can beat hundreds of 20 year old body builders. The survey was done by 10,000 readers who may have been having a laugh. But not worry I'm sure Sarah Brown thinks he should have been no.1 but she will have to settle no.10 on a housing list.
In response the shocked Gordon said he was elated that he beat Mr Obama who has now topped him.
The primary problem with this is it is a matter of personal taste. You can't make a statement like 100 sexiest men alive unless you survey every person alive.
I guess the point I am making is that in the media there is a degree of misrepresentation and newspapers and magazines tend to focus on a certain group. I would like to advise that if you ever read tabloids you should always read with a critical outlook. Ask is this accurate? Who wrote this (if its Mrs Porter run)? Is it exaggerated or extorted? But basically:
Never
Believe
All
You
Read.
Ever
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