Brunettes more likely to bag billionaires

www.metro.co.uk/ ^ | April 6, 2008 | www.metro.co.uk/

[paltz]

Blondes are said to have more fun but it seems brunettes steal the hearts of billionaires.

Brunettes such as Microsoft boss Bill Gates' wife, Melinda French are more likely to marry a successful man than their blonde sisters, a study today said.

Experts checked the hair colour of the wives and girlfriends of the world's top 100 billionaires. Most – 62 per cent – were brunettes.

Fair-haired women came in a poor second with 22 per cent of the world's top billionaires marrying blondes.

Raven-haired women enticed just 16 per cent of the world's wealthiest men, while not one of top billionaires is married to a redhead.

The report was for Lycos, which runs dating site www.love.lycos.co.uk. Sam Kayum, Lycos director said: 'It begs the question whether Carla Bruni would now be the first lady of France if she was a blonde. Perhaps Sarkozy felt that, as a brunette, Bruni would be taken more seriously by the voting public.'

[myprecious]

were the brunettes guilty or not guilty?

Depends on when the season opens and whether they had paid for the sticker on their license.

[PLMerite]

“Ellen Page”

Damn, NOT GUILTY!

[COBOL2Java]

[swain_forkbeard]

“What % of each are available?”

For a billionaire that would be %100.

[wastedyears]

Not too young for me, I turn 23 in October.

:)

[stylin19a]

were they blonde when the first met their husbands ?

[Paved Paradise]

She looks her age just fine. I think people have some really distorted ideas about young women these days primarily because the young girls wear so much make-up; dye their hair and often look OLD, so the ones that actually look their age some off as appearing younger.

I feel sorry for young women who want to look OLD when they are young. They should enjoy their youth.

[jdm]

You’re good then. I’m 33 so that’s probably why she looks just like a kid to me. Carry on! :O)

[dangerdoc]

“Since natural blondes make up ~25% of the population, 22% seems about even on a per capita basis”

Proportion of what population? Worldwide, I don’t think so.

[Paved Paradise]

Got a kick out of your post.

[coop71]

Redheads?

[Mr. Jeeves]

I think people have some really distorted ideas about young women these days primarily because the young girls wear so much make-up; dye their hair and often look OLD, so the ones that actually look their age some off as appearing younger.

Very true. Like Lindsay Lohan, who looked 25 when she was 16 and now looks 40 at 21. ;)

[Clemenza]

Ellen Page looks like a 15 year old Canadian boy.

[dangerdoc]

“I turn 23 in October”

In that case, you need to change your handle.

[NonValueAdded]

One more piece of evidence for the Ginger or MaryAnn debate.

[stevio]

What’s the difference between brunette and “raven-haired”?

[Abathar]

Good thing she didn’t visit a certain church down in Texas, the old men there would be on her like white on rice.

[caver]

Who’s that guy?

[DarthVader]

Dennis Kucinich is not a Hobbit. He is Gollum.

[Miss Didi]

Fabulous news for moi. ;)