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Brunettes more likely to bag billionaires
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| April 6, 2008
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Posted on 04/07/2008 11:28:33 AM PDT by 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.'
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beauty; billionaires; blondes; brunettes; weddingbells
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To: paltz
Since it is inarguable that redheads are God’s most wondrous creations, it follows that none of the top 100 billionaires are using their God-given brains when choosing their brides. QED. :-)
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:01:05 PM PDT
by
TrueKnightGalahad
(When you're racing...it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.)
To: Victoria Delsoul
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:01:32 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Always Right
Which population is that?? It is smaller. The stat I saw for the US said about 5%, but that sounds a tad low though. I found 25% sited in several web sites without a reference. But, I think that number was for the US population. A more detailed Google search turned up a 2% number for the world population, but that was just an estimate.
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:01:39 PM PDT
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: Paved Paradise
That’s another reason I love natural beauty.
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:02:22 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
To: stevio
brunette = brown
raven haired = black
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:02:29 PM PDT
by
Marie2
(I used to be disgusted. . .now I try to be amused.)
To: COBOL2Java
Well, Bill’s not a billionaire yet, but can you imagine the money he will have access too, given access to the POTUS if hillary in elected POTUS? They will be billionaires prior to her leaving office.
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:04:26 PM PDT
by
Sonora
To: paltz
What about the blondes, who, for some odd reason, dye the roots of their hair dark?
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:05:24 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("I am like...Dude......do you really....like want the Sex?")
To: swain_forkbeard
Does the carpet have to match the drapes?
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:06:43 PM PDT
by
johnandrhonda
(have you hugged your banjo today?)
To: The_Victor
I found another site that gives a 9% for the US population, which is what I think is close to the truth. They also pointed out that 70% of hair coloring products are for blond hair, so the number of people who look blond is higher than those who are naturally blond.
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:07:43 PM PDT
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: paltz
Billionaire Emperor's brunette!
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:08:45 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("I am like...Dude......do you really....like want the Sex?")
To: johnandrhonda
Does the carpet have to match the drapes? I don't understand? Could you elaborate on your question please.
:)
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:09:40 PM PDT
by
adm5
(Bill Clinton done us like he done Monica Lewinsky. He was Ridin' Dirty! - Pastor Jeremiah Wright)
To: paltz
Experts checked the hair color of the wives and girlfriends of the world's top 100 billionaires. Most 62 per cent (+/- 50%) were brunettes.
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:10:23 PM PDT
by
TYVets
To: swain_forkbeard
That was the answer I was expecting someone with a knowledge of the real world would express.
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:10:31 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Do we really want Huma answering the White House phone at 3 AM?)
To: paltz
However, billionaires’ MISTRESSES after marriage are usually blonds, LOL! And then the Divorce Lawyers hired by the Brunette Wives are blond...and they both walk away with all of his money. :)
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:12:00 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Listen everyone to the voice of experience. (Which one of those are/were you?)
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:14:58 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("I am like...Dude......do you really....like want the Sex?")
To: paltz
I prefer Brunettes. All I need now is a millionaire brunette to come capture me ;)
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:17:41 PM PDT
by
AlexW
(Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia. Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:19:05 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: The_Victor
I remember hearing the number of adults who are naturally blonde is quite small. I know lots of blonde children, but virtually all adult blonde women I know are bottle blondes.
Regardless, there’s probably less bottle blondes than brunettes, so per capita, they’re doing just fine.
To: dangerdoc
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:25:43 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
To: Clemenza
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posted on
04/07/2008 12:26:03 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
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