Don't hate me because I'm beautiful, says writer Samantha Brick

SAMANTHA Brick, who created global controversy by claiming women hate her because she's beautiful, says the backlash proves her point.

A UK columnist who created global controversy by claiming women hate her because she's beautiful says the backlash just proves the world hates a "pretty woman".

"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."

Welcome to the world of Samantha Brick where there are only two types of women; herself, cast as the innocent and gorgeous ingénue, and then the rest of womankind who are invariably fatter or older or uglier and always jealous hags - intent on destroying her.

The column in which she compares her ordeals to those faced by models has created an avalanche of criticism online, having already attracted close to 5000 comments on The Daily Mail website.

But despite being attacked on Twitter, Facebook and the MailOnline, Brick restated her position that her beauty won her admiration from men but hatred from other females.

"What really struck me was how quickly the fury snowballed," Brick wrote.

"When I first logged on to the Mail's website at 6am, there were only four comments on my article. I thought nothing of it and got on with my day, driving to the supermarket to do the weekly shop.

"It was on my way there that I started receiving phone calls and emails to my BlackBerry - within an hour there had been 1000 comments left on the website. And by mid-morning the Twitter debate was in full flow, with my story eventually getting an unprecedented one million hits."

In the second article she appeared to be almost eagerly fanning the flames of outrage, throwing this can of petrol on the fire: "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," she wrote.

"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. He could see I was having a tough time - and yes, my looks had helped me out again.

"While I've been shocked and hurt by the global condemnation, I have just this to say: my detractors have simply proved my point. Their level of anger only underlines that no one in this world is more reviled than a pretty woman."

In the original article Brick claimed the proof that all those other woman are jealous is that she has never been asked to be a bridesmaid, presumably because she is so much more attractive than everyone around her.

“I find that older women are the most hostile to beautiful women - perhaps because they feel their own bloom fading," she wrote.

However there is an upside to all those jealous women trying to drag her down.

According to Brick her life has been one long free ride filled with flowers, paid cab fares, train tickets and bottles of complimentary champagne - all because of her remarkably good looks.

And what had she done to deserve this treatment? Brick says: “the donors of these gifts have always said the same thing: my pleasing appearance and pretty smile made their day.”

She goes on to applaud her pride in her appearance, saying other woman just don’t work enough on theirs and view her as a danger to them.

“She doesn’t like me, I discovered, because she views me as a threat... she is shorter, heavier and older than me”.

Naturally, all this resentment and lust can be a real issue for Brick in the workplace.

“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 on how I have flirted to get ahead at work, something I’m sure many women do,” she wrote.

Other pearls of wisdom to fall from Brick’s mouth include:

“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.”

“Her attitude towards me changed; the deterioration began when she started to put on weight.”

“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.”

“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.”