A couple of days ago, amid the usual YouTube videos of past matchups and Paul the Octopus rumors, the Guardian World Cup liveblog posted what they, tongue firmly in cheek, called "(the press release) you've all been waiting for" -- the most beautiful and ugliest World Cup players, as voted on by members of pretty/vacant dating site BeautifulPeople.com. If for some reason this website sounds familiar, it's probably because they're certainly fans of the controversial and judgmental press release -- last November, they announced that they accepted less than one in eight British men and three in twenty British women, leading to hilarious headlines like the HuffPo's "Brits are Ugliest in the World." (NB: Our two English male staffers are both attractive and wonderful, proving that you can't trust everything you hear from a website promising "access to the most attractive people locally and from around the globe.")
Anyway, let's get to the point. Where did the sexy Cesc rank? How about clean-cut, handsome van Persie? And Alex Song, though less-than-active in the tournament -- he must've done quite well for himself, right?
...Not exactly. The only player to make the list of hotties was former Gooner (and future Red Buller?) Thierry Henry, who warmed the bench for most of France's ill-fated campaign and, let's face it, is getting a bit up there in years. Disappointing that our boys aren't getting the love that they so deserve -- but I guess that just makes them our (and millions of people worldwide)'s little secret.
At least there's one thing we can all agree on: yes, Internet, Wayne Rooney is in fact the ugliest player of the World Cup. Also, ever.
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