Busty blondes are out

Press, 26 July 1986, Page 18

Busty blondes are out

Busty Kiwi blondes are not having any fun these days if a survey carried out by the “We’re Only Human” team is anything to go by. The results form part of tonight’s show (Two, 7 p.m.) which looks at the whole business of attraction. Bryan Bruce, the series’ writer and co-presenter, says 200 young people between the ages of 19 and 23 were asked about their physical ideals for the opposite sex. “The men weren’t looking for busty blondes,” he says. “They were looking for dark haired, small to medium-breasted, slightly underweight women who wore little or no make-up — a down home sort of lady. “But, of course, the irony of this was revealed when the same men were asked who they considered to be the most attractive female actor or performer,” says Bruce. “Most listed the highly made-up Madonna. “Women didn’t want hemen, although they did want someone taller than themselves. On a weight scale of one to five they wanted a guy about two to three with dark hair and sharp features like, for Instance, a chiselled chin. Many chose British television actor Michael Praed.” Praed has appeared on our screens as Robin Hood and “Dynasty’s” Prince Michael of Moldavia. Bruce says the most important aspect about the ideal male from the

female viewpoint was that he should use deodorant. Most considered New Zealand men stunk. However, ideally a male should rely on natural body odour for his sex appeal. “Maybe this means New Zealand men are not washing enough,” says Bruce. Just what role the sense of smell plays in sexual attraction is revealed in an experiment in which members of the studio audience are blindfolded, then asked to sniff some T-shirts worn by members of the crew. The guinea

pigs have to identify which are male and which are female T-shirts. In another experiment to determine who is attractive, and indeed what is attractive, two people are brought. in off the streets to undergo a “Dy-nasty”-like transformation. Six experts from the beauty and fashion industry “make over” the couple, and the studio audience is asked to decide whether or not the pair are more attractive “before" or “after.”