Pay less important than self image for a fifth of females

Nearly
one in five British women would sacrifice a pay rise or promotion for a ‘bikini
body’, a survey claims.

The
poll – carried out on behalf of diet shake manufacturer Slim-Fast – found that
while there were 19 per cent who would sacrifice a pay rise, 21 per cent would
rather sing karaoke in front of 100 strangers than strip down to a bikini.

And
many of those surveyed said they found wearing a bikini on a beach as stressful
as meeting their partner’s parents for the first time.

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Nearly
half said they thought their partners looked at foreign women on the beach
because they have better bodies. And a fifth would rather give a speech at a
wedding or ask a stranger out on a date than wear a bikini on a beach

By Mike Berry