Samantha Brick: in quotes - Telegraph Samantha Brick admits she is not as attractive as Elle Macpherson Women hate me for no other reason than my lovely looks Over the years I've been dropped by countless friends who felt threatened if I was merely in the presence of their other halves Unfortunately women find nothing more annoying than someone else being the most attractive girl in a room. I Find that older women are the most hostile to beautiful women - perhaps because they feel their own bloom fading. Now I'm 41 and probably one of very few women entering her fifth decade welcoming the decline of my looks. I can't wait for the wrinkles and the grey hair that will help me blend into the background. I knew this was sensitive territory at which women would take umbrage - but I thought it was a taboo that needed shattering. 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 If Brad Pitt were to say: 'Yes, I'm a good-looking fella,' then the world would nod sagely in agreement. But if Angelina Jolie uttered something along those lines, she'd be subject to the same foaming-at-the-mouth onslaught hurled at me yesterday. Angelina Jolie would have suffered a similar backlash if she had made the same comments, says Samantha Brick I'm the first to give out compliments when someone I know looks good or has made an effort. I don't understand why other women don't do the same Is it any wonder Victoria Beckham has decided to stay put in LA, rather than move back to Hertfordshire? She knows better than anyone how your looks can be used against you in Britain 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.