Britons are among ................ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.

Fewer than one in eight British men and just three in 20 women who have applied to BeautifulPeople.com .............., an emailed statement from the website from the website showed.

Existing members of the "elite dating site" rate how attractive potential members are over a 48 hour period, after applicants...........a recent photo and personal profile.

Swedish men have proved the most successful, with 65 per cent ............., while Norwegian women are considered the most beautiful with 76 per cent. accepted, the website said.

The way that BeautifulPeople.com accepts new members is simple. A potential member .......... with a photo and a brief profile. Over 48 hours, existing members of the opposite sex vote whether or not to admit them, the site said.

Options are: "Yes definitely," "Hmm yes, OK" "Hmm no, not really" and "No definitely not."

The site was ........... in 2002 in Denmark and went live across the globe last month. Since then, the site has rejected nearly 1.8 million people from 190 countries, admitting just 360,000 new members.

"I would say Britain is stumbling because they don't spend as much time polishing up their appearance and they are ................ themselves down on physical fitness," Beautiful People managing director Greg Hodge said.

Only the male Russian and Polish ................ fared worse than British men.