Bikini model who claims she's 'too good looking to find love' sparks self-praise debate
A woman has been shamed after claiming her good looks negatively affect her dating life.
Yesterday, Jenna Thompson, a bikini model, appeared on a ‘This Morning’ segment entitled: ‘I’m too good looking to find love’.
“I think I intimidate nice guys” she explained in conversation with presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.
“I seem to attract guys who are only after one thing. People who think they’ll have a go and just want hook ups.
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“No one is looking for anyone that serious.”
Later in the segment, she said: “I am really choosy but why not?
“I’m not going to settle. I’ve got two little children so I can’t settle. I have to be picky. I have to find the right person.”
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Despite the fact Thompson, a mother of two, has a professional modelling career, viewers branded Thompson “self obsessed” and “vain” for claiming she was attractive, poking holes in her appearance.
Others said she had an “over inflated ego” and was “delusional”.
@thismorning #thismorning this morning itv So Miss Fake thinks she is too good looking to find a date does she? Sounds like someone has a very over inflated ego to me. 🙄
— Peter Brown (@Tongueflicker) May 13, 2019
So the whole point of the randomer in this morning was to literally talk about herself and say how gorgeous she finds herself... its gunna be a long Monday 🙄😴 #ThisMorning
— ✨Chloé✨ (@MissChloeMarie_) May 13, 2019
Too good looking to date..
You need to get over yourself you jerk.#ThisMorning— Little my💞💃🏇 (@Littlem17889459) May 13, 2019
#thismorning how delusional is she! Too attractive... LOL Covered in dirty tats. #classy pic.twitter.com/HpgIh0fNNr
— Robert Neary (@Robertneary) May 13, 2019
Self obsessed or what #thisMorning
— Sarah Jane Collins (@sazzysazzz) May 13, 2019
I mean, she’s definitely very pretty, but she’s hardly this unobtainable, ethereal, once in a lifetime beauty. I think it’s more a case of too vain to find love. #ThisMorning
— Laura (@fizzcracked) May 13, 2019
She's been hit in the face with a frying pan #ThisMorning
— Martinc123 (@Mattyc1237) May 13, 2019
However, not everyone wanted to tear Thompson down. Some weighed in to praise her confidence, encouraging her attitude of self praise.
#There's nothing wrong with self praise. Jenna Thompson is entitled to her opinion - https://t.co/NrfmQT2QpG
— Joy Musa (@Joywesey) May 13, 2019
Loving this woman on #ThisMorning Don’t change yourself for anyone. Don’t shrink to fit inside someone else’s box. I’m sure she’ll get a tearing down from other women but this is the attitude we need to encourage. 💪
— Nanny MacB (@NanMacB) May 13, 2019
Another viewer was surprised by how much they warmed to Thompson.
I wanted to hate the woman who thought she was too good looking to find love but I actually quite warmed to her as she came across really well #thismorning
— Julie (@mrst43) May 13, 2019
Thompson isn’t the first woman to be publicly shamed for claiming she’s attractive.
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Back in 2012, journalist Samantha Brick infamously came under fire for a piece she wrote in the Daily Mail entitled: ‘Why women hate me for being beautiful’.
Brick became a household name after the piece went viral, and was trolled by tens of thousands of people on Twitter.
While praising your own attractiveness may still prove a taboo, women are increasingly realising a need for self love.
Earlier this year, plus-size model Charli Howard wrote a love letter to her body ahead of Valentine’s Day and urged other women to follow suit.
