The Ugly Duckling ...

Hot the heels of a British uproar as to whether "Gingerism is as bad as Racism?" (um, No) I'd like to present for your perusal Lily Cole.

Many supermodels claim that they were awkward looking growing-up and that people made fun of them for wearing geeky glasses, having silly haircuts and having one leg shorter than the other. Maybe not the last part. Most of the time nobody actually believes them.

When, however, one of the world's highest paid supermodels looks like ET wearing an ill-fitting ginger wig I'd be inclined to believe she had a hard time as a kid. I'm sure she'll eventually grow out of it. Maybe not the ginger hair part. In fact, if I had to have sex with a redhead it'd probably be April O'Neill. And only because she knew the Ninja Turtles.