London - George Bush and Jesus Christ have been left far behind football superstar David Beckham in an Internet survey of British young people's heroes.
Jesus Christ and the US president were each ranked 123rd in the survey of 2 500 young Britons, way behind Real Madrid playmaker Beckham, whose good looks and celebrity status - and perhaps his athletic abilities - scored 132 votes and first place.
"It's slightly depressing really. What links all the names in our top 10 is not their great minds but their great looks," commented Adrian North, a psychologist at the University of Leicester in central England, who organised the poll.
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"They went for people with nothing much to say but who look good."
Bizarrely, Prime Minister Tony Blair was ranked 69th, equal with David Blaine, the American illusionist who earned ridicule in Britain last year by spending 44 days without food suspended in a glass box in London.
Providing further proof that good looks are the key to success, Beckham was followed in the poll by filmstar Brad Pitt with 60 votes and singer Justin Timberlake with 58.
Next came Michael Jackson, followed by Jennifer Lopez and Robbie Williams. - Sapa-AFP
- This article was originally published on page 1 of The Star on January 26, 2004
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