This Aussie mayor is encouraging plain - or even ugly - women to move to his town, where men outnumber women 5 to 1.

A plea for lovelorn female “ugly ducklings” to move to a remote Australian mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has landed the local mayor in hot water.

Mt Isa Mayor John Molony was refusing to apologize on Monday for angering local women with a suggestion that “with five blokes to every girl, may I suggest that beauty-disadvantaged women should proceed to Mount Isa,” in north-west Queensland state.

“Quite often you will see walking down the street a lass who is not so attractive with a wide smile on her face. Whether it is recollection of something previous or anticipation for the next evening, there is a degree of happiness,” Molony told the Townsville Bulletin newspaper last week.

Via Outback mayor seeks ugly duckling women | Oddly Enough | Reuters

Always A Bridesmaid wrote this on August 18th, 2008 and filed it under Single Life |