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Meet Sarah Williams and Nisreen Swedberg, the dynamic duo who claim that Southwest Airlines discriminated against them because they were too pretty. Here's what went down: Sarah and Nisreen were on a flight from Tampa to Los Angeles. Nisreen says from the get-go they were being ignored by staff because of their youth and beauty. A stewardess would not bring them water! Then Sarah "and another passenger exchanged profanities in an argument over the plane's bathroom". Southwest called for backup when the plane landed in L.A. and the girls were questioned for several hours about the potty problems. Sarah says that the other woman in the altercation was not questioned at all. "I think they were just discriminating against us because we were young, decent looking girls," she whined in a phone interview. "I mean nobody else really on the plane looked like us, except us." [CNN]
4:20 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Jessica
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oh this happens to me all the time. people are ALWAYS discriminating against me because i notice how much prettier i am than everyone else in whatever particular group i am in. it's not my fault i have EYES to SEE what god gave me.
I'm torn....Southwest does seem to enjoy its slut-shaming, but these girls are so freaking obnoxious.
Narcissostards.
these girls have "brain trust" written all over them, which is why they were "discriminated" against.
I've seen pretty, and this ain't it.
this is not the day for this post...as if I needed anything else to make me feel stabby.
Two idiots on a flight to Los Angeles.
That tells you just about everything you need to know.
*SMACK* Ooh, I feel better now.
At Southwest Airlines we do not want any "regular looking people" we're trying to get a different kind of look with our passengers.
Additionally, #1 way to get people to call you ugly -- claim pretty-discrimination.
@Scoithniamh: but yeah, they were probably discriminated against for being slutty. and THAT i cannot abide.
Southwest is not the most pleasant airline on earth but ladies, ain't nobody care about your face when your attitude is so rank.
People ignore me all the time because I'm gorgeous too. At bars, at the mall, at work...they just hate me because they are just fucking afraid of my beauty. And now I totally know what it feels like to be a minority.
hmm. i think they were discriminating against you because you're bitches.
Ugh, make them die.
Oh! I saw this today, and meant to send it in but I got distracted. I figured you'd get to it sooner or later, though.
People like this hurt my brain.
@london_calling: that is, annoying girls who feel the need for 10 seconds of fame and are looking for a reality show contract.
Sarah and Nisreen,
The stewardess did not bring you water because, if she did, she would have thrown the water bottles at your heads.
Sincerely,
Miss Smith
Someone's mommy and daddy used the word "special" one too many times.
this just reminds me of megan from RoL who always harps on the pain of being pretty.
ralph.
Maybe it was your smug, demeaning, self-entitled attitude that made you un-likable, not the pretty-jealousy thing? maybe?
Per-lease.
Well I AHM GORGEOUZ (see black hurr post) and I never have this problem!
Just watched the video and wow...these two have quite a high opinion of themselves. They're not even small town girl next door pretty.
@bowlingfordollars: Right? I remember thinking, "Where's the good looking one?"
Arguing over the airline toilet - that's inside beauty people. She's beautiful outside and in.
Pretty-people discrimination exists. The first thing I'm doing when I take over America is creating a pretty-people gulag. The whole country is going to look like the Fishtown Burger King.
Just you wait.
"Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?"
A profane fight over an airplane bathroom does not equal "pretty." I'm pretty sure that's "trashy." Try again later, girls.
And these girls -- because that's what they are, girls -- are only 18. Shouldn't there still be some parents involved in their lives somewhere? How are they not grounded?
@london_calling: and here were are obliging, go us!
As if it even needs to be said, girlfriend really isn't all that pretty.
yay! i sent in this tip!
man, i want to punch these girls in the face.
the BEST part of the video is when the camera man from the feet up on the black-haired girl. as if to say what we're all thinking: really?? you REALLY think youre THAT attractive??
on a sidenote: those GD tights, WTF?!?!
i need a picture of clive owen, stat. y'know, a picture of someone who is really pretty, unlike these two skanky fugly bitches with boieng 747's up their asses.
You're all just so jealous, you guys. Nobody is giving them nice comments in this thread because they are so fucking gorgeous. We should really just shut the site down until we all learn to praise them for the pillars of hotness they so clearly are. I mean, arguing over an airplane bathroom? The epitome of grace and style. Shame on us, guys. Shame shame shame.
I was waiting for Jezebel to pick this up since I saw it on CNN this morning. I love how the camera pans up and down the girl's body as she's talking about how attractive she is. The camera person is just saying "decide for yourselves, folks!"
18??? One of them looks 35. Whoops, I must be jealous.
@BiscuitDoughJones: "OMG not really!"
now, what would you call this kind of blatant bigotry? looksism? attractivism?
douchetrolleyism?
Well, speaking as a fat girl, the world is pretty much my oyster.
you forgot the caption: from left to right, pretty rude and pretty vacant.
Obviously they were headed to LA to shoot Gang Bang Girl 47 & 48 and needed to be properly hydrated. I'm sorry, but when you've got two skanks headed from Florida to LA, porn is the first thing that enters my mind.
@BiscuitDoughJones: They're not even smiling with their eyes in that photo! Amateurs.
I am sure that they will have a reality show on VH1 or Oxygen in a few weeks...life sucks!!!
I'm thinking they were treated with the (dis)respect they probably showed their fellow passengers and attendants to begin with. Thinking that they are sooo much prettier than everyone else (therefore better) has obviously lent them an air of entitlement that they expect in Topeka, Tampa, Southwest Airlines or wherever, but wont get them anywhere in LA anyway.
@JessicaLovejoy: No one can resist the cylindrical bangs!! :)
@BiscuitDoughJones: "Well I guess it all started the first time I went through the second grade. I caught my reflection in a spoon while I was eating my cereal, and I remember thinking "wow, you're ridiculously good looking, maybe you could do that for a career."
nauseating
I really wanted them to say something about how they now understand all those people who are like oppressed and stuff because of how they look or what they believe or something. Because clearly this was an enlightening experience for them.
Guys, this is what the No-Fly List is for.
If that's all that happened to these gals, I'd say they had a pretty good flight. Considering they were flying Southwest they probably got better treatment than most. Stop your bitching, bitches.
@braak: We'll make Harrison Bergeron a reality!
Hold on, let me play my violin.
@BiscuitDoughJones: Why do you hate models, Matilda?
I'm enjoying my girl scout cookies and successfully avoiding my boss, thinking, not a super bad day overall and then I have to read this. ugh.
OMG, I like, totally have this problem, like, all the time! Is it my fault everyone is totally jealous of me because I'm this hot? Such as?
@BiscuitDoughJones: No. Like, should I?
@Macloserboy: Were they landing in Burbank?
" I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me... but I can't help it that I'm so popular. "
@hortense: Ha! It does, really.
@hortense: Correction. From TAMPA to Los Angeles. That tells you even more!
They couldn't get any water because the flight attendants didn't want them to melt, duh.