LONDON, October 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Majority of Men Prefer the Boyish Figure of Keira Knightley to the 
Over-Enhanced Curves of Pamela Anderson.

With the average bra-size now ballooning from a 34B (Anna
Kournikova) ten years ago to a 34E (Kelly Brook) in 2008*, you'd think that
most single men would be in seventh heaven - but not so according to a new
survey by PARSHIP.com Europe's largest serious online matchmaking service.
When it comes to relationships, 31% of single men would prefer not to try
getting closer to a busty woman, so anything above a "D" cup will reduce a
woman's chances of finding a partner by as much as a third.

A survey of 13,000 singles across Europe by the dating firm
PARSHIP.com revealed that one in ten (9%) single British men find big breasts
a real turn-off and one in five (22%) say they would just barely consider
dating anyone above a "D" cup, so 34E is off their scale.

But it's not naturally voluptuous woman who are turning off
men in their thousands. Like George Clooney, who is rumored to have ended his
relationship with Sarah Larson following her breast enlargement, men are
running scared at the prospect of dating a woman with gravity-defying
surgically enhanced breasts. So much so that 27% of men say they prefer the
boyish figure and flat chest of a Keira Knightley to the over-enhanced curves
of Pamela Anderson.

But British singles aren't completely against all surgical
'enhancement', it's just a matter of less is more. According to PARSHIP.com,
51% of men and 56% of women would not consider dating someone showing obvious
evidence of plastic surgery. So while a nose job doesn't necessarily have to
be a date-stopper, an in-yer-face boob job could halve your chances of
getting a date.

Dr Nafsika Thalassis, PARSHIP's singles coach, commented:

"These results show that there is a considerable disparity between what
women think men find attractive and the truth of the matter. We are often
told that both men and women are spending increasing amounts of money on
their appearance but, even though we expect our partners to be well-groomed,
it seems that many of us draw the line at dating people with surgical
implants. It also raises the question of why so many people opt for plastic
surgery. Frequently, women say that they want to increase their breast size
in order to improve their own self-confidence rather than because they want
to attract men. In reality, however, would they go ahead with the procedure
if they knew it was likely to turn off lots of men? After all there is
nothing confidence-boosting about having a surgical procedure that makes you
less attractive to the opposite sex."

Bigger-breasted women would do well to go further towards the
Arctic Circle where things really look up for DD-plus girls. Of the 6,500 men
surveyed in 13 different countries for PARSHIP, the Norwegians proved
readiest to embrace the larger breast, with just 1% finding it a turn-off. In
neighbouring Sweden, 81% of single men would be happy to see their cup
overflow, although - in typically egalitarian fashion - they are also most
likely to go for small breasts, with 82% giving flatter contours the
thumbs-up. Go West, however, and you'll find that the Irish are modest in
their expectations, with 15% of men saying they would never date a woman with
breasts on the larger side.

It's not all about fleshy appendages with British men, though.
A woman's brain and personality really do matter. Good looks are of course
highly valued by the majority of men (52%) but they trail behind other
qualities such as: honesty (91%), fidelity (79%), a sense of humour (79%) and
intelligence (74%). Great news for honest, funny and bright women of every
shape and size.

About PARSHIP

PARSHIP.co.uk, the largest premium online matchmaking service
in the UK, is specifically for people who are serious about forming a lasting
relationship and is built on a rigorous personality profiling test that
determines compatibility. It is the British subsidiary of Europe's most
successful serious online dating service, now with millions of members,
predominantly affluent, educated men and women between 28 and 55 years old.

Since its launch in Germany in 2001, PARSHIP has matched
millions of people who are serious about forming a long-lasting relationship,
and it now operates in 14 countries of Western Europe and also in Mexico

PARSHIP GmbH is headquartered in Hamburg and is 87%-owned by
Holtzbrinck networXs AG, part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group,
one of Germany's largest publishing companies with financial interests in
more than 80 companies, including the Macmillan Group.

About the 2008 Singles Survey

The survey was conducted in August 2008 by market research
institute Innofact an interviewed 13,000 people aged between 18 and 59,
single and in long-term relationships, in 13 Western European countries.

*The average British breast size was taken from Bravissimo's bra size 
survey

For more information, a copy of the report, an interview with Dr Nafsika 
Thalassis or case studies, please contact.