[SFGiantsfan]

I'm from the US and don't understand why people make fun of Essex? If I was going on vacation would it be a place I would want to visit? Someone please explain why if not.

[CharlieO]

The media portrays it as a place filled with girls with big hair who dye their skin orange and have a very low intelligence level. White trash really. However in truth its not all like that. Its just shows like TOWIE and people like Jodie Marsh who give it a bad name.

Example of what the media portrays every girl in essex to look like:

Spoiler:

[fingers]

Originally Posted by CharlieO

The media portrays it as a place filled with girls with big hair who dye their skin orange and have a very low intelligence level. White trash really. However in truth its not all like that. Its just shows like TOWIE and people like Jodie Marsh who give it a bad name.

Example of what the media portrays every girl in essex to look like:

Spoiler:

OMG! My eyes!

[iRyan]

When I look up Essex, England in Google Images it's nothing but farm land.

Looks like a boring place to live.

[nicole_burks]

Niall lives there

[Red Moon]

It's not all countryside, the south is heavily populated while the north is rural. There are some lovely villages and small towns in the north as well as a lot of history to be discovered. It just the south of the county that seems have got the place a bad name, but the truth it is no worse than anywhere else.

[fingers]

Try as I might, I don't see the relevance to the CBB forum.

[Josy]

Moved to General Chat.

[Omah]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...est-dates.html

ESSEX girls are the UK's cheapest dates, a survey has revealed.

One in five women from the county are delighted if a man spends just £20 on them on a night out.

On a first date, half of Essex Girls are happy with a bargain fast food burger or curry — and 52 per cent would split the bill.

And more than a fifth of Essex girls admitted that they had slept with somebody following the first date, compared to just eight per cent of women around the rest of the UK

Essex girl ... Chantelle Houghton

Why do Essex girls only get a 30-minute lunch break?

Because if it was any longer, you'd have to retrain them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A6581720

'Essex Girls'

In the 1980s a new phenomenon emerged from Essex: the Essex Girl. It was a term used to describe working class teenagers and young women from Essex said to be sexually promiscuous, loud, vulgar, scantily-dressed and of low intelligence.

Recognising an Essex Girl

The stereotypical dress code of an Essex girl involved a tight-fitting, low-cut top and short skirt, (for those with money or rich boyfriends the skirt would be made of leather) complemented with white stilettos. Instead of tights or stockings, she would wear an ankle chain. She had bleached blonde hair and typically drank strong white cider or cheap wine.

A social creature, the Essex girl was rarely on her own. She would often be part of a group dancing round her handbag at a disco or in one of the cheap tacky wine bars which sprang up in the 1980s and have since closed down or been converted into something else. When they weren't in the discos or bars they could be found strutting along the streets together, loudly discussing who they fancied, or their latest sexual conquest. Another place to find an Essex girl would be in her boyfriend's car (typically a Ford Capri, Cortina or Escort) and not necessarily travelling in it.

Essex Girl ... Amy Childs

[Suze]

Originally Posted by nicole_burks

Niall lives there

I am from Essex also.

[Chuck]

I imagine Essex girls to be all like the girls from Snog Marry Avoid.

[nicole_burks]

It's being stereotypical.
For example, here in the U.S. (most) people believe that if you're from the south, you're going to have a southern drawl. This isn't true though, because I'm from the south and I do not have a Southern drawl, nor a southern accent.

and also, most people think that southerners "love" tea, sweet tea, especially.
I think tea is the most disgusting thing invented.

[CharlieO]

Originally Posted by nicole_burks

It's being stereotypical.
For example, here in the U.S. (most) people believe that if you're from the south, you're going to have a southern drawl. This isn't true though, because I'm from the south and I do not have a Southern drawl, nor a southern accent.

and also, most people think that southerners "love" tea, sweet tea, especially.
I think tea is the most disgusting thing invented.

You do sound a bit southern.

But the bold part.

[nicole_burks]

Originally Posted by CharlieO

You do sound a bit southern.

But the bold part.

My accent is nothing compared to others. Trust me.

[Locke.]

The Chloe Sims girl is amazing

[Chuck]

I'm no expert in english accents obviously but Nicole doesnt sound southern to me. :s

[Chuck]

is Chloe Mafia from Essex?

[Locke.]

Chuck you are a genius, you have just reminded me I was planning on booking her for my mate for his birthday

[Chuck]

lmao, I wonder how expensive is she?

Youtube video

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Locke.

...I was planning on booking her for my mate for his birthday

you'll probably get change from a fiver. And a free BJ probably.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Zippy

you'll probably get change from a fiver. And a free BJ probably.

Only "probably" ?

[waterhog]

Originally Posted by SFGiantsfan

I'm from the US and don't understand why people make fun of Essex? If I was going on vacation would it be a place I would want to visit? Someone please explain why if not.

as a very clever inteligent lady once said < all the people in essex are orange and as inteligent as amy herself. i think she has done wounders for her community. seen as i am not to clever and i am the first to admit it > i think i will move there < do i need to get a plane or boat as i am in london lol