Who's The Poshest?

Who's The Poshest?

By Lisa West on Wednesday, 21st October 2009

Mirror, Mirror on the wall; who is the ‘Poshest’ of them all? Posh Bingo carried out a survey, among one thousand of their players, from up and down the UK. The burning question? Who do they think is the ‘Poshest’ celebrity, in the UK. It might seem like an obvious result to some, curiously, not to me! Scoring 18%, way ahead of the crowd, was HRH; with Joanna Lumley coming in second, grabbing 7% of the votes. Second and third rankings were a little tighter, with Cheryl Cole receiving 5%. Although these results might be interesting, quirky even! When you look at the results regionally, things really do start to get interesting.

In the North East, it was a split result for the top spot, between HRH and Cheryl Cole. Both of whom gained 16% of the votes each. Of course, this is Cheryl’s ‘home turf’, so there was always going to be a touch of healthy ‘favouritism’ there. After all, Miss Cole is probably THE most famous WAG about town! However, there’s a LOT of difference between ‘Girls Aloud’ member, and X Factor presenter, Cheryl Cole and HRH! Blimey! Those two definitely don’t use the same hairdresser! What’s more, around 30% of the Posh players, who voted in the North East, voted for themselves. Of course, the voting wouldn’t have been complete without the appearance of the lovely Joanna Lumley, with 8% of the votes. Who, by the way, came in equal to David Beckham…

In the South West, HRH maintained her poll position. However, this time, tying with Cheryl Cole. Amanda Holden and the ‘Real’ Posh, Miss Beckham herself, also gaining a good majority of votes. The good old Oxford Dictionary defines the word ‘posh’ as meaning, ‘the quality or state of being elegant, stylish or upper class’. Obviously, a lot of people seem to be translating that to mean a lot of things. For instance? Helen Mirren, Prince Charles, Katie Price and ex hubby Pete. As Posh Bingo manager, Maurice Karpes, points out, “ "It's interesting who people perceive to be posh." Quite….

This was an article by LJ for Bingo Faces on Posh Bingo

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