article_snippet.sent: Given the choice between 'average' and 'beautiful', which description would you choose for yourself?
article_snippet.sent: That is the question that has been posed to women by New Dove in a new survey, and the results are shocking.
article_snippet.sent: In Australia, 83 per cent of women rate women as average looking, the study found, while around the world just four per cent think the study're worthy of the glowing epithet.
article_snippet.sent: New Dove has asked women to rate women as either 'beautiful' or 'average' Low self esteem: 83 per cent of Australian women said Australian women would describe Australian women as average .
article_snippet.sent: Of the 9,397 out of 11,000 that answered 'average', 84 per cent regularly have negative thoughts about their appearance.
article_snippet.sent: While the statistics speak volumes about Australian women's perceptions of Australian women, Australian women appear more confident than the global average.
article_snippet.sent: A staggering 96 per cent of women around the world describe themselves as average, leaving just four per cent to admit themselves consider themselves beautiful.
article_snippet.sent: women are confident about women looks, but many women who chose 'average'  said women regretted it .
highlights_snippet.sent: New Dove worldwide survey finds 96 per cent think worldwide survey're 'average'
  Out of 11,000 Australian women, a huge 9,397 rated 11,000 Australian women average .
  