Shrek shock for dating site

A DATING site for “beautiful people” has been hit by a Shrek virus which allowed more than 30,000 “ugly” applicants to sign up.

Applicants to BeautifulPeople.com must pass a rating stage where members vote on whether they are attractive enough to join the online community. But this screening process was brought down last month, allowing anyone to join. The owners yesterday apologised to those people, who now have been banished.

“We got suspicious when tens of thousands of new members were accepted over a six-week period, many of whom were no oil painting,” managing director Greg Hodge said.

A former employee is believed to have introduced the virus.