According to dating website Match.com, the ideal British woman is 5ft 6in with brown hair, blue eyes, a pretty face, sexually confident but willing to share the housework, has a sense of adventure, is good at finances, has her own opinion but isn’t opinionated and is also cheerful, friendly and outgoing. And apparently that's Countdown number cruncher Carol Vorderman. Which is just as well, as she got the most votes in the survey (17 per cent), followed closely by Fearne Cotton.