The Susan Boyle Phenomenon - AKA "In yer face you rude hecklers!"

Susan Boyle - looks like your gran, sings like a goddess. The public are crazy about her. And why? Well a glimpse at the news suggests total amazement that such a beautiful sound could come from someone who looks so different from the conventional idea of beauty.

It's sick. Rather than an indication that the public are ready to stop judging books by their covers, the Susan Boyle phenomenon just reinforces the fact that society is obsessed with appearances and self-presentation.

Whilst Susan with her fluffy black tufts of hair, broad chin and heavy eyebrows, certainly wouldn't make FHM's hundred sexiest women, her appearance does have a certain charm. I love faces which are charismatic and her Scottish accent and brazen comments gave her further appeal.

As soon as Susan took to the stage, in ITV's Britain's Got Talent, the audience started mocking her, pulling faces to each other and laughing out loud. Finally they braced themselves for her performance, many wincing with anticipated distaste. Do people not realise how hurtful it is to be that rude, and how badly it reflects on us as a society?

But nothing said "In your face!" louder than when Susan started to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. From the very first line it was clear that she had incredible talent and the audience watched, aghast. Their mouths were open wide and it looked as though their eyes were going to pop out of their sockets.

How beautiful to see judgemental and insulting people put in their place.

I hope she wins, she looks a bit like a Crawford.

Above: Some Crawfords.

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