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Women Claim Discrimination Based On Looks

POSTED: 7:03 am CST February 26, 2008
UPDATED: 7:44 am CST February 26, 2008

Two young women claimed they were kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight recently for being too pretty.

Nisreen Swedberg and Sarah Williams, both 18, said the flight crew was rude to them the minute they stepped on the plane at Tampa's international airport.

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The girls said as soon as they got on the plane, they asked a flight attendant for a bottle of water and were refused.

Then, the girls got into a screaming match with another passenger, witnesses said, when he took too long in the bathroom. But the girls claim they were the only ones who were questioned about the incident.

Swedberg said four uniformed officers met them as soon as the plane landed, escorted them off in front of everyone and questioned them outside.

"I think they were just discriminating against us because we were young, decent-looking girls. I mean, no one else on the plane looked like us, except us," she said.

After being questioned, the girls were released and no charges were filed.

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