Arnie 'intimidated' by pretty women

According to a "dossier" on Arnold Schwarzenegger, prettier women "intimidated" the former action film star, and were harder to please.

The claims come after the first pictures of his lovechild with housemaid Mildred Baena were released by the News of the World newspaper.

They show him holding the boy, who was named by the paper as "Joseph", as a small child.

The British tabloid claimed he seduced Ms Baena because she looked "ordinary".

Other women he picked "demonstrated more admiration and adoration over his body" than better-looking targets, the newspaper claimed.

"Gorgeous women intimidate Schwarzenegger because they are harder to please. He sees himself as the dominant, beautiful one."

The former California governor has been quiet since releasing a statement last week about his failed marriage to Maria Shriver and the existence of Joseph.

Sources say the boy is one of several children Schwarzenegger has fathered illegitimately.

"His biggest problem as an action star has nothing to do with being an adulterer.

"It has to do with being 63 and physically wrecked - unless they're going to make Terminator 6: The Golden Years," said PR consultant David Leibowitz. "The love child is almost the least of his worries."

- Staff reporter