How cliques form in high school

 

 

 

How cliques form in high school They are a fixture of every upbringing - the cliques that rule the school. Now, they say the organization of the school - even including the number of classes it offers, could explain it.  In my own experience, my high school days, I consider as another passage to adulthood.  We learned more about classmates from the best among the best, chosen from different walks of life. It was the best and an elite school. Although  I was not in the popular crowd, I have to  apply to a diverse bunch of kids. Invariably, were not from the same parish, like back in the elementary. My little world  expanded by the distant location (two jeepney rides) of Padre Faura. Fascination in the field of Sciences and Mathematics from Liberal mentors instead of  Religion gave me a glimpse of my future career. Disallowed text by the catholic church, accessed freely in High School, and devoured voraciously, led to the knowledge of my heritage, and our true history. My sensibility changed and it became more acute in the unequal treatment of less influential classmates by superiors. I was baffled by the fact that this class have more cliques than others. Not since elementary with the nuns did I experienced this new treatment among peers and superiors. I accepted that life is not always fair but this observations led  to my human inquiry about social justice. I cherished and protected more my ancestors’ legacy, than getting into trouble with a high school clique. At that early age, I believed that there were more important missions ahead. The news of the era was about the HUK rebellion. We were led to believe by the mainstream Western Media, that all agitation against the central government are evil. We were  brainwashed to think that people who fight to uplift themselves from social oppression were all bad. To look at the true story of life in the Philippines, is to open both sides of society, the poor and the rich. I was born to a military family, so all these were of prime importance. I  experienced my attraction to girls only to the extent of petty crushes. I never followed through my pursuits of a steady girl friend. Perhaps  my limited allowance cramped my style, as  designed by my spartan father. His ideas of hardships and  limited allowance for adolescents, make for a resourceful  and stronger adults in the future. To my classmates that was a sign of a lower social status, not enough allowance to engage more in extra curricular activities. To me a soldier’s training from the very start which I will never regret later in life. Cliques,  researchers say they know why they form: Ranking among  schools and choice of course is key to number of cliques Schools that offer students more choice are more likely to be rank-ordered, cliquish and segregated by height, age, gender and social status Pecking orders, cliques and self-segregation are less prevalent in schools and classrooms that limit social choices and have less interaction WHAT THEY FOUND Schools that offer students more choice – more elective courses, more ways to complete requirements, a bigger range of potential friends, more freedom to select seats in a classroom – are more likely to be rank-ordered, cliquish and segregated by stature, age, gender and social status. By contrast, pecking orders, cliques and self-segregation are less prevalent in schools and classrooms that limit social choices and prescribe formats of interaction.  At almost any American high school The elements of teen social networks are readily apparent: the cliques, the pecking orders and the varying degrees of self-segregation by race, age, gender and social status. For years, sociologists have identified seemingly universal human instincts that spur this kind of sorting.  These include the desires for familiarity and certainty, for control and dominance, and for security and support. But as ubiquitous as those instincts are, students in some schools form more cliquish, hierarchical and segregated social structures than in others. The Stanford team say that the organizational setting of a school itself, its 'network ecology,' has a big impact.  Schools that offer students more choice – more elective courses, more ways to complete requirements, a bigger range of potential friends, more freedom to select seats in a classroom – are more likely to be rank-ordered, cliquish and segregated by race, age, gender and social status. By contrast, pecking orders, cliques and self-segregation are less prevalent in schools and classrooms that limit social choices and prescribe formats of interaction.  Smaller schools inherently offer a smaller choice of potential friends, so the 'cost' of excluding people from a social group is higher.  Archive: Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan in Mean Girls trailer In addition, structured classrooms guide student interactions in prescribed routes and encourage students to interact on the basis of schoolwork rather than on the basis of their external social lives. Those are among the conclusions of a new study, published online today in American Sociological Review.  The lead author is Daniel A. McFarland, professor of education at Stanford Graduate School of Education. 'Educators often suspect that the social world of adolescents is beyond their reach and out of their control, but that's not really so,'' McFarland said.  'They have leverage, because the schools are indirectly shaping conditions in these societies.' The study draws on an analysis of two datasets about friendships.  One considers friendships at the classroom level and the other at the school level.  At the classroom level, the researchers tapped into detailed data of friendships and social interactions compiled by McFarland at two very different high schools over a two-semester period.  The school-level data came from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The researchers found that large schools tend to accentuate the quest by adolescents for friends who are similar to themselves, an instinct that sociologists call 'homophily.'  Bigger schools offer a broader range of potential friends, as well as greater exposure to people who are different.     The researchers found that large schools tend to accentuate the quest by adolescents for friends who are similar to themselves, an instinct that sociologists call 'homophily.' It's a mixture of freedom and uncertainty that spurs students to cluster by race, gender, age and socioeconomic status. But a school's size is only one factor.  The researchers also found that a school's openness to choice spurs cliques and social-status hierarchies as well. In schools with a strong focus on academics, where teachers have a hand in setting the pace and controlling classroom interactions, teenagers are less likely to form friendships based on social attitudes imported from outside the school.  Instead, friendships are more likely to develop out of shared school activities and similar intellectual interests. As the researchers put it, a positive educational climate strengthens the school's 'system membrane' and makes it more impervious to external criteria for friendship such as race or social status. In other words, a more rigid school setting can sometimes promote more open-mindedness in making friends — a potentially valuable quality in adulthood. McFarland cautioned that the study doesn't mean that students are necessarily better off in small schools with less choice.  For one thing, the practice of putting students on particular tracks based on their apparent academic prowess often has the side effect of segregating students according to race.  A bigger and more diverse student population may well foster self-segregation, but a smaller and more elite school is almost inherently more segregated in the first place.  'Plain Janes' are often happier at school than the girls who seem most popular and attractive, according to an academic. Sociable and successful pupils often have the worst problems, says Professor Carrie Paechter, from Goldsmiths College in London. Girls further down 'the pecking order' are under less pressure to be perfect and to conform.     All smiles: Kate Middleton on her final day at St Andrew's prep school in Pangbourne Kate Middleton may have been forced to leave a leading public school by ‘insidious’ girls who wrote her off as skinny and meek, it has emerged. The 29-year-old spent only two terms at Downe House before leaving in April 1996 for Marlborough College. As a day girl, not a boarder, she was in the minority in the cliquey environment of a girls’ school, it is understood. And former pupils say her reticent manner and gangly appearance made her a sitting duck for more assertive classmates. The revelations come ahead of a book which claims to lift the lid on why Miss Middleton’s parents withdrew her from Downe House, where fees are £10,000 a term. But more lurid claims that female tormentors smeared the 13-year-old’s bed with excrement as part of a targeted hate campaign were last night denied by close friends of Prince William’s fiancée. Jessica Hay, who shared a dormitory with Miss Middleton after she moved to Marlborough at 14, is reported to have made the allegations when interviewed for the new biography. Last night, she insisted that Miss Middleton confided in her about cruelty at Downe House during late-night heart-to-hearts. ‘She said that there was a group of girls that called her names and they stole her books and stuff – little things like that. They rounded up on her a bit because she was quite a soft and nice person… ‘When she used to go to lunch she would sit down with people and they all used to get up and sit on another table.’ But Miss Hay contradicted her reported claims about faeces when told that Miss Middleton normally made the journey home to Bucklebury in Berkshire each day – and was unlikely to have regularly used a bed at Downe House. Lurid claims: Kate Middleton with Jessica Hay, right, who was interviewed for a book about Miss Middleton's school days Miss Hay, who has left her job at a law firm to concentrate on selling her story, claimed she had been misquoted in a News Of The World story previewing the book, called Kate, which is due to be published by best-selling author Sean Smith on May 2. She said: ‘I found it quite unfair. I didn’t even get any payment for it. My friends are going to be thinking, “She’s sold herself out”.’ However Mr Smith confirmed: 'This was a recorded interview with Jessica and she has not been misquoted.' Last month, the Mail revealed the significance of Miss Middleton’s decision to select an anti-bullying charity as a cause that ‘resonates’ with her and Prince William. The inclusion of London-based Beatbullying in the couple’s new charitable foundation was understood to be a subtle admission that she, like two out of three pupils, suffered at the hands of bullies. One 29-year-old, who was in Miss Middleton’s year at Downe House, said this week: ‘Tall and shy – those were her most memorable attributes. ‘You didn’t get much impression of a personality really. She was unrecognisable as the person she is now.’  Another schoolmate said: ‘She was fairly quiet and very nice... She didn’t enjoy it because she was a day girl in a school that was 90 per cent boarders.’ And a third said she appeared to suffer from eczema, which is known to flare up when sufferers are stressed. This claim is thought to be backed up in the new book.   'There is a lot of pressure to be top of the social group, but often girls who are popular aren’t well liked - they’re feared because they’re dominant,' she writes in a speech to be given at the Girls’ Schools Association annual conference in Liverpool. Although popular pupils may appear to be part of tight-knit friendship groups, girls who are part of these cliques often turn on each other, as is demonstrated in high school films such as Mean Girls. 'One group we studied at a school was very dominant and they kept constant surveillance on each other, checking they had their socks rolled down in the exact way and that their hair was done properly,' said Professor Paechter, according to The Times. 'There was pressure to be beautiful all the time or you were letting the group down. One of the girls was whispered about because her ponytail wasn’t how it should be, and it took her all day to realise what was wrong, then she was mortified. 'Girls further down the pecking order don’t notice how their socks should be.   Grounded: Prof Carrie Paechter, left, says girls should not worry about looks all the time, while Girls' Schools Association president Helen Wright, right, said the idea that popular girls were more respected was 'a myth' 'If you’re being picked on that’s awful, but if you’re just ordinary you can have a decent time at school, keeping out of it.' Superstar Julia Roberts last year admitted that she was not popular in high school. The Oscar-winning actress told Access Hollywood Live: '[I was] just mediocre, just getting through the hallways with my girlfriend Paige. 'We weren't losers, but we weren't popular, we were just coasting, that is exactly what we were doing.' Charlize Theron also revealed that she wasn't in the 'in crowd' at school. The Oscar-winning South African actress - who was a muse for John Galliano and has modelled for Christian Dior - told Collider: 'I was pretty much a mess out of primary school. I wasn't really in the popular crowd. 'I wore really nerdy glasses. I was blind as could be, and boys don't really like big nerdy glasses. 'There was a really popular girl at my school, and I was obsessed with her... I'm so embarrassed to say this, but I was in tears one day, because I couldn't sit next to her.' Prof Paechter told Mail Online: 'I was bullied at school at times, but at others times I wasn't one of those people who would modify my uniform to look cool. 'Because my friends and i weren't cool, the whole aspect of how you look just wasn't important to us.   Swanlike: Charlize Theron has said she was not not popular at school because of her 'nerdy glasses' 'We found once school in particular in which there was a group of 10- and 11-year-olds who described themselves as the "Mean Girls". 'There was constant observation of who you were talking to, what you looked like. 'It was so easy to get excluded - one girl came in to school and was told she had failed the "friendship test". She had no idea what that was. 'On another occasion a teacher found some sello tape stuck deeply into a girl's hair. She said she could tell from the look on that pupil's face that she was wondering, "who put that there?".'' Helen Wright, president of the Girls' Schools Association, told Mail Online that allowing cliques to 'go unchecked' meant 'setting girl against girl in the wider community. 'People have this myth that people in these high profile groups are more respected. 'They look at celebrities as the ideal. We believe it is important to ground people and teach them to value themselves.' The terms of a cliquey friendship group can change overnight, explains the professor.   Makeover: Julia Roberts admitted she was not popular at school - but now she is one of the most famous actresses in the world The girls who seem most socially successful can therefore be most at risk of developing emotional or psychological problems, and teachers should react quickly to signs of issues. Professor Paechter's research appears to undermine the idea espoused by famous teenage films including Clueless, She's All That or Carrie that unpopular pupils are the unhappiest. In middle-class families, she said, it’s not just about doing well at school but about being all-rounders. There is often also pressure to excel at sport, music as well as being top of the class. Schools emphasise that to stand out from the crowd they must be exemplary human beings as well as doing well at GCSEs and A levels. Professor Paechter said schools need to support success while reducing what can seem to be a constant pressure to be the best. Pupils should be encouraged to become aspirational without being perfectionists.   //

MY FAVORITES IN HIGHSCHOOL     Teens who were popular at school become losers as adults, claims study Study looked at the lives of 184 US teens over a decade Those who were 'cool' in school more likely to have problems in later life Had higher risk of alcohol, drugs, and to have taken part in crimes Say James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause and Mean Girls were wrong It is bad news for the rebels without a cause and mean girls. Being a 'cool kid' can come back to bite you in later life, researchers have warned. They found that teens who 'acted cool' at school were far more likely to struggle as an adult, and  were at higher risk of alcohol and drugs, and more likely to have taken part in criminal activities. Scroll down for video +2 Tina Fey's Mean Girls:  Researchers say those who were 'cool kids' at school were far more likely to have problems in later life. WHAT MAKES A TEEN COOL? Teens who were romantically involved at an early age, engaged in delinquent activity, and placed a premium on hanging out with physically attractive peers were thought to be popular by their peers at age 13. But over time, this sentiment faded: By 22, those once-cool teens were rated by their peers as being less competent in managing social relationships. They were also more likely to have had significant problems with alcohol and drugs, and to have engaged in criminal activities, according to the study. Overall, teens who tried to act cool in early adolescence were more likely than their peers who didn't act cool to experience a range of problems in early adulthood. 'It appears that while so-called cool teens' behavior might have been linked to early popularity, over time, these teens needed more and more extreme behaviors to try to appear cool, at least to a subgroup of other teens,' says Joseph P. Allen, Hugh P. Kelly Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, who led the study. 'So they became involved in more serious criminal behavior and alcohol and drug use as adolescence progressed. 'These previously cool teens appeared less competent--socially and otherwise--than their less cool peers by the time they reached young adulthood.' The new decade-long study, by researchers at the University of Virginia, appears in the journal Child Development. Researchers warn that cool teens are often idolized in popular media, such as James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause and Tina Fey's Mean Girls. However, they discovered that seeking popularity and attention by trying to act older than their age may not yield the expected benefits, according to the study. Researchers followed 184 teens from age 13, when they were in seventh and eighth grades, to age 23, collecting information from the teens themselves as well as from their peers and parents. +2 James Dean with Natalie Wood in the 1956 film Rebel Without a Cause: Researchers say that teens who were romantically involved at an early age, engaged in delinquent activity, and placed a premium on hanging out with physically attractive peers were thought to be popular by their peers at age 13. The teens attended public school in suburban and urban areas in the southeastern United States and were from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Teens who were romantically involved at an early age, engaged in delinquent activity, and placed a premium on hanging out with physically attractive peers were thought to be popular by their peers at age 13. But over time, this sentiment faded, the team found. By 22, those once-cool teens were rated by their peers as being less competent in managing social relationships. They were also more likely to have had significant problems with alcohol and drugs, and to have engaged in criminal activities, according to the study.

The birth of Sin City: AND NOW

 

 

 

 

 

The birth of Sin City: Rare retro photos reveal how Las Vegas transformed from a one-horse town to the glitzy City of Lights Despite its reputation for excess and surrealism, as a natural oasis in the desert Las Vegas was born from necessity Established in 1829 by merchants as a trade route stop between Mexico and California - the Old Spanish Trail It quickly became popular for its gambling, resulting in the creation of a central strip of entertainment venues Stars flocked in their droves, including Elvis Presley, Brigitte Bardot and Gene Kelly to name a few Las Vegas. The desert metropolis which thrives on 24-hour gambling, showgirls and casinos without a clock in sight to remind revellers of the world outside.  Synonymous with hedonism, this adult playground has grown to attract millions of visitors annually, each bringing with them trillions of dollars to its Nevada location. Despite its reputation for excess and surrealism, as a natural oasis in the Mojave desert, America's City of Lights was actually established in 1829 for practical reasons. Mexican explorer and merchant, Antonio Armijo, first sought to open up the area as a trade route between Mexico and California, called the Old Spanish Trail.  When the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad were created in 1905, the small settlement quickly became known as 'Sin City.'  With pink limousines, tacky souvenirs and the gigantic Vegas strip, the larger-than-life city became a beacon in the desert over the years - but it didn't always look that way. Revealed in rare retrospective photographs are the vintage cars parked outside casinos for a weekend escape, swim-up gambling tables, and the glamour of 1950's showgirls. The city that lured Hollywood's glitterati including Elvis Presley and Gene Kelly is strikingly different to the illuminated, bustling hot spot of today.  In its first flush of popularity the rich and famous of the golden era were greeted by empty desert streets and a handful of burgeoning venues only hinting at their future fortunes. Scroll down for video  +28 First glimmer: The main strip in Las Vegas during the golden era hints at its potential for growth. The open expanse reveals the desert backdrop in all its glory and the Dunes Hotel is the only focal point in the foreground +28 City of Lights: In dramatic contrast, today's main strip in Las Vegas is vibrantly illuminated by hotels and casinos as far as the eye can see +28 Unearthed: This 1906 picture of the city shows its early days and the original settlement before it became a thriving metropolis +28 Nostalgia: With the odd car driving down Fremont Street in Las Vegas, this image is far cry from the packed main strip tourists witness today Take a drive down Fremont Street with this retro footage   +28 The Apache Hotel, originally built in 1932, was the first building in Las Vegas to have a lift and also featured stained glass windows- an original detail which still remains today +28 Playing a game of chance: Gamblers crowding around a roulette table at a casino in 1935, Las Vegas +28 A view of the pool at the El Rancho Vegas hotel and casino in July 1942 in Las Vegas in Nevada   Neon Signs Outside Pioneer Club in 1951 (left) and The House of Jack Pots (right) greeted the visitors to the burgeoning Nevada outpost +28 Hosting legends: As the city grew in popularity it started to attract big names. Pictured in 1955 is Frank Sinatra surrounded by elaborately-dressed women at the Dunes Hotel Archive footage shows Las Vegas Casino entertainment   +28 Golden glamour: The Gabor sisters pose at a cocktail party to celebrate their show at the Last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas in 1955. From left to right Zsa Zsa, Magda and Eva +28 Heyday: Noel Coward, the English playwright, was an entertainer at the Desert Inn, Las Vegas. Here pictured in 1955 +28 International artists:The Bluebell Girls, from the Lido Nightclub in Paris, perform on suspended platforms above the audience at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958     A flamboyant Bluebell girl (left) from the Lido de Paris adjusts her costume prior to appearing onstage at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas in 1958. The famous sign signalling entry into Sin City (right) +28 Signs of growth: An aerial view of Las Vegas in 1964 shows the city as hotels and casinos start to line the city's roads +28 A vintage postcard depicts the entrance of the Flamingo Hotel flanked by a line of vintage automobiles in the foreground +28 An audience with the King: Singer Elvis Presley entertains amused onlookers at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas +28 French film star Brigitte Bardot and her new husband, German industrialist Gunther Sachs Von Opel leave their plane after a flight from Las Vegas, where the couple were married in a surprise ceremony in 1966  +28 Don't drop your chips: Gambling tables in swimming pools allowed guests to keep on playing without leaving the pool  +28 Tanya, the Siamese elephant who performed on stage at Dunes Hotel and Casino, joins gamblers at a blackjack table in 1966 +28 The adorned elephant aids gamblers during their game of craps at the Dunes Hotel and Casino in 1966 +28 Rock 'n' roll crooner Elvis Presley performs at the Las Vegas International Hotel in the August of 1969 +28 Practise makes perfect! Elvis Presley pictured during a filmed rehearsal before a Las Vegas show in July 1970 +28 It's a hard life: Gene Kelly (centre) pictured with the elaborately dressed Folies Bergere showgirls in 1970 +28 Name in bright lights: A giant board signalling Elvis Presley is performing in Las Vegas in 1972 +28 Vintage postcard showing the entrance to the Dunes Hotel with huge neon sign and vintage automobiles parked in the drive +28 The Cal Neva Lodge in Crystal Bay in the early 1980's. Before the Las Vegas Strip ruled the gambling world, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. helped make the Cal Neva Lodge one of Nevada's coolest casinos in the 1960s

Infographic reveals the 20 largest hotels in the world... and six of the top ten are in Las Vegas boasting nearly 30,000 rooms between them The MGM Grand in Las Vegas is the largest hotel in terms of rooms The First World Hotel in Genting Highlands, Malaysia ranked second There are only six non-U.S. hotels in the top 20 shortlist With partying going on from dusk until dawn from the 40 million tourists visiting each year, it's little surprise Las Vegas in the U.S. has a plethora of luxury hotels. But you might still be surprised to learn that six of the 10 largest hotels in the world are found in Sin City. And out of the top 20, 14 are located in the U.S. Topping the pile is the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. Housing 6,852 rooms and suites, the site is very popular with the rich and famous, including Prince Harry. +26 The top 20 largest hotels in the world, according to the number of rooms and suites +26 The MGM Grand Hotel and Casino has the largest number of rooms in the world with 6,852 +26 Lavish: The MGM Grand is a popular resting place for celebrities +26 The MGM Grand is located by the Arena giving show headliners the perfect spot to rest It is located beside the MGM Grand Arena which, with a capacity of over 16,000 and known for hosting first class shows and sporting events, means the hotel is always busy. First opened in 1993, the hotel has consistently moved with the times, and has now added two luxury 'wings' to the existing development. The 'Skylofts' are 51 two-storey lofts located on the top two floors, and the The Signature at MGM Grand are three distinct towers each with 576 suites; most suites offering private balconies. The front entrance of the main hotel features a 100,000-pound bronze lion statue, located at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue. The 45-foot-tall lion, perched on a 25-foot pedestal, is the largest bronze statue in the U.S. The lion is framed by LED screens, water fountains, Atlas-themed statues and mesmerising landscaping.   Few hotels outside the US broke into the list, but The First World Resort in Genting Highlands, Malaysia (left), came second and the Sheraton Macao in China (right) was in 13th place +26 The First World Hotel in Malaysia is as colourful as it is imposing +26 This Sports Resort forms part of three main resorts at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The property came third in the overall list Matthew Walls, vice president of Hotels.com EMEA told MailOnline Travel: 'Year on year we see an increase in popularity for hotels in Las Vegas, and it is clear that the larger ones are hugely popular with travellers. 'When looking at our Hotel Price Index data we can see that even throughout last year Las Vegas was one of the top destinations to witness an increase in average hotel room rates, as the specific hotels are aware of the demand for luxury and larger hotels to stay in. 'For many, a larger hotel allows for a range of activities on the holiday, with more to keep them entertained, while also providing more conversation and holiday memories for when they return home. 'With such high competition to draw in large amounts of travellers, the hotels in Las Vegas are clearly looking to be grander and larger than others in the world. We have seen that when celebrities holiday, or even take up residence on the Strip, that the demand to visit Nevada increases further. 'Prince Harry famously stayed in Vegas several years ago, causing hotel searches to the area to increase a staggering 123 per cent overnight, while Britney Spears' residency sparked further searches to increase 52 per cent.' +26 Russia's sole entry in the top 20 is Moscow's Izmailovo Hotel, fourth in the rankings +26 Fifth is the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, flanked by a raft of boutique shops and stores +26 The Wynn Hotel is full of art, bringing the outside inside +26 You might be forgiven for thinking you were in Egypt on approaching the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas +26 The Luxor sits in sixth spot in the rankings of the world's largest hotels Runner-up in the world's largest hotel list is the First World Hotel in Genting Highlands, Malaysia. With 6,118 rooms and suites, the colourful hotel is as imposing as it is enchanting. The hotel also houses a 500,000 sq feet indoor theme park, a shopping mall and lots of dining stops, with 11 restaurants. Completing the top three with 5,524 rooms is the Disney All-Star Resort Hotel in Orlando, Florida. +26 The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas is luxurious and comes complete with a river and gondolas +26 The architecture inside the Venetian is rooted in Italy. The hotel features in eighth position on the list +26 You might be forgiven for thinking you've gone back in time with a stay at the medieval-looking Excalibur Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip - ninth largest hotel +26 Las Vegas' Aria Resort and Casino, completes the top 10 with 4,004 rooms and suites +26 The inside of the Aria is illuminated with a multitude of colours The resort comprises three separate sites, a Sports Resort, a Movies Resort,and Music Resort. The Movies resort features a giant Herbie The Love Bug car, and lots of enormous playful puppies from 101 Dalmatians. The Sports hotel has five themed areas – American football, baseball, basketball, tennis and surfing, and at the Music hotel, the buildings are decked out with huge saxophones, guitars and drums. +26 The flower red fountain and blue sky above Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas +26 The scene greeting visitors to the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas +26 The Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Vegas has 3,774 rooms +26 The flamingo at The Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. This came in 16th position with 3,565 rooms Leon Markovitz, who designed the infographic and carried out the research, told MailOnline Travel: 'The results are definitely surprising, not only for Las Vegas but for the US in general. 'But I'm curious about how often these hotels are at capacity, since Vegas is full of mega-hotels. 'Also, the MGM is the largest, yet it was opened in 1993.' +26 The Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas has 3,414 rooms and takes 17th spot in the list +26 Hawaiian Villahe in Honolulu in Hawaii is another non-Las Vegas based hotel making the top 20, with 3,386 rooms seeing it bag 18th spot +26 The luxury hotel and casino Palazzo sneaks in to the top 20 in 19th, having 3,068 rooms and suites +26 The Mirage in Las Vegas completes the top 20, with 3,004 rooms     Fairy lights and fake palm trees blamed for Cosmopolitan blaze: Hip hotel owners blame electrical fault on rooftop display for inferno Fire Chief Greg Cassell said fake palm trees made fire 'move so fast' at the hotel on Saturday afternoon He said an electrical fire was also possible due to decorative lights adorning the artificial plants The blaze broke out at the hotel's Bamboo Pool at the West End tower and burned through fake palm trees and cabanas Two people suffered smoke inhalation and there were no burn injuries, according to officials Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas said the Bamboo Pool was reopened at 10am on Sunday with full service except for its West Bar; guest rooms on the 14th floor are still closed Cabanas and artificial palm trees helped fuel the fire that broke out at a luxury hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday, fire officials said. The blaze started at The Cosmopolitan's Bamboo Pool at the West End tower and quickly spread through the fake palm trees touching each other and the canopy covering a portion of the area, Clark County Assistant Fire Chief Sandra Baker said, according to ABC. Two people were injured and hundreds of others were forced to flee after the fire broke out at the luxury hotel on Saturday afternoon. There were no burn injuries, officials said. 'What made it move so fast were all the fake palm trees,' Fire Chief Greg Cassell said, according to CNN. Scroll down for video +13 Aftermath: Fire Chief Greg Cassell said the fake palm trees caused the fire to move so fast at The Bamboo Pool at the West End Tower of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Saturday (the pool deck shown above with clean-up crews and investigators at the scene following the fire) +13 Reopened: Tourists and employees are let back into The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas after the fire broke out on a rooftop pool deck on Saturday +13 Chaos: It took firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the blaze, which caused traffic on the Las Vegas Strip to be closed Cassell said an electrical fire was also possible due to the number of decorative lights adorning the fake palm trees. He added that the plastic foam used to make the imitation Arecaceae 'is like solid gasoline to us' which caused the fire to take 'off like a rocket'. As large plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky, terrified guests fled to safety and more than 100 firefighters rushed to the scene. One person injured in the blaze was taken to hospital, while a second guest with minor injuries is still being evaluated at the 2,995-room hotel. The pair both suffered smoke inhalation, officials said. Cassell said firefighters extinguished the blaze around 30 minutes after arriving at the scene, KSNV reported. Early preliminary reports indicated a 'landscaping fire' but investigators were still investigating the cause, Baker said. On Sunday, the hotel said the Bamboo Pool on the 14th floor reopened at 10am with full service except for its West Bar. Hotel officials said in a statement that an area affected by the fire has been walled off by the Clark County Fire Department. A spa, fitness center and the 15th floor of the hotel's West End Tower are also open. However, guest rooms on the 14th floor are still closed. +13 Blaze: Two people were injured and hundreds of others were forced to flee after a fire broke out at The Cosmpolitan in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon. Above, Twitter user 'ccyr17' tweeted the photo of the blaze, writing: 'Fire at the Cosmopolitan pool. #cosmopolitan' +13 Heavy smoke:The blaze started at an outside pool area on the rooftop of The Cosmopolitan and quickly spread, setting pool cabanas and trees alight. As black smoke billowed into the sky (above), terrified guests fled down 14 floors and 110 firefighters rushed to the scene +13 Burning: One person injured in the blaze was taken to hospital, while a second guest with minor injuries is still being evaluated at the 2,995-room hotel. The pair, neither of whom has been identified, both suffered smoke inhalation, officials said on Saturday evening Huge fire engulfs pool area of Las Vegas's Cosmopolitan hotel   Hotel guest Michelle Masilon who evacuated the hotel during the fire described the scene as 'something from a horror movie', according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 'So much smoke reminded us of something from a horror movie,' she said. Her 40th-floor suite overlooked the pool. A couple from New York, Joe and Erin Santos, who were in one of the pool's cabanas when the fire broke out, said they left their phones and wallets inside a safe in the cabana, which burned up in the flames. They are returning home Sunday, but Joe Santos said he is now without his credit and identification card and money. 'We were in the cabana where it started. We noticed the palm tree next to us was on fire and I noticed it because it smelled strange. I told our waitress and she didn't realize how serious the situation was,' Erin Santos told the Review-Journal. 'The fire spread to our cabana and we all ran out. We left our phones and wallets in the safe in our cabana but they're burnt up.' Several rooms on the 14th floor of the luxury casino and hotel sustained heat damage but the fire never made its way into the hotel, Cassell said. On Saturday afternoon, the Clark County fire department announced via Twitter that firefighters had been dispatched to a blaze at The Cosmopolitan. In total, 110 firefighters and 35 vehicles, including crews from Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, responded to the fire, which started at 12.15pm local time. '@ClarkCountyFD fighting a #fire at 3708 Las Vegas Blvd So. 2nd alarm called. #CCFD #vegas,' Clark County Fire Department tweeted. It later revealed that trees and cabanas were burning on the resort casino and hotel's pool deck. 'Update to 3708 LVBS: Trees and cabanas burned on pool deck. Very little extension to building. One patient transported at this time,' it tweeted. By the time crews had extinguished the two-alarm blaze, it had already destroyed the Bamboo Pool, which is located on the hotel's 14th floor. +13 Fiery: Firefighters put out the blaze 30 minutes after arriving at the scene, Cassell said. An investigation is ongoing +13 Smoking: One of the two injured people was treated at the scene while the other was taken to hospital. Both suffered smoke inhalation +13 An aerial view of the blaze shows how the flames ripped through palm trees and cabanas at the luxury hotel +13 Dark landscape: In total, 110 firefighters and 35 vehicles, including crews from Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, responded to the fire, which started at 12.15pm local time. Above, smokes billows from the blaze, which occurred on the outside pool area of The Cosmopolitan Announcement: The Clark County fire department tweeted about the blaze, saying that trees and cabanas were burning on the pool deck 'There was some damage to some windows; very, very minor damage to the building. It was contained to the pool area,' Baker told Reuters in a phone interview, adding that guests were evacuated from the hotel because of the huge mass of black smoke. However, she could not immediately say whether the entire hotel, or only part of it, was evacuated. Guests were let back into the casino at 1.30pm. In a press release shortly before 1pm, Baker wrote: 'Fire crews are currently on scene of a fire on the outside pool area where trees and pool cabanas were on fire. There is a report that the fire has been put out and crews are handling smoke evacuation and checking for any extension to building.' There was later found to be no extension to the hotel, it is reported. At around the same time, the Regional Transportation Commission announced that Las Vegas Boulevard was closed in both directions. +13 Terrifying: 'There was some damage to some windows; very, very minor damage to the building. It was contained to the pool area,' Clark County Assistant Fire Chief Sandra Baker told Reuters in a phone interview, adding that guests were evacuated because of the smoke +13 Aftermath: Twitter user 'Ccyr17' later tweeted this picture, along with the words 'Firefighters have taken control of the fire!! Thankfully!!!!' Fire at pool of Vegas hotel sends up plumes of black smoke   Vehicles could not pass from Tropicana Avenue to Flamingo Road. An investigation has been launched into the cause of the fire, which has not yet been determined, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Cosmopolitan (or 'The Cosmo') is owned by The Blackstone Group and has a total of 52 floors, with two highrise towers The $3.9billion hotel opened on December 15, 2010, at a spot just south of the world-famous Bellagio hotel on the west side of Las Vegas Boulevard. In addition to a casino and its now-ruined outdoor pool area, the hotel boasts 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a theater and a spa. It was rated 'The Best Hotel In The World' by Gogobot in 2013.  2,995 ROOMS, A CASINO, A THEATER, A SPA AND AN ENORMOUS GAMBLING SPACE: THE COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL Situated just south of the world-famous Bellagio hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard, The Cosmopolitan is a hit with those looking for luxury. The $3.9billion hotel, also dubbed 'The Cosmo, boasts 2,995 hotel rooms (many of which feature their own private terrace), an enormous casino, 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a theater, a spa, plenty of meeting space, and a number of swimming pools. These include a relaxing pool, a day club pool and a nightclub pool. The venue, which features architecture by the Friedmutter Group, is also home to the acclaimed Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub. Owned by The Blackstone Group, the casino hotel opened on December 15, 2010. In 2013, it was rated 'The Best Hotel In The World' by Gogobot. Celebrities who have visited the venue include Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kirsten Dunst and Paris Hilton. Meanwhile, Jay-Z and Coldplay have both performed at the Marquee Nightclub. The Cosmopolitan is surrounded by other glamorous, gambling-oriented hotels on the Las Vegas Strip. +13 Luxury: Situated close to the renowned Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, The Cosmopolitan (file image) is a hit with those looking for luxury