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Eyes, mouth and ears 'determine beauty'

December 18, 2009 - 2:51PM

AFP

Beauty is not so much in the eye of the beholder as in the measurements between the eyes, mouth and ears, US and Canadian researchers say.

In four experiments aimed at finding "an ideal facial feature arrangement", US and Canadian researchers asked students to compare colour photographs of the same woman's face, in which the vertical distance between the eyes and mouth, and horizontal distance between the eyes, had been doctored using Photoshop.

The features - eyes, mouth, nose, contour and hair - remained the same and a woman's face was only compared to her own, never to another's.

Students looked at different pictures of the same woman's face laid out side by side and selected the face they found more attractive.

In all four experiments, they chose the faces with specific proportions that the researchers have dubbed the "new golden ratio".

Two of the experiments tested for the ideal distance between the eyes and mouth as compared to total face length, measured from the hairline to the chin. Both came up with 36 per cent as the golden ratio for "the maximally attractive face".

The other two experiments measured both the ideal length and width ratios.

They both confirmed 36 per cent as the golden ratio for the length of the maximally attractive face, and 46 per cent as the ideal width ratio - where the distance between the eyes is 46 per cent of total face width, measured between the inner edges of the ears.

Happily, the 36/46 per cent ratios "correspond with those of an average face", the study said, meaning there's no pressing need to get out the measuring tape and calculator or to rush to the plastic surgeon.

In fact, there are easy, non-invasive ways to trick beholders into thinking a woman's face is "maximally attractive", says the study, published in Vision Research.

Changing the hairstyle is one example.

"Our study... explains why sometimes an attractive person looks unattractive or vice versa after a haircut, because hairdos change the ratios," said Kang Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and one of the lead authors of the study.

Lee also told AFP that the researchers studied the faces of a few celebrities and found that Canadian country pop musician Shania Twain has "both the length and width ratios".

He did not respond to a query about Angelina Jolie.

The study looked only at white women. More research is needed to determine if the golden ratios for men's faces, the faces of people of other races, and children's faces, are the same as for the women's faces in the study.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/eyes-mouth-and-ears-determine-beauty-20091218-l20h.html

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Perfect face dimensions measured

Shania Twain: The perfect face?

Scientists believe they have worked out the dimensions of the most attractive female face.

They say the key to the ideal arrangement of female facial features is the measurements between the eyes, mouth and ears.

Applying their results, the Canadian pop singer Shania Twain was rated as having the perfect visage.

The study, led by the University of Toronto, appears in the journal Vision Research.

The researchers asked students to rate the attractiveness of colour photographs of the same woman's face, laid out side by side.

Using photoshop, the researchers altered the vertical distance between the eyes and mouth, and the horizontal distance between the eyes in each image.

Angelina Jolie does not cut the mustard

The features themselves never changed, just the distance between them, and the woman's face was only compared to her own.

Following a series of experiments, the researchers came up with the most attractive length and width ratios between features.

On length, the distance between a woman's eyes and mouth should be just over a third or 36%, of the overall length of her face, from hairline to chin.

For width, they calculated that the space between a woman's pupils should be just under half, or 46%, of the width of her face from ear to ear.

Average face

Fortunately, the researchers calculated that these ratios correspond to an average face.

The researchers said women who did not fit the "perfect dimensions" had no need to resort to extreme measures, such as plastic surgery.

They said hairstyles could be used in effect to create an optical illusion.

Elizabeth Hurley - almost there

Lead researcher Professor Kang Lee said the face of actress and renowned beauty Angelina Jolie did not fit the golden ratio either for length or width.

British actress Elizabeth Hurley scored on the golden ratio for length, and just missed out the width measurement.

Both were eclipsed by Shania Twain, 44, whose hits include Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

The results suggest her face has a perfect set of geometric measurements.

However, the study looked only at white women, and the researchers admit their findings could not be applied to other groups.

Professor David Perrett, of the perception lab at St Andrew's University, said the physical dimensions of a face provided a lot of clues about the health and fertility of the owner.

He said men tended to be attracted to female faces that were young and feminine - probably because they suggested heightened fertility.

But he said the distance between features was probably less important than the appearance of the features themselves.

For instance, a man was likely to be attracted by big eyes, rather than by the fact that they were a certain distance apart.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8421076.stm

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Shania Twain's Face Is Scientifically Pretty Perfect

Posted: December 18th, 2009 at 2:36 pm | By: Alison Bonaguro

A recent study has shown that Shania Twain is pretty. But not just pretty pretty. But pretty in a very official and scientifically quantifiable way. The researchers at the University of Toronto have worked out the dimensions of the most attractive female face, like the distance between your eyes, mouth and ears -- and Shania Twain fits the bill. So how did they come to this epiphany? They showed pictures of a woman to various people and asked them to rate her attractiveness although they had altered the measurements a bit. So in order to be Twain-pretty, the distance between your eyes and mouth should be just over 36 percent of the overall length of your face. The space between your pupils should be just under 46 percent of the width of your face. And if you don't measure up? Researchers suggest using hairstyles to create an optical illusion. Then again, they're scientists, not stylists.

http://blog.cmt.com/2009-12-18/shania-twains-face-is-scientifically-pretty-perfect/

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University study finds Shania Twain has 'perfect' facial features

Shania Twain, singer, shown in 1998.

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By Geoge Holz

Researchers at two universities have found what they consider to be "the golden ratio" -- or perfect distances -- between a woman's eyes and mouth that determines whether she is thought to be beautiful.

British singer Cheryl Cole in London in 2008.

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By Leon Neal AFP/Getty Images

The Toronto Star, reporting on the work of psychologist teams at the University of Toronto and the University of California, San Diego, worked out the exact ratio:

The distance between the eyes and mouth is 36% of the depth of the face while the perfect distance between the middle of the eyes should be 46& of the width of the face.

The study appears in the journal Vision Research.

To conduct the research, the university psychologists used Photoshop to alter the facial distances of eyes and mouth on photographs of women, then asked students to rate what they considered to be attractive.

Actress Angelina Jolie poses at the premiere of

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By Mario Anzuoni, Reuters

"Our study conclusively proves that the structure of faces – the relation between our face contour and the eyes, mouth and nose – also contributes to our perception of facial attractiveness," said Kang Lee, the lead author of the study, the Star reports.

Lee says the findings explain why an attractive person sometimes looks unattractive, and vice versa, after a haircut "because hairdos change the ratios."

Using the formula, the BBC says, Canadian singer Shania Twain is a perfect fit and British actress Elizabeth Hurley comes close. Angelina Jolie, however, doesn't make the cut.

The Star quotes Pamela Pallett, of the UC-San Diego, as saying the researchers found the perfect face in British singer Cheryl Cole.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/12/university-study-finds-shania-twain-has-perfect-facial-features/1

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