What constitutes a person to be beautiful? Let’s for a moment forget about good figures and focus on the face itself. Also forgo the notion “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” stuff. I was surfing Pretty Faces website on Flickr, and they have photos of beautiful people.
I think it falls on questions of symmetry – people with more symmetrical faces, in particular, are seen as more beautiful. This would also be a trait of youth, before time makes its mark. See the below pictures. I’ve divided it into pixelated boxes. Don’t you find all the have symmetrical look to them.
Well I tried the symmetry thing on my face & I find that I’ve plenty of ‘flaws’. But I’m ok with that. We all have our shortcomings right. This is my latest photo taken for my upcoming new matriculation card.
I swear to god I didn’t photoshop the photos. The instant photo machine did it, as I know I don’t have that flawless of a complexion.
Speaking of identity photos, do you guys have ugly looking taken photos? Well I do! It has been fugly looking ones, starting with my IC, my current student matriculation card, to my previous polytechnic student card. Here’s the proof below! Hahaha, laugh all you want! I’m just glad my recent photo above, taken for my new matriculation card doesn’t suck!
Well don’t you find it interesting why human find some people attractive and others homely. Well I’ve been ‘kepohing’ online reading stuff and it seems numerous studies indicate that human beauty may not be simply in the eye of the beholder, but part of our eons of human evolution. Reward the ‘winners’ and killed off the ‘losers’.
Let me explain, if you were to meet someone who has flawless skin, deep down at primal level, it persuades us that she is parasite-free and consequently good mating material. Get it? …
I think it’s good to be beautiful and be blessed if you are lah!
As landmark studies have shown that attractive males and females not only garner more attention from the opposite sex, they also get more affection from their mothers, more money at work, more votes from the electorate, more leniency from judges, and are generally regarded as more kind, competent, healthy, confident, and intelligent than their big-nosed, weak-chinned counterparts.
In fact I find my blogger friends are quite the pretty and handsome looking people too. You know who you are la :-) Don’t be humble now …
More reading online in-fact leads me to a Japanese dude studies. You guys should really read up some of Dr Satoshi Kanazawa studies. It’s kinda interesting. An example “Why beautiful people are more intelligent“. He has plenty of unique interesting research, some are just hilarious.
Well the overall conclusion about beauty then … ?
Here’s a dude who think he ‘knows’ what beauty is all about
Victor Johnston, a professor of biopsychology at New Mexico State University “Human beauty really has three components,” says Johnston.
“In order of importance, there’s natural selection, which leads to the average face and a limited age range. Then there’s sexual selection,” which leads men, at least, to be attracted to exaggerated feminine traits like the small lower jaw and the fuller lips.
“Finally, there’s learning. It’s a fine-tuning mechanism that allows you to become even more adapted to your environment and culture. It’s why one person can say ‘She’s beautiful’ and another can say, ‘She’s not quite right for me.’ “
As for me, beauty is ____________ (Hmm I still have yet to fill in that blank)
How about you? What do you think beauty is?
Alahai manalah gadis manis melayu aku …
yes, i’ve seen or read documentaries bout symmetrical faces being more beautiful.
i like that you always substantiate your views with research and facts. hahaha… u would make a good debater =p
and this is old debate aint it?
eerrmmm…. i’ve always believed that beautiful people has it easier in life they might face struggles in life but it could just be soft blows. or others are more willing to help them.
Nah i’m not that articulate enough to be a debater. i’ll probably do a silent debate
i think we’re too envious of pretty faces, i say lets promote avg looking joe. haha
u need to tilt ur head down abit if u want your nose to fit the squares. but honestly u look handsome what?? I like ur nose.
Anyway ur IC looked so different!!! when u show ur ic to the officers, do they think ure lying?
ooh i didnt know that, must tilt? haha, i just aim and shoot the photo
yeah everytime i show my ic, they’ll go for a 2nd, 3rd and 4th look. haha
Err. how about male faces? Sounds funny la if we use pretty to describe a male wth symmetrical face. :p
well some guys are androgynous looking, so i guess its safe to say we can call them pretty
jude law, brad pitt … i’ve to admit, they’re ‘pretty’
Hello Mohamad Shahruddin Bin Hashim =PPPP
oops forgot to blur out that part
Sha, im game for our dinner date any of these days. hahaha. bila2 you free sms me aiiiight. btw, i think i should try this box thing on peah’s face and see how it goes :D
alright on! after my exams ok … i’ve 3 month hols!
hahaha bila your exams habis eh?
first paper 20th apr & ends 4th may
so now i’m busy revising :-)
Scarlett Johansson’s face isn’t symmetrical. Her smile is slanted. But that’s why she’s hot. A slanted smile has a subtle, playful sexiness to it.
For someone so young, she’s hot ‘commodity’ in hollywood. imagine her paycheck per film!
you just HAD to put scarlet there, din u?
*geram*
talk abt HAWTNESS!
kay aniwae, symmetry huh? well everythin is backed by exact science nowadays, next thing we noe, thr’s gona b a proven explanation why heartbreaks occur.
(oh wait, i think thr alredi is!)
ok i’m nt talkin sense.
i dun hv much to say, but, well, e topic of bloggers who are better than average-looking.
who’s not guilty of linkin them ppl?
she is indeed hot :-)
well yeah there’s plenty of research and studies on human analogy, behavioral, etc
i think the better looking bloggers are celeb bloggers. they look good by photo manipulation *cough* xiaxue, cosmetic surgery *cough* dawn young .. :-p
aiyoh!
dun cough. just shout it out loud! hahahaa..!!
anyways… yes, lets celebrate the average joe/jane bloggers. they offer more than just pwetty pictures…. =p
and heyy… just wondering… u a malay? any indian/muslim heritage?
haha … didnt xiaxue have a show call girls out loud is it? … ok i shall shout it out loud next time!
i’m totally malay. ppl mistaken me for indian/bangla/indon heritage due to my dark tan. too much training lar
Hmm.. Tk pernah i have a pix taken from the front except the one on my passport. I tink i have not any symmetrical look. =(
agreed! I also prefer my profile look, bro
beauty is skin deep….
not everything is about physically attributes!!!!!
eh, good article sia…
how you put those grid box once again????
to a certain extend i agree la bro … still looking presentable is most impt however. Kalau my gf selekeh, hmmm i shall ______
i used photoshop … under the shapes, choose the grid box
i refuse to think that symmetrical faces are always the prettiest, cos I have the most assymetrical face I know! *sob* hahaha, but it’s alright lah, gotta be happy with what God has given me. :P
but you’re right, the beautiful pple do have it easier in life. i’ve seen it happen numerous times at work and in school. pretty girls and good-looking guys get less flak from their bosses, and they generally can get pple to help them at will. but that’s cos normal pple like us are suckers for these beautiful pple, heh.
Still having a face symmetrical is more desirable than a more less than ‘perfect’ look to it kan … true la, we’ve to accept for all our shortcomings. cant change how we look. i did however put a paper bag over my head once in sch before, that didn’t turn out well. haha
i’ve to agree too i’m a sucker when a pwetty classmate or co-worker ask for help. but then again i’m a guy, we’ve a tendency to be ‘pigs’.
i think everyone loves looking at someone who is ‘aesthetically’ pleasing. i do …
Beauty is having confidence in one’s self..
Ah.. but i not pretty n dun have confidence..
sad-ed
well said
no la babe, you look fine to me la!!