Golden Ratios Determine Female Facial Beauty

Monday, February 15, 2010, 16:41

A new study has helped researchers from the University of California, San Diego and the University of Toronto discover 'golden ratios' for the female facial beauty.

After testing the existence of an ideal facial feature, it was found that the distance between a woman's eyes and the distance between her eyes and her mouth are the key factors in determining how attractive she is.

The study individually identified the optimal relation between the eyes, the mouth and the edge of the face for individual beauty.

The attractiveness between various faces found two 'golden ratios." One, for length and the other for width. Female faces were judged more attractive when the vertical distance between their eyes and the mouth was approximately 36 percent of the face's length, and the horizontal distance between their eyes was approximately 46 percent of the face's width.

These proportions correspond with those having an average face.

This golden ratio was known since antiquity. The ancient Greeks used this “divine proportion" in their architecture and art forms.

Some even suggest that Leonardo Da Vinci used the golden ratio when painting Monalisa.