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Scales of Attractiveness from Composites of Faces (PIC)

flickr.com — These women do not exist. They each are a composite of about 30 faces that I created to find out the current standard of good looks on the Internet. I collected some photos from Hot or Not, sorted them by rank and created multi-morph composites from them. What can be concluded about good looks from these virtual faces? Read on...

Who dugg this? Made popular Oct 6, 2008

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  • jggube, on 10/05/2008, -8/+105Photoshop'ed!

    Oh wait, never mind... I get it. :)
  • ZincSaucier, on 10/06/2008, -0/+83yes girl. we notice even the most minor flaws. even the most subtle problems.
  • hnazareth16, on 10/05/2008, -11/+87So, the hottest girls are thin and pale? Who knew albinos were so sexy?
  • WoollyMittens, on 10/06/2008, -1/+55My taste gets stuck at around the 7 mark. Either I have poor taste, or I know instinctively that all the good ones are taken anyway.
  • Divals, on 10/06/2008, -0/+41I.. hmm. Interesting.

    I expected that I'd find the first and second most attractive, but I seem to be drawn more to the ones toward the middle. This confuses me.
  • facespaz, on 10/06/2008, -3/+36"I'll ***** anything that Moooves!"
  • aflaks, on 10/06/2008, -2/+33whether we notice them or not, one thing i cant help but tell girls is "stop wearing so much makeup." I know some degenerated unsexed unloved diggers will disagree but sometimes we want to see a natural pretty face instead of one thats painted on
  • inactive, on 10/06/2008, -3/+33Actually, shouldn't you notice the subtle differences precisely because you are a girl? God knows that only women notice subtle differences in appearances.
  • longcat99, on 10/06/2008, -4/+33Pretty much all the faces from 6.0-10 look the same to me.. im a girl so maybe I don't notice the subtle differences... guys, do you notice them?
  • 2ndEdition, on 10/06/2008, -3/+30i noticed that you are a cat. i want to pet you, heavily.
  • inactive, on 10/06/2008, -7/+26***** or GTFO
  • OneLess, on 10/06/2008, -0/+13Dugg for the "beard?" tag on the first picture.
  • Ninjapope, on 10/06/2008, -1/+13Why do they all look 14 and have braces?
  • jeuhrn, on 10/06/2008, -4/+15Meh, Miss Average looks the best.
  • ZincSaucier, on 10/06/2008, -0/+10so people have low standards because they agree that too skinny does not equal hot?
  • inactive, on 10/06/2008, -0/+10In 2005, as an example of using image morphing methodology to study the effects of averageness, imaging researcher Pierre Tourigny created a composite of about 30 faces to find out the current standard of good looks on the Internet (as shown above)

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_tourigny/14653 ...

    my friend, that is because this is the flickr page of the researcher.
  • jeuhrn, on 10/06/2008, -0/+9Are you sure, Doctor? Will we be okay?
  • damientorrence, on 10/06/2008, -0/+96.5-6.9 girl I found most attractive
  • ChromaVita, on 10/06/2008, -1/+9Well being as they're all averages of large groups of people rated on a subjective level, i doubt there are really subtle differences. yea they look about the same.
  • NewSc2, on 10/06/2008, -0/+8There's really subtle differences, but it's mainly in the eyes, with tiny differences in the cheek (thinner face as you go up, but that's expected, just look at the pattern from 1-6)

    6.5-8.4 have that "girl next door" look, and 8.5-10 have a flashier, modeling look. 9.5-10 looks unrealistic and airbrushed, but I wouldn't expect anything else. My favorite was 8.5-8.9.
  • Twenty5, on 10/06/2008, -1/+86.5-6.9

    7.5-7.9

    Are not bad at all.... i would personally go with those 2 options. They do not deserve that rating!!
  • SyntraFTW, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7The Girl Next Door factor. It's nothing to worry about.
  • BillMoocho, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7In before ASCII Pedobear...
  • SyntraFTW, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7It is Hot or Not.

    (this would look much cooler if the 'is' was in italic)
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  • Bauer22, on 10/06/2008, -0/+7No Im pretty sure sin was around before 2006.
  • pyrotix, on 10/06/2008, -2/+9You must have meant, "altered with Adobe™ Photoshop™ software"
  • Indiscipline, on 10/06/2008, -3/+9stop apostrophe abuse, please.
  • toejamz, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6Question: How much of our taste in the opposite sex is actually a reflection of our perception of self, and our likelihood of success? What happens when other factors (such as income) dramatically change our attractiveness to members of the opposite sex?
  • inactive, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6Here it is [Highly NSFW]
    http://dontclickthis.whatingods.name/hegre_pussy.j ...
  • Erectile, on 10/06/2008, -1/+7From the comments:

    Chovee Pro User says:
    The views are from digg. Front page,
    Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )


    Posted 20 months ago.
  • SyntraFTW, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6To be honest, my dear, I don't give a damn.
  • AltEfFour, on 10/06/2008, -1/+6Do you really care that much? Get over it. Fact is MBM submits dam good stuff.

  • kleash, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5I just realized that 9.5-10 is equal to 6.5-6.9 with makeups on.
  • BertEatsDirt, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5Get over it man, he's got to take the stories from somewhere
  • abajaj2280, on 10/06/2008, -12/+17You're an idiot.

    It really grinds my gears when people don't digg articles mainly because of the person who submitted it.
  • xptoast, on 10/06/2008, -1/+6Now why can't we get any boob composites from a boob rating site?
  • OneLess, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5I thought the "Average" one at the end was the most attractive.
  • SabrinaHeaven, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4I went to HotOrNot and rated about a dozen photos. Most of those fat and/or banged up whores averaged 8 or higher, not one of them scored below 5, and all had hundreds of votes. Conclusion: HotOrNot is NOT a valid source for scientific data. I question the premise that these even are composite photos based on actual HotOrNot data.
  • Aensland, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4Reminds me of that pic of the morbidly obese guy in a "I BEAT ANOREXIA" t-shirt.
  • rnawky, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4them*
  • Hoodwinker, on 10/06/2008, -1/+5Old. Kevin and Alex even talked about this on Diggnation...2 years ago!
  • senae, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4Why yes, comments only barely connected to the comment they reply to ARE relevant.
  • Tarantulus, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4Methinks you missed the point.... as a COMPOSITE of faces, she is a 9.5 on average. the last one is NOT 10, but the average of all the sample faces.

    thus the lesson ends.
  • thailand1972, on 10/06/2008, -3/+6How shallow just to judge a woman by her face. I like to see what's underneath her surface.......yes, if you'd just remove your coat please, and that wooly jumper, I feel I'm really getting to know you better already......
  • WangzoR, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3Big version:
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4 ...
  • diemunkiesdie, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3This composite was made a while ago. HotOrNots tastes are changing because of all the politically correct people trying to lie and say they like that fat "healthy" chicks.
  • Erectile, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3Millions of votes on an extremely popular, public website.

    Sorry.
  • garrettg84, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3Moooves....Mooos?
  • inactive, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3Finally, my unnatural obsession with q-tips is justified!
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