The Science of Beauty

To find out which celebrity is even more beautiful than the others, we enlisted the help of Dr. Kendra Schmid and her meticulous calculations. Though all 29 points are taken into consideration when scoring a person's attractiveness, some measurements carry more weight than others and symmetry, proportion, and the "Golden Ratio" are key. Hover over the pink points for more details of how these evaluations are made.

When you draw a line of symmetry through the face (from 1 to 29), the two sides should mirror each other.

In other words, the distance from point 18 on the nose to the line of symmetry should equal the distance from point 20 on the flip side to the line. Same goes for points 22 and 24 of the upper lip and their distance from the line of symmetry.

Both eyes should be of equal width (11 to 12 should equal 13 to 14), and that width should equal the distance between the eyes (12 to 13).

Divide the widest part of the mouth (25 to 27) by the distance between the eyes (12 to 13). In a perfect world, the result would be 1.618, aka the "Golden Ratio." The further the result from 1.618, the lower the score.

When you divide the widest part of the mouth (25 to 27) by the widest part of the nose (18 to 20), you should aspire to the "Golden Ratio": 1.618.

Supple lips defy the "Golden Ratio." Mouth width divided by mouth height should aspire to 2.5, not 1.618, because fuller lips are considered more attractive. Then again, if the result goes over 2.5 (too full), the overall score drops.

Ear length (10 to 21) should equal nose length (3 to 19).

Divide face length (1 to 29) by width (6 to 9). The result should aspire to the "Golden Ratio" (1.618). If it's a larger or smaller number, the end result will be lower.

Two horizontal lines should cut the face into three equal parts: One line goes through the point between the eyebrows, the second line goes through the bottom of the nose.

Then, the distance from the top of the forehead to the pt. between the eyebrows should equal the distance from the pt. between the eyebrows to the bottom of the nose, which should equal the distance from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the chin.