Don’t feel like numbers need to define beauty! | Source: Anton Oparin/ShutterStock

Nothing like a good old fashion game of “Who is hottest?” to spice up your day, and this time we’re joined by special guest Science!

The Huffington Post featured an infographic today that explores why we certain celebrities faces are considered attractive. There are basically different points on your face and different ratios you can measure that point to those with a symmetrical and well-proportioned (and thus attractive) face.

Look, I get that there are things with science that can subconsciously influence our preferences. It’s just that at a certain point, how does this information help us? It’s your face – there’s a not a whole lot you can do about it. My tiny ear length does not equal my nose length, so I guess I should just wear a mask all the time?

Weirdly, one of the main focuses was that Lena Dunham outranked some famous hotties, like Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift. I actually felt like an uncomfortable amount of text space was placed on how crazy it was that Lena is actually attractive. Like, we couldn’t really believe this until science gave its approval?

It seems that with celebrities we can get away with doing things we would never actually do with “real” people. Could you imagine if they rounded up a bunch of people off the street and did this? I don’t think people would find it so “fascinating.”

Well, according to the piece, most of the “normals” (i.e. those of us who are not of the Hollywood crew) are between a 4 and a 5. Celebrities though “rarely, if ever” fall below a 6 ranking. So like, nearly everyone who has the better face shape immediately decides to go be a celebrity? Thanks science for letting me know that I’m not hot enough to be famous and can’t do anything else about it!

Also, these celebs may all be beautiful, but I have to think that it’s still not fun for them to be mathematically compared to one another, especially as many of them are talented artists who probably want to be known more for that than a face number. There’s also just something kind of sad about the way this gets calculated. Basically, you start with a perfect score, and then it’s just deduction after deduction depending your flaws. It is really just tearing people’s looks down.

I am surrounded by gorgeous “normals” who I am sure don’t have all the same face ratios. I meet people who I think have wonderful smiles or flattering hair styles – neither of which are a part of this calculation. While there may be a science to attraction, I think the fact that my friends and I find different kinds of people physically attractive shows that you can’t let yourself sweat these ratio numbers. Many more things than a face make a person attractive anyway, so let’s just quit using science as a ranking system – celebs or otherwise.

Do you think there’s a point to evaluating faces like this? Do you think people would respond differently if it wasn’t celebrities? Tell me in the comments.

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