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Left Side of Your Face Looks a Lot Better

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:00:05 CDT

Your left profile is the hot one, apparently. Researchers at Wake Forest University devoted time to the issue by asking 37 college students to rate 20 faces in photos, and found they preferred those showing their left sides, Huffington Post reports. "Our results suggest that posers' left cheeks tend to...

Pretty People Are More Selfish

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:50:07 CDT

A pretty face comes with many benefits, but apparently a sense of selflessness is not one of them. A new study shows that people with more symmetrical facial features—which tend to be viewed as more attractive—are more likely to be selfish. Subjects were studied under laboratory conditions and...

Dating Site Ditches 30K Ugly Members

Sarah Whitmire — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:39:46 CDT

Imagine the reaction as founders of dating site BeautifulPeople.com watched 30,000 “ugly people” get accepted to their site over a six-week period—thanks to a computer virus, reports the Guardian . The wrongfully admitted have since been rejected en masse, says the managing director, at the not-so-attractive price of...

Mom Gives Daughter, 8, Botox

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:45:36 CDT

An addled mom is boasting that she injects Botox into her 8-year-old daughter's face every three months so she can be a "star." She also arranges body waxes for her girl. "I wish that I'd had the same advantages when I was younger," mom Kerry Campbell tells the Sun . "I...

Beautiful People Are Also Smarter

Nick McMaster — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:57:20 CST

Beautiful people really do have it all, a new study suggests: They're also more likely to be intelligent. Researchers at the London School of Economics found that intelligence correlated strongly with physical attractiveness. Men judged by others in the study as handsome had IQs 13.6 points higher than the...

Rest Up, Look Hot: Beauty Sleep Is Real

Matt Cantor — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:54:05 CST

The notion of “beauty sleep” is no myth: people who get more sleep are more attractive, new research suggests. A researcher in Sweden took mid-afternoon photos of 23 people between the ages of 18 and 31; some had gotten plenty of sleep the previous night, while others hadn’t slept for...

Women Are Most Beautiful at 31: Study

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:05:41 CDT

If Miley Cyrus and Taylor Momsen have you depressed and bemoaning your lost youth and beauty, chin up: You’re actually at your best at age 31. Women at 31 are the most attractive, according to a new QVC study, in part because they’re more confident and have better style than...

Beware the 'Tyranny' of Beauty

John Johnson — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:20:02 CDT

Apparently, "looksism" is the new buzzword. We've got Debrahlee Lorenzana , the Citibank worker who says she was fired for being too hot, and American Apparel accused of weeding out job applicants for not being hot enough. Now Meghan Daum takes note of a new book (the Beauty Bias , by Deborah...

Will She Be the First Aboriginal Supermodel?

Mary Papenfuss — Sat, 15 May 2010 07:08:30 CDT

A striking Aboriginal model has nailed the cover of Australian Vogue after Aussie Fashion Week fans were blown away by her "smoldering beauty"—and may be on her way to being the first Aboriginal supermodel. Samantha Harris, 19, showed off creations by 18 different designers at Australian Fashion Week to...