A study analyzed hundreds of Reddit posts on countries with the most attractive and beautiful people. As per MailOnline, all Reddit posts with the words attractive, beautiful, handsome, excellent looking, hot, sexy, and lovely were examined, including the number of posts, comments, and upvotes they received.
Top 50 Most Attractive Nationalities
Based on the survey conducted by the swimwear company Pour Moi, India takes the top spot of the top 50 most attractive nationalities. It is followed by the United States, then Sweden, Japan, Canada, Brazil, France, Italy, Ukraine, and Denmark.
Meanwhile, Poland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Mexico, China, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, and Colombia take up the eleventh to twentieth places. For the 21st to 30th places, people from Norway, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Lebanon, Romania, Pakistan, the Czech Republic, Finland, and Greece take them.
Moreover, Venezuela, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Thailand, Portugal, Vietnam, Iceland, Hungary, Somalia, and Armenia are in the top 31 to 40. Lastly, Belgium, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Chile, Cuba, Albania, Latvia, Indonesia, and Switzerland ranked 41 to 50 respectively.
To bring their findings to life, Pour Moi used the AI technology Midjourney to produce images of what could those attractive people in 14 countries look like.
Overall, Europe has the most number of countries with attractive and beautiful people with 25 nations. North America has four countries on the list, while South American countries also made the cut. Asian countries have also made the list, as well as African nations.
According to Pour Moi, movie-star looks, fashionable clothing, love for the outdoors, and accents most likely played a role in determining a person's attractiveness. The way certain voices can make an alluring, passionate, or charming sound is a turn-on for many people.
Aside from the general ranking of attractiveness and beauty of both sexes, the company's survey also ranked the most beautiful men and women. For the most beautiful women, India still ranks first followed by Japan, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Brazil, Ukraine, France, Israel, and the USA.
Meanwhile, men from the UK ranked first among the most attractive men based on the survey. It is followed by India, Italy, the USA, Sweden, Japan, France, Ireland, Belgium, and Brazil.
What Is Beauty?
According Dr. Michael Persky, in his presentation, titled "What is Beauty?" at the Global Aesthetics conference in 2019 in Miami, Florida, it is inherent for humans to notice beauty. But he also discussed the difference between subjective and objective perceptions of beauty.
He said that the subjective side defines beauty depending on the person one is talking to, Dermatology Times reports. Some would say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder or that beauty is skin-deep or that it is a feeling.
On the other hand, an objective view of beauty uses the golden ratio to measure it. The golden ratio is often referenced in its use in art and is also known as the ratio of beauty with a mathematical ratio of 1:1.618.
Scientifically, Persky said that Bella is the most beautiful woman in the world with the right proportions around her eyes, cheeks, and mouth.
A 2018 study published in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has examined quantitative evidence of using the golden ratio to create beauty and concluded that it is indeed both subjective and objective.
Despite having the perfect symmetry as dictated by the golden ratio, it is not that easy to establish what truly constitutes quantitative beauty perhaps because beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder and even with the subject too.
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