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sevenOP | 11:53 Tue 20th Jan 2015 | Society & Culture
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As we are all individuals, why is there such a unified consensus on what constitutes female ( and male) beauty ?
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I find imperfections attractive.
ummm - I find aspects of women that they think are imperfecti0ons, to be appealing.

I can imagine that Megan Markle from Suits -

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went through agonies of insecurity as a teenager because she has a bump in her nose.

She is of course a gorgeous woman, and I find her bumpy nose really attractive.

Similarly, Alison King from Corrie -

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probably hated her pale skin, her wide eyes, her full lips and strong nose, and once again, she has grown into one of the sexiest women on television.

If any ladies out there like Paul McKenna, I am his doppleganger!
Imperfections, if not major, add character / individualism. It would be a bland set of humans that were all "perfect". No one would have an added interest and stand out.
In an industry which, at the time, was dominated by tall, leggy, Silvikrin haired, women with gleaming teeth ... Claudia Schiffer, Heidi Klum, Cindy Crawford, Christy Brinkley, etc ...

... Sarah Doukas spotted this geeky little kid with lank, mousey hair, pasty complexion, slightly wonky nose, crooked teeth, flat chest, and bandy little legs with bony knees.

Sarah thought ... people will find you beautiful.

The kid's name was Kate Moss.

Kate became the most photographed model in the world.

Some years later, when the industry was moving back to tall, glamorous women, Sarah signed another weird looking kid, with a strange mouth and big, masculine eyebrows.

And Cara Delevingne also became the most photographed model in the world.

Conventional perceptions CAN be broken down.
"Its personality that counts"

No it isn't, its personality that matters once you have made the initial contact with a person that YOU find physically attractive. In rare cases somebody you don't find physically attractive can grow on you because you click on all other levels, that person then becomes attractive in the long run.
However, what we find attractive is very individual and we should never be told what is attractive.
Kim Kardashian is one man's dream woman whilst another man doesn't see what the fuss is about.
P.S I am a fan of curves.
A backside like an 8 year old boy does nothing for me.
My sons have really full lips. One hates them the other likes them.

My OH has quite a few scars on his face that I find attractive (non violent) but they all have a story.
I like a ginge
Ric....I've always been attracted to them. Not necessarily in a sexual way, I just find the colour attractive. But...there are loads of gingers on my maternal side of the family and my partner has way more.

I also like curly hair....but I don't find blonde attractive even though two of my kids are blonde. It look attractive on them though.
There is a hypothosis people subconsciously go for someone who has similar features to their father (women) or mother (men). My husband was once mistaken for my fathers son (if that makes sense) though my husbands mother looked nothing like me -she was slight with dark curly hair while I'm curvy with blond hair so I think that theory is probably a load of rubbish.
I love natural red hair on girls, I often comment on how beautiful it is and always longed for red curly pre Raphaelite hair. Can't stand it on men though.
http://www.esteticamagazine.co.uk/images/phocagallery/1351/Aveda_ArtOfNature_01.jpg?r=26
My partners parents look similar so you can't say whether he looks like his mum or dad. He def has his dads personality though. They both love me...lol

My OH used to be more orange than that in school. It's going darker now. Still proper ginger though.
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Sipowicz."I know what I like, I don't have to be told!"

I do not doubt your sincerity Sipowicz, but do you think you inherited this 'like' genetically ?

Retrochic>"sevenOp what constitutes female and male beauty changes over generations. Many women now think the ultimate in beauty is to have lips that look as if they've been stung by wasps and boobs that have been inflated by bicycle pump. There have been many psychological studies on what physical attributes are found to be aesthetically attractive but many variables including Ethnic origins . "

What constitutes beauty may vary very *slightly* over generations, but only within the predefined parameters. The lips and boobs you mention are conditioned constructs as are the the results of psychological studies ie after the idea have been implanted.

Tilly2>"symmetry and having all the right bits in the right proportion."

Is that 'double' symmetry ?

So if 'pleasing features' are symmetrical does content become irrelevant ?

What's so mold breaking about these two joggerjayne?
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http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffurthr.co.uk%2Fwhat-they-earn-is-cara-delevingne-worth-6500-a-day%2F&ei=xIW_VNuyMoea7gbM9YHgCA&bvm=bv.83829542,d.ZGU&psig=AFQjCNFFBf4uaUFQsMZSshUDfn3ZWFxk4A&ust=1421924128728920

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