While beauty is subjective and varies by personal preference, the Greeks developed a mathematical formula for measuring physical attractiveness.
This formula is known as the Golden Ratio, and it evaluates how proportional a person’s facial features are.
The Golden Ratio is often applied to determine whose features align most closely with this ideal, and it’s used as a benchmark for both male and female beauty.
What is the ‘Golden Ratio’?
The popular Twitter account Fermat’s Library shared this explanation: “Mathematics and art have a long history with each other.”
“The Golden Ratio (~1.618) was known to Euclid, Pythagoras and has been used in ancient Egypt, Greece, in the Parthenon and the Mona Lisa.”
“It appears in nature at the macroscopic and quantum level. Here is a golden spiral.”
The process has been refined over centuries and continues to captivate researchers and beauty enthusiasts alike.
How to calculate the ‘Golden Ratio’
The calculation involves measuring the length and width of the face and dividing the length by the width. This produces a ratio that should ideally approach 1.62.
Other measurements are also taken into account, such as the distance from the hairline to the eyes, the space between the eyes, and the distance from the base of the nose to the chin.
These measurements help determine how closely someone’s features align with the Golden Ratio.
The closer a person’s score is to this ratio, the higher their ‘golden ratio percentage,’ which is considered a scientific measure of facial beauty.
Most beautiful faces according to the ‘Golden Ratio’
Dr. Julian De Silva, from the Centre for Advanced Facial Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery in London, applied the Golden Ratio in 2016 to identify some of the most scientifically beautiful faces in the world.
He explained to US Weekly: “The Greeks discovered that the ratio occurs everywhere in nature and for thousands of years it has been thought to hold the secret formula of the world’s most beautiful faces.”
“The Phi ratio of 1.618 has long been thought to hold the secret for beauty, but now with the computer mapping we can calculate how it applies to real women.”
This high score places her among the most ‘perfect’ according to this ancient formula.
Other celebrities on the list included Kim Kardashian, Bella Hadid, Beyoncé, and Ariana Grande, all of whom scored high for their proportional facial features.
Of course, it’s worth remembering that beauty is more than numbers or symmetry. Everyone has their own unique charm, and true beauty often comes from within.
