The Caucasian variation: This variation is generally applicable to Europeans, Middle Easterners, Mediterraneans, and Eastern Indians.

To date we have identified what seem to be three basic ethnic variations from the Mask: Each group has individuals who closely match the mask, those who deviate significantly from the mask and the majority who fair somewhere in between. That is, no ethnic group on average more closely approaches the mask than any other and no ethnic group is more naturally attractive than any other. The average or plain Caucasian face no more closely approximates the “Mask” than the average or plain face from any other ethnic group. Conversely, a face from any ethnic group, which closely approximates the form of the mask will be perceived to be attractive. The Mask is a “Species Genetic” configuration.įrankly, a beautiful face from any ethnic group, whether it is European, Asian, African or any other geographic race is a very close to the Mask. There is nothing uniquely or specifically “Caucasian” about the Mask. Too often this “Caucasian beauty” has been assumed to reflect “Ideal Human Beauty” rather than ideal non-ethnic specific “beauty”. That is, the beautiful Caucasian face is often assumed to bear a unique and close resemblance to the “Mask”. The beautiful Caucasian (European, Middle Easterner, Mediterranean) face is arguably the most pervasive “beautiful face image” in the media, and as such has been generally assumed to reflect ideal human beauty. No one ethnic group as a whole is necessarily a closer match in general to the mask than any other. Individuals within the same ethnic group tend to vary from the mask in similar manners. Some faces vary only slightly and others vary significantly. ETHNIC SPECIFIC VARIATIONS FROM THE MASKS:Įvery human face is a variation on the mask. Europeans (which include Middle Easterners and Mediterraneans)ģ.There are nine geographic races, each with particular genetic similarities. This is the case with human attractiveness and geographic races (ethnic groups). However, to be able to “box up” or group people according to their similarities sometimes helps to better understand them with respect to the general tendencies of the group. It is somewhat artificial to put people into categories, since even people placed in the same category can have significant variations. That is, in the attractive face from any ethnic group the correlation with the mask is extremely high. However the more attractive a face is, regardless of ethnicity, the less the variations from the mask seem to occur. In both women and men “ethnic” variations from the mask occur. 1. GEOGRAPHIC RACES (ETHNIC GROUPS) OF THE HUMAN SPECIES AND THE MASK:

Eastern european female face shapes