It is famous for its rugged coastline, its love of leeks and Tom Jones.
But Wales can also be a hotspot for less attractive Brits.
An American scientist has controversially suggested that uglier people “migrate to places like Wales”.
However, more positive news for the English is that the South East “attracts the handsome” and “rejects the bad.”
This is according to Professor Daniel Hamermesh, an expert in pulchronomics (the economics of beauty) at the University of Texas.
An American scientist has controversially suggested that uglier people “migrate to places like Wales”
However, more positive news for the English is that the South East “attracts the handsome” and “rejects the bad.”
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In her study, she analyzed data from the 1958 National Study of Child Development that followed the lives of 17,415 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week in 1958.
At age seven and again at age 11, teachers of students born between March 3 and March 9, 1958, were asked to rate their attractiveness during the school year on a sliding scale.
Options included “attractive,” “unattractive,” “normal,” or “abnormal characteristic.”
They did not detail what an objective standard of beauty was.
In several subsequent waves of the survey, including 1991, 1999, 2004, and 2009 (at ages 33, 41, 46, and 51), respondents were also asked questions to assess their happiness and overall satisfaction with life.
writing in the National Bureau of Economic ResearchThe researchers said: “The South East attracted beautiful people, while less beautiful people moved to other parts of the UK.”
He found that Scotland and Wales were the places where the least attractive ones tended to be located.
Scientists also found that more attractive children were more likely to achieve economic success.
Professor Hamermesh also said The times: ‘During life we suffer the slings and arrows of scandalous fortune.
“The surprising luck here is that some people are born and grow up looking pretty bad.”
Previous studies have discovered a number of factors that influence physical beauty.
This includes facial symmetry, flirting, and confidence. Research has also suggested that attractive people earn more.
The controversial conclusions were made by Professor Daniel Hamermesh, an expert in pulchronomics (the economics of beauty) at the University of Texas.
Previous studies have discovered a number of factors that influence physical beauty. This includes facial symmetry, flirting, and confidence.
In his book, Professor Hamermesh estimated that attractive people earned on average around £145,000 more in their lifetime than those with below-average looks.
A beautiful woman would earn four percent more and a handsome man three percent more than their plain counterparts.
Meanwhile, another study suggested that handsome men at the age of 40 received a pay rise equivalent to having had five more years of work experience on average.
In August, American researchers even discovered that “ugly” men live almost a year less on average than those who considered themselves handsome.
And unattractive women die on average two years earlier than those who are luckier in terms of appearance.
Attractive politicians are also more likely to win.
A German study found that variations in attractiveness between candidates accounted for 3 percent of the vote.