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The world’s top 10 most beautiful women according to science have been named – with Kate Moss beating Emily Ratajkowski
Cosmetic surgeon Dr Julian De Silva explained how the Golden Ratio works
KATE Moss is officially the most beautiful of all supermodels, according to science once used by the ancient Greeks.
The 51-year-old queen of the catwalk was found to be 94.14 per cent accurate to the Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi - which measures physical perfection.
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Known as the Divine Proportion, this ancient Greek concept is a natural marvel, appearing everywhere from the blooming petals of flowers to the spiralling shells on the seashore.
The ratio can be applied to anything and was used by Leonardo Da Vinci for the perfect human male body in his famous work, the Vitruvian Man.
The premise behind this is that the closer the ratios of a face or body are to the number 1.618 (Phi), the more beautiful they become.
All the models from the start of the supermodel era in the mid-1980s right through to the cover stars of today were assessed at their peak to determine who is the most beautiful.
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They were all close to the perfect score which is 100 per cent.
The list was compiled with the latest computerised mapping techniques by Harley Street facial cosmetic surgeon Dr Julian De Silva, who runs the Centre For Advanced Facial Cosmetic And Plastic Surgery in London and who uses the technology in his work.
He stated: "As the face ages, everyone's score drops a little but Kate has such stunning natural beauty that she would still score very highly today against the new crop of supermodels.
"All the models were ranked at the peak of their fame so that it was a level playing field and we had the fairest way of gauging who was most beautiful according to the Golden Ratio."
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The term supermodel became popular in the 1980s and by the 1990s, supermodels were a prominent feature in the media.
The 'Big Five' supermodels then were Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Tatjana Patitz.
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Claudia Schiffer and Kate Moss later joined the group along with Cara Delevingne more recently.
The highest paid supermodel in the world currently is Kendall Jenner - in sixth place on the list - who makes around £30 million a year, according to the wealth experts at Forbes magazine.
But how do they all fare with the golden ratio metric?
Here, we reveal the world's top 10 most beautiful women and how they rank, according to science...
1) Kate Moss - 94.14
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Kate's eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, chin, jaw and facial shape were measured and came closest to the ancient Greeks' idea of perfection, with a golden ratio of 94.14 per cent.
Dr Julian De Silva said: "Kate Moss is the most beautiful of all the supermodels and was the clear winner when all elements of the face were measured for physical perfection.
"Kate has been the face of UK modelling for the last 30 years and is a wonderful ambassador for our fashion industry.
Highest score across the face
DR Julian De Silva pinpointed which stars had the most attractive nose, eyes, eyebrows, chin, lips, forehead and face shape.
- Overall face shape - Winnie Harlow 98.6 per cent
- Nose width and length - Emily Ratajkowski 99.56 per cent
- Gap between nose and lips - Gisele Bundchen 99.4 per cent
- Lips - Cara Delevingne 98.5 per cent
- Chin - Cindy Crawford 99.6 per cent
- Eye position - Cindy Crawford 99.40 per cent
- Forehead - Cindy Crawford 98.6 per cent
- Eyebrows - Cara Delevingne 94 per cent
- Jawline - Kate Moss 96.5 per cent
"She was assessed at the absolute peak of her beauty just after her first Vogue cover shoot in 1993.
"What makes Kate so exceptional is her high scores across nearly all the categories but her two stand-out features were her almost perfectly shaped jawline which scored highest with 96.5 per cent and chin (95.6 per cent).
"She was marked down for the shape of her nose."
2) Cindy Crawford - 93.87
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American Cindy Crawford, 58, was second in the chart with 93.87 per cent.
Dr Julian De Silva said: "Cindy Crawford, one of the stars from the start of the supermodel era in the 1980s, was second and she had the highest score overall in three categories - for her chin at 99.6 per cent, just 0.4 per cent off perfection, eye position (99.4 per cent) and forehead (98.6 per cent).
"She would have won if she had not scored poorly for her lips (84 per cent) and eyebrow (86.2 per cent)."
3) Gisele Bundchen - 93.11
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Brazilian Gisele Bundchen, 44, was third with 93.11 per cent and scored highest with the gap between her nose and lip at 99.4 per cent.
Dr Julian explained: "Gisele Bundchen was the stand-out supermodel of the Noughties.
"She scored well in nearly all the categories and was near the top for her face shape (97.1 per cent) and eye position (97.3 per cent)."
The most beautiful supermodels of all time and their Golden Ratio scores
- Kate Moss - 94.14 per cent
- Cindy Crawford - 93.87 per cent
- Gisele Bundchen - 93.11 per cent
- Jourdan Dunn - 91.39 per cent
- Winnie Harlow - 91.03 per cent
- Kendall Jenner - 91.00 per cent
- Liu Wen - 90.98 per cent
- Cara Delevingne - 89.97 per cent
- Emily Ratajkowski - 89.37 per cent
- Naomi Campbell - 89.26 per cent
"She scored highest for the gap between her nose and lips at 99.4 per cent which was just 0.6 per cent off perfection.
"She has a beautifully shaped nose (96.8 per cent) and a great overall face shape (97.9 per cent).
"Her lips, with a score of 89 per cent, was her lowest score."
4) Jourdan Dunn - 91.39
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Briton Jourdan Dunn, 34, was the highest ranked of the current generation of supermodels in fourth.
After giving her a 91.39 per cent with the Golden Ratio, Dr Julian De Silva said: "Jourdan Dunn is the most beautiful of the current crop of supermodels.
"She scored well in nearly all the categories and was near the top for her face shape (97.1 per cent) and eye position (97.3 per cent).
"She was marked down for her nose shape (88.9 per cent) and her forehead (89 per cent)."
5) Winnie Harlow - 91.03
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Winnie Harlow came in fifth out of the supermodels, with a score of 91.03 per cent.
Dr Julian De Silva explained: "Winnie scored highly in the new breed of supermodels.
"She suffers from the skin condition vitiligo but that has not stopped her from enjoying an incredible career over the last decade.
"She came top for her overall face shape (98.6 per cent) and also scored well for her nose (96.9 per cent).
"She was scored down for the gap between the nose and her lips (85.6 per cent) and her lips (87 per cent)."
6) Kendall Jenner - 91.0
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It's hard to 'Keep Up' with the Kardashians, especially Kendall Jenner with her Golden Ratio stats.
Dr Julian De Silva placed her sixth with 91 per cent, and said: "Kendall is the highest paid model in the world and it is not hard to see why.
"She was second overall for the shape of her jawline (96.4 per cent) and also scored highly for her eye position (97.5 per cent) and her forehead (97.2 per cent).
"She would have been placed higher but scored poorly for her chin (88 per cent) and face shape (87.1 per cent)."
7) Liu Wen - 90.98
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Trailblazing model Liu Wen has taken the fashion industry by storm.
And it's not surprising given her 90.98 per cent score.
Dr Julian De Silva said: "Liu is the first Chinese supermodel and was the first Chinese model to appear in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
"She scored well for her nose (94.9 per cent), eye position (95.1 per cent) and chin (96.3 per cent) but was marked down for her eyebrows (82.4 per cent)."
8) Cara Delevingne - 89.97
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Cara Delevingne has taken not only the catwalk world by storm, but also the big screen too.
Speaking of her overall 89.97 per cent score, Dr Julian De Silva said: "Cara has been the leading UK supermodel of the last decade, taking over from Kate Moss.
"She had the highest score for her lips (98.5 per cent) and her eyebrows (94 per cent) but was marked down for her jawline (86 per cent) and her chin (83.6 per cent)."
9) Emily Ratajkowski - 89.37
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Emily Ratajkowksi turns heads wherever she goes, and this may be partly down to her 89.37 Golden Ratio score.
Dr Julian De Silva said: "Emily rose to international prominence through her roles in music videos for Maroon 5 (Love Somebody) and Robin Thicke (Blurred Lines).
"Her nose is almost perfectly shaped with a score of 99.56 per cent - the highest on the list.
"Her lips were the second highest at 98.17 per cent but she was let down by low scores for her eyebrows (79 per cent) and her jawline (76.8 per cent)."
10) Naomi Campbell - 89.26
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Catwalk queen Naomi Campbell, 54, came last in the supermodel ''top ten'' due to her chin which was said to have measured 'poorly, relatively speaking.
After sharing her overall score score of 89.26, Dr Julian De Silva said: "Naomi was a trailblazer in the 1990s and, 30 years on from her peak, is still one of the most beautiful women in the world.
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"She had the second highest score for her eyebrows (89.9 per cent) but scored poorly for her chin (80.4 per cent)."
How does the Golden Ratio work?
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The golden ratio, often denoted by the Greek letter φ (phi), is a mathematical ratio that is approximately equal to 1.618.
It has been admired and utilised for centuries due to its aesthetically pleasing properties.
Creative geniuses have used the theory to sculpt, build and paint beautiful works of art throughout history.
Leonardo Da Vinci employed it in his masterpieces the Mona Lisa, Last Supper and the Vitruvian Man.
The Acropolis in Athens, dating to 435BC, also follows the formula.
Known as the Divine Proportion, and originally set out by the ancient Greeks, it is commonly found in nature, from flowers to shells.
Experts say the ratio makes forms visually balanced and unconsciously more pleasing to the eye.
Now cosmetic surgeon Dr Julian De Silva, who is based in London’s Harley Street, has combined the age-old theory with the latest in hi-tech computerised mapping to calculate the symmetry of famous faces.
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