Abstract:

The measurement and 3-D images of 50 Chinese female aged from 20～25 were obtained through scanning with Lectra 3-D body scanner. Then 19 female and 21 male Chinese viewers were invited to evaluate the 3-D images of the 50 young women and give grades of them according to physical attractiveness. Based on the measurement and attractiveness grades, the determinants of female physical attractiveness, such as BMI、WHR、VHI were analyzed. The results showed that WHR, BMI, VHI are also suitable for the evaluation of Chinese female attractiveness, but the ideal values are different from those of previous articles results. We find that slim is the most important factor which influences female physical attractiveness, and the next one is the curves, and the body vertical proportion is also an important determinant of female physical attractiveness. When the body density varies greatly, VHI is better than BMI in predicting the female physical attractiveness. Male viewers had same perception in female physical attractiveness as female viewers, but male viewers had higher requirements on female physical attriveness than female viewers.