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18 Reasons Why You're Actually Better Looking Than You Think You Are

Yes, you.

1. Research shows that people are unable to accurately judge their own attractiveness.

2. And personality is a major factor in what people find attractive in others.

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3. Which is why it's common to start finding someone hot(ter) after you get to know them.

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4. Our generation, on average, is more attractive than previous ones due to natural selection.

5. Which means we're basically the finest breed of humans ever created.

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6. So, if you could ever travel back in time, you'd probably have a ton of admirers.

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7. What we think of as "hot" changes over time, so what's attractive now, wasn't attractive 50 years ago.

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8. Attractiveness is totally relative, anyway.

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9. On average, girls spend about five hours a week taking selfies and trying to find the perfect one. It's not just you.

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10. And a lot of looking good in photos comes down to angles, lighting, and editing.

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11. Almost everyone hates how they look in photos because we're so used to seeing a reflected version of ourselves in the mirror.

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12. Because most of us don't have symmetrical faces, photos of ourselves look weird because we’re seeing rearranged, flipped halves of our face.

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13. And anyway, symmetrical faces aren't always the most attractive ones.

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14. In fact, there are a bunch of hot celebrities out there with "crooked" faces.

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15. Like...so many celebrities with crooked faces.

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16. It's not weird if you don't like how you look in mirrors, either. Once your brain focuses on an object (i.e., a flaw) it appears more prominent than it actually is.

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17. A 2013 study found intensely smiling faces are seen as way more attractive than others. So logically, this means we should all smile more, right?

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18. But it also means you’re more beautiful than you think,  because others see you (genuinely) smile a lot more than you do.

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So, there are a ton of reasons why you don't see how attractive you really are. For more info and personal stories about body confidence, check out Rise Above and join the conversation now.