Who's Beautiful?

This is an interesting topic, not only because once again my African history class has introduced me to this question of aesthetics, but also because it is something I fight about with friends and co-workers all the time.

I have noticed that when work is slow, your out with your friends, or you just want to look around yourself there are so many varied people, men and women. They range from dark, light, tall, short, fat, skinny, and everything in between. Then, there he/she is, a beacon of beauty in the sea of average laid out before you. You point him/her out to a friend, but surprisingly they disagree with you! You can not believe it! It does not make sense! Why?

People call me picky. I do not find just any blond-haired girl with big breasts intriguing I guess. I prefer dark hair, darker skin, typically Mexican girls...the list goes on. So, I've begun to ask myself, mainly because everyone I work with is affronted by my "odd" tastes in women, why I like these women. What is it about them that I like? I've noticed some particular features that stand out such as:

Dark complexion
Accents
Strong ethnic background
Strong jaw-line
Larger nose
Straight dark hair
Large dark eyes
And many others

I've tried to find some kind of consistency in women I find particularly attractive, but it is hard without having them side by side. So, I came to the conclusion: A study should be done on several men and women. They should pick from a large group of people the ones they find attractive. Then, those people should be compared together and analyzed for similar features such as jaw structure, facial symmetry and the like to see if people have a "type" at all. In short, it would be to see if people have a perfect person in mind by constructing them from the attributes they desire in a mate. I'm curious to see what she'd look like for myself.

Just a thought I had recently been having about the topic and thought I would write it down. Seems interesting to be able to "define" one's type, if there is such a thing. It does not take a scientist to figure out that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder because I do not believe Scarlett Johanssen is the sexiest woman alive (which again my friends are purely shocked by), but apparently she is in the magazine as such for a reason.