5 RANDOM FACTS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW - People of Mixed Race Are Perceived As Being More Attractive..

Vanessa Williams

1. Studies have suggested that people of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people. The reasoning for this is said to be due to the genetic process of heterosis, where crossbred offspring exhibit greater genetic fitness than their pure-bred counterparts.

A random sample of 1205 black, white, and mixed-race faces was collected and used with a small but highly significant effect, with mixed-race faces, on average, being perceived as more attractive. This result is seen as a perceptual demonstration of heterosis in humans—a biological process that may have implications far beyond just attractiveness.

(Photo: Both of Vanessa Williams's parents, Helen Tinch and Milton Williams, are black, but they each have a complex ancestry. Williams took a DNA test which revealed that her ancestry is 23% from Ghana, 17% from the British Isles, 15% from Cameroon, 12% Finland, 11% Southern Europe, 7% Togo, 6% Benin, 5% Senegal, and 4% Portugal. Source: Ranker)