Learn English with the News: “The most beautiful face”

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Did you have a good weekend? Today’s lesson is beautiful, it’s about a girl whose face has been voted most perfect in the UK. Ready to learn some more?

1. Read the text
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. Watch the video

Text

It might not launch a thousand ships, but this is the face that won the title “Britain’s Most Natural Beauty”. Eighteen-year-old Florence Colgate’s face is considered almost flawless … it’s perfectly symmetrical, with large eyes, full lips and high cheekbones.

– I had to send in a picture wearing no make-up and from that I got called to say I got through into the top 5 out of 8000 people. It’s just unbelievable. Honestly, I did not expect to get this far at all.

The competition wasn’t just about subjective beauty – it was settled with science. Researchers say the distances between facial features and the width and length of the face are deciding factors for perfection. And Colgate scored very close to the ideal.

– I think I just look at my face and I see me, I don’t really see, like science, it’s just yeah.

Colgate works part-time at a local fish and chips shop. But she says her new-found fame doesn’t seem to have made her more popular with customers.

– I haven’t really noticed. Obviously you still get your regulars who come in every week. I don’t know, it’s a busy fish and chip shop anyway.

Colgate plans to study business management at university, unless of course, a lucrative modeling contract shows its face.

Vocabulary

Launch – to send or shoot (something, such as a rocket) into the air or water or into outer space.

Flawless – with no faults or errors.

Full – having a rounded shape : not thin or narrow.

Cheekbones – a bone of the face that is located below the eye.

Subjective – relating to the way a person experiences things in his or her own mind.

Lucrative – producing money or wealth.

Video

What do you think? Do you think she’s beautiful?