Does Hawaii have the most beautiful people in the world?

As threads tend to meander a bit, the thread “Asian Folks on the SDMB” talks about mixed-race people, as well as the population in the Hawaiian Islands (where there is no single ethnic majority, and there is a very humongous population of mixed-race people).

Call 'em “chop suey,” “Heinz 57” or “hapa” (“half” in Hawaiian) or what have you, I personally think stars who are of mixed race (Keanu Reeves, as well as Hawaii homegrown people like Jason Scott Lee, Tia Carrere, and Kelly Hu, are great examples of taking the best features of the various ethnicities, and turning out with a knock-out beauty (or hunk).

While I realize there are butt-oogly people everywhere, I’d like to offer that in general, the Hawaiian Islands produce some of the most beautiful people in the country.

Maybe. I think, however, that I have seen more attractive mixed-race women than men. And believe me, I AM looking for attractive men. :smiley: Men here tend to be shorter than average and smaller in build, and while that’s okay, even preferable on a woman, it’s definitely not so on a man. I prefer guys taller than me (I’m 5’6") and here, I’m either the same height or only slightly shorter than a lot of them. We have a lot of Asians here, and that has resulted in a lot of the mixed people being smaller and shorter than Caucasians in general.We have a lot of waif-type girls here.

Of course, attractive is such a subjective term. Take me, for example: lately, I’ve been going for techie geekboys. :rolleyes:

I live in Hawai’i, but I have been all over the world. The most beautiful females extant are (1) French/Vietnamese and (2) Cook Islanders. (3) Filipino mixtures in Hawai’i.

For simgle women, Hawai’i has excellent men, but the cultures are a little different than you might be used to.

I, on the other hand, am a single male and just the ticket if you like antiques.

Dammit, tcburnett, tell me WHERE are they?!! Me and about 15 of my friends have been looking for years! :slight_smile:

Actually, i think it’s more of a question of mixed raced being more beautiful than your homogenous “pure breeds” (IMHO, what works in dogs, doesnt always work in people :)). Hawaii is an example of that.

Call me biased, but i do think that Filipino mixes like myself tend to result in attractive people, especially the women (hey, i’m not blind!). Even full Filipinos I think are attractive as well. On the whole I think Latinos (also a mixed lot) are some of the most beautiful people on the planet (granted, i’m speaking of the more mixed Latinos). A lot of Latino men i think are quite beautiful, and i think a lot of the women are beautiful as well.

I’m biased, too; in my eyes everybody looks better with a little Korean in them. :slight_smile: This is interesting, I remember reading an article in Discover magazine where they blended a lot of different faces together. They found that most people prefered the face that was the most mixed, in other words the most average face. Hmmm, I wonder if that is why, IMO, mixed race people are the most attractive.

Audrey, I’ll have to introduce you to my brother once he finally stops being a self-absorbed jerkwad (he’s 19, ick). He’s half-Korean and 6’9", we’re not sure how that happened, since he’s taller than our father 6’8" and our mother who claims to be 5’4" (she wishes).

Your parents must make an interesting couple.

Six-nine? Goodness, I was thinking more along the lines of five-ten to six even… but I’d be happy to meet your brother (and you too, for that matter!). I always liked the thought of a younger guy… or an older one…

Oh, you don’t want him now! Have you ever run into an Asian momma’s boy? Somehow I think they are much, much worse than momma’s boys of other races…my mom still takes the bones out of his fish for him! Anyhoo, he just moved out of the house, so I’m hoping that will shape him up.

And, if by “interesting couple” you mean “how in the world do they have sex?”, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!. ::::sticks fingers in ears:::: (sorry, I got that question a lot growing up :slight_smile: )

Hehe i know that type. See it here often ;). But damn, still taking the bones out of his fish for him? Jeeze.
I am another oddly tall half Asian. My dad is full Filipino and he’s 6’. It might be because my great great grandma was full Spanish. So, we’ve got some tall genes floating through our gene-pool. Anyway, mom is 5’6", and none of my brothers are under 6’ (i’m the tallest at 6’2"). Something that amuses me is that most mixed kids look mixed. However, me and my brothers are ALWAYS mistaken for being Mexican.

Oh and tatertot: My bro’s fiancee is half Korean (she looks mixed). So, on top of the White, and Filipino, these kids are going to be part Korean. Yep, my family is doing it’s part in helping to stir up the gene-pool ;).

(apologies to Baglady for further going off on a tangent ;))

tcburnett said "The most beautiful females extant are (1) French/Vietnamese "

I can’t speak from experience about the others you mentioned, but many of the French/Vietnamese were the most beautiful women I have ever seen.

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Hey, I’m an even 6’! Although my ancestry is all european, not hawaiian. However, I am a techie geekboy…

The Aegean coast off of Turkey. They have the dark hair and skin of turks and the blue and green eyes of Greeks…DAMN.

Well I’ll resist the urge to be a good Aussie patriot (even tho we do have quite a number of truly beautiful women) and have to admit that I think the loveliest women I’ve ever come accross are the Danish girls.

Pretty, intelligent, fun-loving, did I say pretty? I meant drop-dead gorgeous. sigh I miss them. And one in particular.

I don’t know about French/Vietnamese people, but French/Vietnamese food is ta DIE FOR!!! Yummmmm. :smiley:

The primary research that the Discover article was based on concluded exactly that. (Sorry, I don’t have a cite.) They found that when faces of all different races were “averaged” by a computer, the result was a face that was universally attractive across cultures. That average face looked like a South Pacific Islander.

There is other research that shows that even infants have a preference for “average” faces, so it would seem that this preference is innate.

tatertot, I can’t picture my parents being giggly in-love twentysomethings, much less having sex. queasy Naw, I just meant that when they walk together down the street, it must be amusing. That’s way over a foot difference in height!

sigh and yes, I do know many Asian mama’s boys, and I find them ALL pathetic. But I do find it amusing how much it offends them when you call them a mama’s boy.

Doobieous, my friend’s fiancé is Filipino and Spanish and a tad Chinese, and he is a tall, handsome, and BRILLIANT (Harvard grad student, microbiology) guy. Did I mention he’s very handsome? Doobie, you’re going to have a good-looking family!

xizor, I am open to all possibilities! :smiley: Do you wear glasses? That’s a bonus to me!

dpr, :frowning:

suddenly develops urge to visit French Vietnam Oui, je parle la langue! Je vais aller maintenant!! Au revoir!

Actually, you know what kind of looks I like that we have here in Hawaii? When Hawaiian-Chinese and Caucasians have kids, they sometimes turn out very exotic-looking… just like what Occam was talking about. Dark hair and skin, and blue or green eyes… mmmmmmmmm… Occam, we should go SO-hunting together!

Very nice ;)! Us Mestizos are an attractive bunch ;). One of my friends up the street and her sisters are Japanese/Indian/White and all are quite beautiful. I’m actually quite curious as to how my bro’s kids are going to turn out with the korean thing going on. I’m sure they’ll be cute as hell.

Oh, my older brother ended up with Hazel eyes. Very nice looking on him. Mine on the other hand are a brown color.We all have this dark brown shade of hair color. Sometimes we get reddish hairs, and even blond.

Well, dpr, I don’t know about Aussie women, but the men!! OMG. I can’t even talk about it.
Arab/English mixtures seem to bring out the best of both worlds-especially in women.

No, sorry no glasses Audrey, but I do know all the popular acronyms and their meaning. WYSIWIG, SCSI, PCI, AGP, ASAP, TCB…

BYOB…