# Rate your looks on a scale of 1 to 10.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 1, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017 "2011-06-01T23:12:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/1 "2011-06-01T23:12:06Z")
Try to avoid answering jokingly or sarcastically. If you really do think you’re a 10, then rate yourself it…but if you really don’t, then don’t, obviously. : p
Anonymous poll to come.
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### Author:  [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/2 "2011-06-01T23:30:06Z")
On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d say I’m an 8. I’m much more physically attractive, in face and figure, than most people I know - without making any particular effort, wearing makeup etc. If I could gain about 10-15 more pounds, I think I’d be a 9.
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### Author:  [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/3 "2011-06-01T23:51:04Z")
Average. See for yourself at the Portrait Gallery.
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### Author:  [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/4 "2011-06-02T00:02:37Z")
I’d say a 5. I have a cute face and some nice assets, but my overall size is a drawback.
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/5 "2011-06-02T00:06:29Z")
I’m a 4. Check the gallery.
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### Author:  [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/6 "2011-06-02T00:18:06Z")
I didn’t know how to vote. I have a face that some find striking while others have out right told me I’m odd looking. I’ve been told equal times pretty/odd by people who have no motives to tell me either. So, I guess pretty in a non classic way. Also, I get asked on occansion if I’m part of certain nationalities. So, I think I have a lot of features that one wouldn’t exspect together. I don’t like my nose. The rub is, though, I tend to be told I am pretty/hit on by men who are very attractive/handsome.
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### Author:  [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/7 "2011-06-02T00:22:02Z")
I’m past my prime, but except for an oversized midsection, I like how I look.
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### Author:  [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/8 "2011-06-02T00:35:34Z")
The problem with these sort of scales is that nobody really specifies how they’re supposed to work.
Is it a bell curve centered on 5? Or is it a grade-letter system (which most people tacitly use In The Real World) where nobody really gets below a six?
If somebody in real life asks you how attractive they are, and you say five, they’re going to be offended.
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### Author:  [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/9 "2011-06-02T00:42:59Z")
In America, I’m a solid 5. Where I currently live, I’m Brad Pitt, apparently.
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/10 "2011-06-02T00:48:17Z")
Well, I used to be pretty cute but the last year has not been kind to me.
I rated myself a 5. I think I used to be a solid 7, an 8 on good days.
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### Author:  [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/11 "2011-06-02T01:11:36Z")
1.
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### Author:  [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/12 "2011-06-02T01:26:28Z")
7 where I live. 6 in LA/NYC/other major cities.
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/13 "2011-06-02T01:28:45Z")
1.
Had to subtract a bit for the cruel mouth and the Heidelberg dueling scars.
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/14 "2011-06-02T01:35:24Z")
Somewhere between 2 and 3. I have a huge nose, droopy eyes and I’m fat. And old.
But I still think I can make myself not too hideous if I put forth effort. I would definitely never be considered “pretty”.
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/15 "2011-06-02T01:38:14Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#):
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> Average. See for yourself at the Portrait Gallery.
Nobody asked me, but I’d rate you higher.
> [@Sunspace](#):
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> I’m a 4. Check the gallery.
You, too.
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### Author:  [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/16 "2011-06-02T01:42:38Z")
But I’m beautiful inside. Ok, not inside either. Dang.
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### Author:  [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/17 "2011-06-02T01:43:32Z")
At the age of 25, I was an 8.
Subtract .1 for each year that passes so I’d be a 5.8 now.
Very interesting. The curve is looking quite bell-shaped with 5 being the average.
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### Author:  [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/18 "2011-06-02T01:55:48Z")
Somewhere between 2 & 3; gave myself a 3 but probably closer to a 2. I ain’t pretty.
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### Author:  [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/19 "2011-06-02T01:57:14Z")
Am I the only one who checked the gallery? Not to verify each poster’s opinion of him/herself, but to verify that each has underestimated their personal attractiveness? Which each of you who have posted pics have, BTW?
Besides, a self-portrait is never sufficient. Excluding professional models, many people might appear average on a posed pic, but add attitude, emotions, and expressions and the appeal of said person climbs exponentially.
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### Author:  [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-looks-on-a-scale-of-1-to-10/584017/20 "2011-06-02T02:08:37Z")
On an average day, I’m a 5. When I take great pains to tart myself up, I soar to a 6. When I see a picture someone’s taken of me, I plummet to a 2. Why does the mirror LIE to me??? (on the other hand, I don’t look my age. Yet.)
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