For men and women, looking good can mean extra cash in your bank account. ... who rates himself a solid 3 on the 1-to-5 looks scale that he most often uses in his research. ...

Participants judged the photos on an arbitrary scale of 1 to 100 for both weight and attractiveness. The models had a range of body shapes and body mass indexes (BMI) that ranged from 18.5 to 30.6.