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KMID : 0061119810090000170
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Bulletin of the Clinical Research Institute
1981 Volume.9 No. 0 p.170 ~ p.170
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Anthropometrical Studies on the Korean Beauty Contestants
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Wee, Sung-Shin
Ham, Kee-Sun/Jho, Yong-Jin
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Abstract
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Anthropometry makes it possible to analyze body proportions and identify body build and growth` patterns. The plastic surgeons who mostly deal with the trauma and deformity of face, need to have a good knowledge of the accurate anatomical and biometrically acceptable proportion of face. So, the data earned by measuring the face and physique of so called Korean beauties who have participated in the beauty contest of Korea, are important to the plastic surgeons.
The author have measured and studied the physique of the 125 beauty contestants selected from all the ´districts from 1979 to 1981, and presented the mean, standard deviation by the tables (Here the measurements were per-formed by Martin´s method).
Followings are the conclusions drawn by the data Table 1, 2, 3 and 4.
1. The physiognomic facial height is divided in equal thirds by horizontal lines through glabella and subnasale.
2. The physiognomic facial height is one ninth of stature, four ninth
of upper limb length, five ninth of anterior superior iliac spine height.
3. The forehead breadth is almost same as bizygomatic breadth.
4. Orbital cleft length, inner canthal breadth, nasal breadth are one
fourth of bizygomatic breadth.
5. Nasal height is onefourth of physiognomic facial height and the nose is leptorrhine type.
6. The physiognomic ear length is. one third of physiognomic facial height and is twice of physiognomic ear breadth.
7. The philtrum is one third of bichelion breadth, and upper lip height is four fifth of lower lip height.
8. The upper limb length is four ninth of stature and anterior superior iliac spine height is five ninth of stature. The biacromial breadth is one fifth of stature.
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