Marquardt's mask does not appear to describe "ideal" face shape even for white women because its proportions are inconsistent with the optimal preferences of most people, especially with regard to femininity.

Conclusions Different From Potter and Corneille's (2008)In many non-European populations, the attractive face is less ethnic-looking and closer to European norms than the average.

Voracek and Fisher (2006) attempted a supposedly more ecologically valid assessment of men's preferences for women's physical attractiveness by analyzing reported anthropometric measurements of top-ranked female porn stars/ nude models. This approach is problematic.Voracek and Fisher assumed that the physical appearance of top-ranked porn stars/nude models reflects what men generally find most attractive in women. However, most women will not pose nude, let alone participate in pornography. Therefore, as a first approximation, highly ranked porn stars/ nude models reflect the best looking among the minority of women who are willing to pose nude or indulge in pornographic acts, not the best looking women per se.Voracek and Fisher noted substantial overrepresentation of women from the post-Soviet transitional countries of Eastern Europe in their sample, but did not address this observation. Is this because Eastern European women look better than other European women or is it that, for a given amount of money, better looking women can be recruited from poorer nations that have women of similar international appeal as richer nations? The latter scenario appears more plausible, and again cautions one that porn stars and nude models are not necessarily the best looking women. Very good looking women will have more opportunities for mainstream success and are expected to preferably avoid nude modeling and porn work.Porn stars willing to engage in more extreme sex acts have a broader repertoire of behaviors and will have more acting opportunities. Porn stars that indulge in more extreme acts with a higher level of enthusiasm will tend to attain greater stardom than those who engage in these acts in a more perfunctory manner, thereby making it appear that they wouldn't be doing it were it not for the money.