Excellent use of science, chaps. Well done!

Scientific software proves Monica Belluci has the perfect pout

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Biometric tool developed to determine which actress or model has the best lips; the formula analyzes lip proportion, size, fullness, texture, color, and shape; Italian model Monica Belluci wins -- with our candidate, Scarlett Johannson, coming in a respectable second

Here is an example of dual-use technology. One of life's big questions -- who has the best lips, Angelina Jolie or Scarlett Johannson -- has been finally answered with the help of scientific precision. The winner, alas, is Italian actress and fashion model Monica Belluci who scored perfect marks for "lip attractiveness" (we supported Scarlet Johannson all the way)

An American biometrics specialist has developed lip-reading software which uses a scientific formula to rate lips on a 10-point attractiveness scale. The Baileys Lip Attractiveness Software is the brainchild of "lipologist" Dr. Kendra Schmid. The formula analyzes lip proportion, size, fullness, texture, color, and shape.

Although both Jolie and Johansson scored high on the global top lips list, it was Belluci who took away the first spot. Bellucci achieved a 10 for lips that "are full, smooth and ideally proportioned so that the height of her lips is two-thirds the width." Johannson scored second with 9.66, Halle Berry was third with 9.61, Beyonce Knowles scored a 8.65, and Angelina Jolie rounded out the top 5 with 7.89. "This is a world first in biometrics; using formulas to objectively score lips according to the characteristics of size, shape, texture and color," News.com.au quoted Schmid, as saying.

The top five are:

1 Monica Belluci

2 Scarlett Johannson

3 Halle Berry

4 Beyonce Knowles

5 Angelina Jolie

Maybe we should hold a JDBB lip competition to see who has the nicest lips! Who's up for it, hmm? Just post a nicely cropped photo of your kisser!