The Face of Miss America, 1921-2014

See the digitally "averaged" face of Miss America evolve from 1921 through 2014 as a time-lapse animation. More details on how this was done, and more examples of the same technique, may be found on my blog at griffonagedotco...

[@filthylucreonyoutube]

I think it was an interesting and probably reassuring anthropological choice to align all of the faces using the eye line. That was cool.

[@socratesbandeira]

Hmmm... Got curious about how it would be with brazilian misses...

[@2.7petabytes]

Pretty much looks like all the same woman to me. Hmmmmm 😬

[@username4441]

you can see the "diversity" kick in later on.

[@jacquesaubin4454]

Let's hear it for symmetry!

[@AdlinLing]

Beauty pageants are just a way to see who won the most in the genetic lottery.

[@plunderpunk2]

I thought it was how the wealthy picked their spouses.

[@josinelafontaine4939]

any of them could still have inherited the alleles for many diseases