英国最近的一项研究显示，人的面部特征对其成功与否也有一定的影响。研究人员表示，人的面部特征不仅能影响一个人的成功之路，对其性格特征也有决定作用。

We're always told that it's what's inside that counts. But a new study reveals that facial features could well be linked to boardroom success.

And if you look anything like the top ten men and women in the rich list, chances are you too are going to get filthy¹（肮脏的，污秽的） rich.

Experts scrutinised（仔细检查） the features of the UK's most successful people and came up with the facial model most likely to get ahead in the world.

The researchers examined the likes of Roman Abramovich, Lakshmi Mittal, the Duke of Westminster, Lady Tina Green and Heineken heir Charlene Carvalho and came up with a composite made up of those of the 10 richest men and women in the UK.

The result, they say, shows what features are most likely to make you a mega-rich tycoon² or entrepreneur.

Men possessing the Roman nose, wide set eyes and flared³ nostrils⁴ could be destined⁵ for wealth and business success, as opposed to a man with a ski-slope or up-turned nose, who is likely to be a poor money manager.

Phillip Green, they say, has the archetypal Roman nose, the Duke of Westminster is said to have flared nostrils（鼻孔） , while Lakshmi Mittal is declared as having wide-set eyes.

Female features that proved common in successful women were long philtrums（人中） (the groove⁶凹槽 that runs from the nose to the upper lip), high foreheads and flared eyebrows⁷.

According to the study, Lady Tina Green, wife of billionaire Sir Philip and a resident of tax haven⁸ Monaco has a long philtrum, while Heineken heir Charlene de Carvalho has a high forehead.

The experts who carried out the research - so-called personologists - belong to a branch of psychologists who explore the correlation⁹ between the shape of a person's face and their behaviour.

Mark Riley, Marketing¹⁰ Director of MyJobGroup.co.uk, responsible for commissioning the study, said: 'Success in business is down to many factors, one of which could well be our facial features.

'Following our analysis, we were surprised to see how prominent certain features were in the faces of the UK’s ten richest men and women.'

But all is not necessarily lost if you don't share the common features of success.

'Whether or not you match up to our ‘Face of Success’ images, one of the most important factors in business success is being in the right job at the right time,' added Mr Riley.

It's not only wealth that personologists claim to be able to predict using facial features.

Different physical characteristics can be attributed to specific personality types, they claim. Personology expert, George Roman, said: "People with thin, soft, looser or porcelain-like skin tend to be more impressionable both emotionally and physically¹¹.

'Those with thin, fine hair are refined emotionally. A thick, full lower lip indicates spontaneous generosity¹² to friends and strangers as well as talkativeness.'