New Delhi: There are competitions, contests and polls for just about everything under the sun. Even bald men are compared with one another.
Reboot, a search marketing agency, recently released the rankings for the Sexiest Bald Man for 2024.
Prince William is the ‘winner’. In fact, he retained the title for the second consecutive year.
“Bald men have stolen the hearts of millions of people around the world, from Stanley Tucci to Zinedine Zidane to John Travolta. So, for the third consecutive year, we’ve conducted scientific research and crunched the numbers to officially crown the Sexiest Bald Man for 2024,” Reboot’s study said.
The 42-year-old Prince of Wales scored 9.86/10, according to the study.
American actor and professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson (52) was second with a score of 8.8/10, and 52-year-old professional basketball player Shaquille O’Neal came third (8.84/10).
The rankings were based on seven factors — height, shine factor, golden ratio of facial proportions, smile analysis, media perception, vocal attractiveness and search interest for ‘shirtless’ and ‘naked.’
“The heir apparent to the British throne was considered a heartthrob in his younger years, but if our study is anything to go by, he still has sex appeal today. With 16,800 annual searches for ‘Prince William’ followed by ‘shirtless’ or ‘naked’ on Google, it’s clear the public agrees,” Reboot’s website said.
“The Prince of Wales’s smooth, shiny scalp earns him 74% for luminance, while his face also scores an equally impressive 72% on the golden ratio. Let’s not forget his vocal charm, scoring 9.91 out of 10 for vocal attractiveness — just shy of the top spot, which is held by none other than Shaquille O’Neal (9.95 out of 10),” Reboot added.
Others in the top 10 are 79-year-old American actor and filmmaker Danny DeVito at sixth, and actor Vin Diesel (10th.