Research: Women with size five feet are most attractive to men

The formula for a perfect woman's foot is a size five, wearing three inch heels and red toe nail varnish, according to the study. A study discovered men find size five feet, such as those belonging to Loren, Victoria Beckham, Kim Kardashian and Sophia Loren, are the most alluring.

Research by foot plaster company Compeed revealed nearly half of men will look at a woman's feet on a first date and a third will make a character judgement based on the state of them.

The poll of 2,000 adults found four out of ten women go to extreme lengths to cover their unkempt feet in the summer by hiding them in boots or shoes. Six out of ten women admit to trying to hide their feet from other people because they are self-conscious.

One in five recalls feelings of embarrassment following a comment about their feet being unattractive.The top foot related worry for women is cracked heels and dry skin, with 38 per cent, chipped nail varnish, 29 per cent, and blisters and corns, 14 percent.

However, more than half of the UK top earning women, who make more than 71,000 pounds a year, spend nothing on caring for their feet.

Andrew Simmons, 30, an officer worker from London, said: "There's nothing worse than meeting a woman only to look down and see cracked skin or blisters.

"I prefer smaller feet and if a woman takes care of them then you can tell she looks after herself.

"I can tell when my girlfriend hasn't trimmed her nails because she wears shoes in the summer to make sure they're covered up."

Compeed spokesman Niamh Finan said: "While men and women are becoming more judgemental of others based on the state of their feet, we are a nation that still fails to care for our own.

"The common perception that caring and grooming of feet is an indulgence of the rich is also a fallacy, with over half of the UK's top earning women spending nothing on caring for their feet."

Beverley Ashdown, member of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, said "As a podiatrist, I come across some very neglected feet which suffer from blisters, corns and severely cracked heels.

"Moreover, at the first sign of summer, I begin to notice these painful conditions revealed in strappy sandals on people that have no idea that their feet are in desperate need of attention."


/The Telegraph/