- Mirror, Mirror on the wall ... is Keung To the (third) fairest of them all? When you think of the world's most handsome faces, several famous names come to mind
- Yet an annual list names the Hong Kong singer, of boy band Mirror, the third best looking, behind Timothee Chalamet but ahead of Chris Hemsworth and BTS
This could well be the most controversial poll of 2023.
Keung To, one of the 12 singers from the Hong Kong Cantopop boy group Mirror, has been voted the third most handsome face in the world. Yup, the WORLD.
The 24-year-old trails just behind Henry Cavill (Superman, The Witcher) and Timothee Chalamet (Dune, Wonka) but ahead of all the Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese male singers, including the seven BTS members, as well as actors like Chris Hemsworth and Pedro Pascal, on The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2023.
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Posted on YouTube, the list has been published annually by English writer TC Candler and The Independent Critics since 1990, and 2,656 had voted in this year's exercise via monetisation platform Patreon.
Many were quick to congratulate Keung To in the YouTube comments section, saying they were proud of him - bar one who thought the poll was rigged. Whether a Mirror fan or not, it is great to see so many Asian faces have made it to both The 100 Most Handsome Faces and The 100 Most Beautiful Faces lists.
V (BTS), Bang Chan (Stray Kids), Chinese actor Zhang Zhehan, Jisoo (Blackpink) and Thai singer Sitala all made it to the top 10 on the two lists.
Here are the top five in both rankings.
Most Handsome Faces
5. Lucien Laviscount (actor)
4. Ni-ki (singer/member of K-pop boy band Enhypen)
3. Keung To (singer/actor)
2. Henry Cavill (actor)
1. Timothee Chalamet (actor)
Most Beautiful Faces
5. Jasmine Tookes (model)
4. Gal Gadot (Actress)
3. Minatozaki Sana (singer, member of K-pop girl group Twice)
2. Dasha Taran (influencer)
1. Nancy Jewel McDonie (singer/former member of K-pop girl group Momoland)
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