Ears Supposedly large; always hidden behind hairdo Eyes Almond shaped, symmetrical, main facial feature "The eyes with all the passion of the ages " » The International Academy of Hypnosis. "But the eyes were and are what you see first when you see Sophia Loren. Honey-colored and startlingly made-up to resemble winged leaves, they - like the rest of her - were still glowing..." » Alan Levy, Forever Sophia. Cheekbones Prominent and high Eyebrows Perfectly drawn by pencil; hardly any natural eyebrows hair for years Sophia Loren has to shave off her eyebrows and pencil in new ones... Her natural brows curve down too close to her eyes, making them look sad. So she draws on new one, line by line. "It takes time, but the result is fantastic." Italo Fava, hear of Max Factor's Paris salon, The Montreal Gazette, March 28, 1967 Hair Every hairdo style suits her well Lips Irregular (thin lower lip) but voted Most Sensuous Lips by Blistex in 1980 Jaws Left side is rather rounded; right side is straigt. Mole False beauty spot as a form of make-up on upper left cheek between 1959 and and 1960. Mouth Large with thick, almost-swollen lower lip; reduced with light contour makeup. "A remarkable woman as beautiful as a statue. Wonderful eyes of course but the mouth a little wide, don't you think?" » Father Sampers in Sophia by Donald Zec. Nose Somewhat prominent. Sophia was asked by Ponti when she met him for a screen test in 1951 if she would consider doing something to her nose and maybe lose twenty pounds or so off her weight.

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"Artists, photographers and film directors have found her features infuriatingly flawed-short chin, too wide a mouth, the neck and the nose
at some odds with the whole ensemble. But when it is all put together, set sensuously in motion, the said experts hastily review their terms of reference."
Donald Zec, Sophia.

"Sophia has one of the most beautiful heads for hats in the world - an almost intellectual feeling for millinery".
Jean Barthet, interview, June 1963

"For 32 years the world has drooled over the almond-shaped eyes, the voluptous lips and the Mae West hips
of this illegitimate daughter of a Greta Garbo look-alike..."
The Miami Herald, February 16, 1984

"The name Sophia Loren conjures visions of tumbling soft dark hair, patrician beauty, electric brown eyes, and a dazzling smile.
She is at once Earth mother and drawing-room countess.
The Record, September 3, 1986

"Loren is beautiful, with those magnificent eyes and irresistible lips, not to mention an incredible figure and bone structure like crazy.
Deseret News, April 1, 1988

"Those lips." (Signature coral nude.) "Those eyes." (Updated '50's, heavily lined and contoured.) "That hair." (Tinted auburn, long, thick and youtful.)
 "The cheekbones." (So defined you could hang laundry on them.) "Those, hum... that poitrine..."
Cynthia Robins, The Examiner, April 4, 1995