Ireland has to be the only place in the world where this 'look' (think of old pictures of Elizabeth Taylor or Joan Collins) predominates all others. Why is this?
The only other place where this seems to be so common is in Liverpool, and they're mostly all of Irish decent up there anyway.
The 'look' I'm describing is:
-Jet-black or very dark brown hair
-The hair is usually naturally full, big and curly
-The facial features are chisled and fine boned
-The eyes are piercing blue, large, clear and stunningly beautiful
-The eyebrows are full or thick
-Skin tones vary from porcelain white to olive. It doesn't seem to be universal, but the other features are.
What's with this unique look? Where does this look originally come from and why isn't it so prevelant in other Northern European countries?