The Definitive Book of Body Language
thinking: 'I think she's an aggressive, pushy bitch!' The Tight-
Lipped Smile is also seen in magazine pictures of successful
businessmen who are communicating 'I've got the secrets of
success and you've got to try and guess what they are.' In these
interviews, the men have a tendency to talk about principles of
success but rarely do they reveal the exact details of how they
succeeded. Conversely, Richard Branson is always seen sport-
ing a wide toothy smile and is happy to explain the exact
details of his success because he knows that most people won't
do it anyway.
Tony and Cherie Blair were 'tight lipped'
about Cherie's last pregnancy2.The Twisted Smile
This smile shows opposite emotions on each side of the face.
In picture A below, the right brain raises the left side eyebrow,
the left zygomatic muscles and left cheek to produce one type
of smile on the left side of the face while the left brain pulls the
same muscles downwards on the right side to produce an
angry frown. When you place a mirror down the middle of
illustration A, at an angle of 90 degrees to reflect each side of
the face, you produce two completely different faces with
opposite emotions. Mirroring the right side of the face reveals
picture B, which has a cheesy grin, while mirroring the left side
(picture C) reveals an angry frown.