I must admit I had never heard of trout pouts, but thanks to the Daily Mail I know better now. Or worse, Trout pout alert: French actress Emmanuelle Beart’s over-the-top lip

Left: Beart getting lippy. Right: the 2001 full pout, no trout version

“While the actress has always been blessed with full pouting lips, it seemed as though the area around her mouth was more prominent than usual. Beart is the latest high-profile woman to succomb [!] to the trout pout.”

For your convenience I did some research. Here’s what popular US plastic surgeon Dr Tony Youn says:

“The main sign of an overdone lip is an alteration of the natural lip proportions. The lower lip should be 1.5 times the size of the upper lip. Unfortunately, many celebrities [...] have over-plumped their upper lips to make them larger than the lower lips. This ‘trout pout’ look works best in ducks. [?] As long as celebs keep the proportions of their upper lip to their lower lip to 1:1.5, they will likely look pretty natural.”

Finally, to make the comparison a bit easier, here’s the original trout pout: