Vote for the one who looks like you!

Helsinki: Finnish voters searching for trustworthy politicians to elect in March polls can now use an Internet website to summon up photographs of candidates who resemble themselves.

The Intopii computer firm says its website was inspired by studies suggesting people are more likely to trust those with similar features to their own; but it is being offered largely for fun and to demonstrate its software.

Voters can feed their own pictures onto the website http://www.naama.fi furnished with some 800 images of candidates for March parliamentary elections.

The software identifies common characteristics and gives closest matches. Candidates include former Miss Universe Anne Pohtamo, and former Miss Europe Riitta Vaisanen.