Want to become instantly more photogenic? Try ‘squinching’

If you're always the one who insists on untagging group photos on Facebook, or has to take 6 million selfies before finding one in which your 'sexy pout' face doesn't look totally bizarre, then we may have found the solution.

Tyra Banks has already educated us all about the 'smize', in which you 'smile with your EYES, ladies', but there's a new type of pose doing the rounds… the squinch.

A variation on the squint (don't try that in photos), the squinch is the ultimate cure for that rabbit-caught-in-headlights stare that so many of us revert to in photographs. how to do it? Simply "lift and tighten your lower eyelids, and let the top ones come down just a fraction," according to photographer Peter Hurley.

Karlie Kloss is a squinching pro.. check out her before-and-after:

Cara Delevingne has it figured out too:

According to Peter, squinching is the perfect way to exude confidence on camera, without looking like you're trying to hard. He describes squinching as  the "action of squinting your eyes in such a way as to portray confidence and self-assurance as opposed to the fear and uncertainty that you project when you stare wide-eyed at the camera."

So next time you're getting ready for you're close up, squinch those eyes and prepare to take your best selfie yet. Tyra would be proud.