1. A method for generating a distorted face representation for a given facial image, comprising the steps of: selecting at least one facial feature point from the given facial image, the selected facial feature point having location information associated therewith; generating at least one representation of a region proximate to the selected facial feature point; distorting at least one of: (i) the location information associated with the selected facial feature point; and (ii) the representation of the region proximate to the selected facial feature point; and forming a distorted face representation comprising at least one of: (i) the distorted location information associated with the selected facial feature point; and (ii) the distorted representation of the region proximate to the selected facial feature point.