Female Au Ra face 3 smiling animations look drastically different after 7.0

Date of issue: Since June 28
Time of issue: Since June 28, 2 a.m. PDT
Frequency: Always
World name: Malboro
Retainer name: N/A
NPC name: N/A
Monster name: N/A
Class/Level: Any
Party or solo: Issue present in either
Race: Au Ra female
In-game time: N/A
Area and coordinates: N/A
Housing: N/A
Steps:
1. Create or log in as a character who is a female Au Ra with face 3.
2. Select a facial expression emote where the character is smiling, such as /grin, /simper, or /smirk, or watch a cutscene where the player character smiles.
3. Compare the appearance of the smile to how it looked before 7.0, such as looking at past screenshots or comparing with a character in the Endwalker benchmark.

There seems to be an issue with the new rigging for smiling animations where the shape of the smile is quite drastically different from how it was before the graphics update, and it looks very stiff and unnatural.

Here are screenshots that illustrate the change. The first one is from 6.55, and the second one is from 7.0.

https://i.imgur.com/OdOjIZ9.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/aiBvzqF.png

Platform: Windows

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