Appearance and Attractiveness first?

Today I was watching a repeated episode on Tyra, when suddenly I realized how important attractiveness is to our society, most importantly women. Young girls starting from the age of 9 said that they could not stand in front of the mirror without thinking they are ugly. To me that is very heartbreaking. You should always love yourself no matter what. Beauty that counts comes from the heart. And as years go by, this situation gets worse. With a lot of reasoning you can say that the media is to blame. Sadly, we fall for all this nonsense. Also there were dark-skinned women that believed that society prefers to portray images of light-skinned women. Now my question to you is, do you think or believe this is true? Also, for all you young ladies out there, would you prefer to be beautiful or intelligent, why or why not? In my opinion, I think I would prefer to be intelligent. Being smart and knowing how to use your brains takes you on a long journey full of success, but it all depends on you. Everyone in this world is appealing in his or her own way. Some of us possess interesting talents we have not yet discovered. I thank God for having created me the way I am and no one or anything will every make me feel worthless. Just let me know your thoughts on the two questions I have for you.