I believe it is completely true. I am not going to claim that I am extremely attractive but now I believe I'm fairly pleasing on the eye but I never used to. I actually took to seeing a therapist because of my looks. You see I have always been picked on because of my looks, women hated me everywhere I went, I would get shouted at in the street, things like “barbie doll”, “slag” etc even though I never dressed inappropriately. So do you know what this caused? It caused me to think I was horrible and ugly so I used to make even more of an effort to please people, like spend a fortune getting my hair done, new outfits, new makeup but nothing stopped it. I decided to see a psychologist. Anyway, after few years of therapy, I realize the opposite is true now, I still get abuse sometimes or mucky looks, but now it makes me feel brilliant when this happens it's empowering, and when I see a gorgeous looking woman? I go straight up to her and compliment her on something. And about the original question? Any boyfriend or long-term relationship I've ever had is because I initiated it and I always get told the same thing, “I never thought someone like you would ever be interested in me!!”. Men rarely approach me, which again doesn't do your self-esteem any good. Don't always presume that a beautiful woman has it all and is complimented all day long because usually, the opposite is true. Don't think that all beautiful women are interested in is, good looks, money, nice cars, etc because it's just not true, surely you've all seen stunning women with average-looking men and think “why is she with him?”. Probably because that guy realized the real truth about these women and treats them like a human rather than something to be put on a pedestal, and too good to touch, they took a chance and won.