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What Halle said is a very common ploy among beautiful women to get compliments. She says she's ugly, and suddenly she gets lots of attention and adoration, proclaiming her beauty.
I was once a student in a modeling school, not because I was beautiful, but because my father insisted I go, and since he had the money, I was accepted, beautiful or not. I remember the absolutely stunning creatures I met there, who would constantly be fishing for compliments. "Oh dear!" they would exclaim, "how fat I am!" as I strained my eyes to see the non-existant fat. "My nose is too long!" another would pout, as I stared at a nose which was a perfect little inverted arch. "Eek! My legs are soooo fat!" another would exclaim to our walking teacher (yes, you read that right)as I stood dazed by the incongruity of what I heard from her, and what I saw, the student's long legs gracefully stepping like a cats, no imperfection in sight.

I finally left the school, explaining to my heartbroken father that his daughter was not 5'9" and not destined to be a world famous haute couture runway model. But all was not lost, because for my father's money I had discovered that beautiful women like to be constantly reassured of that fact. And that women without any visible fat on their bodies will stand in front of a mirror wailing that they are soon to be placed in the circus freak show as the fat lady, if they gain another ounce. I also learned how to walk down a runway gracefully and without falling, although I've yet to discover a use for that handy skill.

I also learned some other things about beautiful women, but since none are as complimentary as those above, I'll quit reminiscing.

I guess it all comes down to what people want in life. I'm only average-looking. but my biggest asset was brains (graduated tops in high school, full scholarship to college, yada-yada-yada). Which master does a person serve? If it's just looks and nothing else, IMHO that's a losing proposition, since looks fade, and those with good looks still have to be able to look themselves in the mirror when the makeup isn't on. If all a person wants out of life is to be physically beautiful, I pity that person--there is so much more that life offers in addition, if one is but willing to serve a different master.