Maybe it's a typo. Replace ugly with "dumb as a rock" and she's onto something.
Heck, the woman's not even black. Her mother is white. She either a mulatta or a morena, whatever designation you prefer. If I go on her scale then my kids are black (they're at most, moreno [if anyone asks, I'll just say they're American!]), even though I'm lilly-white.
I would suggest that she has trouble getting ahead in Hollywood because most people perceive her (correctly) to be an idiot.
Anyone with this much "baggage" would be a pain in the tail to work with.