Women place a minimum threshold of attractiveness on potential mates.
Women also lie about the degree of importance of physical attractiveness.
One could begin to bargain that while looks matter, other factors matter too. One's full attractiveness could be seen as a composite score of their attractive features.
Sadly, Looks were the only factor to predict interest in speed dating. Attractiveness and masculinity also predicts a woman's chance of orgasm. Looks are highly heritable as well.
It is commonly assumed looks would only play a role in short-term partnerships, and that personality matters more in a long-term relationship.
This is not the case.