Your question implies that you believe in some sort of a dichotomy "looks - personality".

There is more to being attractive than looks-personality.

There are also good manners.

Good manners make attractive people much more attractive. Good manners endear you to others.

As of 4/15 7PM PST, the following post has no THANKS from you

even though you HAVE posted several times since, beginning on 4/14 at 11:51 PM.

So based on the picture that you have since removed, you are a young woman. You are no longer 3 years old. Therefore, you should by now have learned that when a guy pays you a compliment, you should acknowledge it gracefully.

Are you new to the site and just happen to be unaware of the THANKS button?

No, based on your stats:

Member Since: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,792

you are aware of the THANKS button. Moreover, you have used it on this thread (thanks for doing that).

So on the surface, you simply lack good manners, and that clearly would present difficulties for you, even though you are objectively pretty and even though you might have a great personality (with a caveat, see below).

Where do manners come from?

They come from two sources (or a mixture of them): personality and learning.

The personality source of good manners: usually, people like to thank others for being nice. It is part of their personalities. It does not require effort to be nice in response. It feels good to be nice in response. It feels good to be appreciative.

The learning source of good manners: this part is obvious. But, it is where you can change for the better - you can learn good manners.

That said, below the surface, to give you the benefit of the doubt, might lie some abuse-related and deep-seated inability to take a compliment gracefully. I have read about such cases here - when women cannot accept a compliment (not necessarily on looks, but could be on a job well done)... disbelieve the genuineness of the person who paid the compliment... etc. They cannot accept compliments NOT because they are rude, but because of some deep issues. If that is the case, therapy is recommended.

Which case is yours - the one on the surface or the one below the surface? You probably know better.

So with that, I am sorry for taking this turn away from its intended purpose, but I think that I am justified in making the observation I make, because it seems to me that the OP's purpose was practical rather than theoretical. Or, at least, it was to some degree practical. The practical part seems to be: "I believe that I am ugly, but have a great personality, and wonder if the personality will salvage my situation in the (perceived) absence of good looks."

So if indeed that was one the practical purposes of the OP, then I can tell you with confidence that you can ALWAYS improve the attractiveness by having good manners (this applies equally to both genders), and to the extent that they could be learned, that is where your efforts would be needed. Or, in the case of abuse-related inability to accept a compliment, then the joint efforts of T and you would be needed.