HOW COME UGLY IS UGLY?

Even in Spanish. Feo or Fea just plain sound bad. It's just the opposite with pretty and bonita. It's connotation, but how does it transcend languages?

How does ugly work anyway? Sophia Loren had really no pretty facial feature. Yet she was stunning looking. Others, exhibiting just one of her features on an ordinary face would turn to ugly with that display. To clarify, I mean if some Plain Jane took on Sophia's large mouth, she would no longer be plain but ugly.

Teeth are the same way. Well, kinda. If you take someone else's teeth and transposed a picture of them in your mouth, no matter how perfect they might be, you would more than likely be ugly. They just wouldn't fit your face.

So if you follow or accept my premise, then we continue with our Mr. Potato Head game of re-positioning facial features until we can define what is pretty and what is ugly.

Take moles, for instance. Cindy Crawford's and Robert Redford's. Cindy's for its wart-like appearance and location on her face. Redford's for his raised almost witch like facial moles On most anyone else, they would look terrible and warrant removal. Those two have done very well wearing them on their countenance.

So there you have it. At least part of it. Except for the following 2 statements: "She's pretty ugly." And "He's so ugly he's cute." There's just no explaining those two.