"I miss the catch if they throw me the ball, I'm the last kid standing up against the wall"

It is stated on multiple occasions in "Jane Eyre" that Jane is a plain and homely character. If this is true why is she fairly attractive in most of the film adaptations? Consequently, why is Mr. Rochester handsome in most of the film adaptations? Isn't he supposed to be a rough, melancholy figure? I've come to the conclusion that either movie directors pick attractive actors in order to sell tickets, or Jane and Mr. Rochester are not as ugly as they believe they are, (the former option is probably the likely, but just humor me). I think that Jane is really a modestly attractive person. When she is a child she is called ugly, but it was said by people who hated her such as her cousin John Reed and Mr. Brocklehurst and her Aunt Reed. In her adult life she was never called ugly; it was noted that she dressed modestly, almost like a nun. When I picture Jane Eyre, I don't get the image of "the last kid standing up against the wall" (Ting Tings), instead I see a woman who doesn't recognize her own beauty and therefore mistakenly believes she isn't worthy of fine things or little indulgences. Jane was treated abominably as a child, and I believe it messed with her psyche as an adult. Her treatment at Lowood Institute distorted her image of herself, making her think that she was an unattractive person whose only purpose in life was to spread God's Good News, or at least Lowood's version of the Good News, and serve her superiors. I don't think I could survive as a female in Victorian era. I would abhor being inferior to the aristocracy and their skewed religious ideals. I admire Jane for her ability to persevere in a world where money apparently determines your human worth and beauty.