My take on marriage is both personal as it is general.

I personally think of the woman I'll marry to be my spec of both beauty (physical appearance)and characteristic advantage which is what every other man under the sun aspire as far as marrying a wife is concerned.

Unfortunately the truth of the matter is that reality has proven and will continue to prove that it always end up to be beyond what the eyes can see.

However ours is a society where the most beautiful girl child is always taken for marriage before her contemporaries irrespective of if she's best behaved or not.

The above mentioned factor is not changing any time soon...

For me though, physical beauty should never be underemphasized knowing that the first attraction to a woman for me is her looks but that doesn't mean I still go ahead if nothing convinces me about the both balances.

You want to marry a woman you will be proud to go to event with, introduce to friends as your wife without thinking of the shame of her body or facial looks...

At the same time you don't want to marry a beauty that will turn to be a beast because of her character bankruptcy

Infact, besides all the factored sentiments, beauty they say is in the eyes of the beholder.

My cup of tea could be your chalice of poison.
Marry who completes you inside-out.