i was struck by Ayumi's looks back in her audition..

considering her great dancing skills, i didn't understand why more people didn't talk about her.

but once she joined the hairstyles they gave her weren't very flattering.. i don't like the way the bangs just cut off, i like it when they're more spread out covering her temples. STILL, even with her severe hairstyles, i couldn't see why people weren't just commenting on her bad hair (well, me, Starra and one or two others have mentioned it, but that's all) rather than calling her ugly or whatever.
i think later on, once she's graduated from fresh-off-auditions look and gets softer more grown-up hairstyles and more young-adult make-up (as opposed to the middle/high school almost not-present looks most of them sport now), people are going to be realizing how gorgeous she is all over again.