Why do Bourbons look better than the Habsburgs

From my research, the Habsburg-Lorraines look ugly compared to the Bourbons is there any way to correct that trait..the Habsburg-Lorraines look to plain Janes and plain joes the earlier Habsburgs are more uglier.

One of the relatives of the Bourbons did become an actess and that is Brooke Shields.
 
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What the f#$k?!

What I am asking is why did the current Bourbons have better genetics than the surviving Habsburgs..which look too ugly nowadays, is there any way to change that...

Felipe VI, Louis, Duke of Anjou, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg did inherit the fair genes of the Capets and Trastamaras, the surviving Habsburgs and Romanovs do look ugly when I look their photos
 
From my research, the Habsburg-Lorraines look ugly compared to the Bourbons is there any way to correct that trait..the Habsburg-Lorraines look to plain Janes and plain joes the earlier Habsburgs are more uglier.

One of the relatives of the Bourbons did become an actess and that is Brooke Shields.

Bit random.....
 
The "fair genes of the Trastamaras", when the family had as much consanguinity as the Habsbourgs is a bit of a strech ;)

By the way, consanguinity is likely the explanation to your question. :)
 
The Bourbons just married between first cousins, while the Habsburgs married between uncles and nieces.
 
To be fair, there were exceptions- as the Hapsburg Archduchess Maria Antonia was a stunning beauty (via her father's side) whilst her husband the Bourbon Dauphin [future Louis XVI] was considered an awkward galoot.
 
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