She is a great actress and was chosen for this role because she was dark, because her appearance fit the role. Titles such as "most beautiful" are subjective. She is beautiful because of the various proportions of her features. Had she not been in the film, she would never have been considered. I would say that People chose her for this title because they wanted to make people think. Black people have a term for those who favor lighter skinned people: "color struck". In the movies, the men are usually darker than the women. In photography, if you adjust the brightness and contrast to show a dark person's features, it tends to make White people resemble ghosts.
In the US, being dark and having nappy hair are huge disadvantages for women. The hair nearly everyone modifies in some way.
There are all sorts of you tube comments on this subject in which Black women discuss this.
