Actually, what you are suggesting is technically a legal issue, because to discriminate based on someone's looks or attractiveness / unattractiveness is, at least, highly questionable in the United States. Personally, I would abandon the project because, she would be absolutely right to file a suit, and if she wanted to, she would find some way to get a copy of your post to her lawyer.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.