Jimmy Durante was a huge deal in the 1920s. He was kind of like the Seth Rogan of that time, except he smoked a lot less weed. His biggest quality other than his distinct voice was his big nose. He wasn't shy of it either. I think many people would want to hide it or chop it off, but Jimmy Durante knew it would be his ticket to stardom. No one even needed to remember his name. You could have just said, "I love that guy with the big nose." Everyone would know you're talking about Jimmy Durante.
I think people forget that you can make good money off of your physical deformities. Pretty people will always be popular, and there will always be a lot of them on TV, movies, and all that. Because of that the world craves a little weird every once in a while.