It all makes sense now. Courtney Love wants to make herself ugly, not because she's cracked out but because she's advertising the advantages of being #2. Take that any way you like.
She wants the world to know that she's relevant, hot, I'm broke again, somebody please buy my latest collection of blithering ravings new album and madly talented.
She claims that she's better because she dresses like a thrift store hooker is homely.
"I'm better because I was never pretty. Pretty girls just lie there. Us girls who grew up a little more homely have to try a lot harder. That's why pretty girls never threaten me - it's like, yeah, you want to take me on? Take me on. Go for it."
We see the logic, but really Court, you're allowed to make yourself look like a person who didn't just crawl out of the sewer.
By the time my kids were 2 or 3, they all knew what "number 2" really meant. It still applies.