Are the Vuduri beautiful?

Other than their white jumpsuits and the fact that they are fairly short, I don't spend much time telling you about what the Vuduri look like. Are they beautiful? Are they ugly?

We get a small hint in the beginning of the original long-form version of Rome's Revolution when Rei spots Rome for the first time. He thinks to himself that her face was familiar and exotic at the same time. We know Rei falls in love with her almost immediately so of course he thinks she's beautiful. And quite frankly, as an author, I really don't want to write a novel about a man falling in love with a woman who is repulsive. So we can assume Rome actually is beautiful.

But digging deeper, we can glean the fact that people from our age would truly find all of the Vuduri beautiful. Here is the interaction between Rome and Rei in the airlock just after Rei's first training mission:

     Rome wriggled out of her pressure suit and was pulling on her jumpsuit when she turned to look at Rei who was sitting there, half stripped down. He was staring at her, his head tilted slightly to the side.
     “What?” she asked.
     “Did you know that you are absolutely gorgeous?” he opined.
     Rome smiled. “You are just saying that because you are in love with me. I am actually quite ordinary.”
     “You are wrong and I can prove it,” Rei said.
     “How?”
     “Have you ever heard the expression ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’?” Rei asked.
     “No,” said Rome.
     “Do you understand it though?”
     “Of course,” replied Rome. “It means that beauty is subjective and measured according to the perception and parameters of the observer.”
     “Exactly,” Rei said. “So, that means you don’t get to be the judge. I do. If I say you’re beautiful, then you are beautiful. Case closed!”

Rome is right. Of course Rei would find her beautiful. I always describe her as beautiful. But she claims she is quite ordinary. If this is true, that means that half the Vuduri race is even more beautiful than her.

We also know that the Overmind breeds Vuduri to accentuate certain traits. One of them is physical prowess. However, the Overmind on Helome also breeds for beauty. In The Ark Lords, Rei observes that everything about that world and its people are beautiful. Virga does not deny it which means the Overmind does not keep this a secret.

Putting all these facts together, we can conclude that while they seem to not care, the reality is the Vuduri, in general, are a race we would consider quite beautiful in appearance.