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She was actually made up to be pretty ugly for most of the first season, but they hotted her up at the end as the result of some magic shit.
I watched it once four years ago, so don’t remember the details.
Most sorceresses in that universe enhance their beauty/youthfulness with magic. Most sorcerers do not because they're taken more seriously as they age. It's essentially a commentary on what each gender derives power from. Yennefer is like 80 years old by the time the main story begins.
It's far more simple than that. The students are predominantly nobles, and they pretty much completely cut all ties to their previous lives.
So why would you send a hot daughter to become a witch when you can marry her and make political gains? You send the disfigured one so you don't have to waste any more money on her.
The 5th son doesn't need to be disfigured to be essentially useless in the political world.
Not sure where you're getting that from. As far as I know none of the sorceresses' familial backgrounds are explored aside from Yennefer's. Either in the Netflix show, the books, or the games. Additionally, magical ability is exceedingly rare and not confined to the nobility. The chances of the majority of the sorceresses being from noble families is extremely low.