When someone starts a business when they are young, they do so because they believe they have talent that is worth something to the vast majority.
Rarely do they start practical businesses.
So, when you tell the story, it is an attack against her business, because you must be one ugly bitch.
You're friends growing sense of practicality balanced against her perceived delusions regarding your reasons for attending.
You're welcome.
Don't worry about being ugly sweetheart. It ain't everything, and once you shake the delusions that the world is full of gorgeous super models, and we are all in fact nothing more than ugly bitches caked in layers of make-up, it evens out.