We don't know his true looks for sure but we live in a world where good is depicted as beautiful and evil is ugly. Just look at the Disney villains . :P

You knew what Jesus Christ looked like? How do you know? All there is are portraits and drawings from a thousand years after he died. Today, almost everybody uses the famous portrait painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in the 14th century as a starting point for His likeness. That's where the long hair and beard comes from. For all we know, Jesus could have been a short, balding dude.

Wow. Just wow

Blond hair and blue eyes. Just ask Albrecht Duhrer.

I don't know much about religion; my parents were both Athiests.

Jesus probably did have short hair. That beard and long wavy locks, so it's been told, comes from trying to make him appear more God-like (think of Greek Gods)

Actually, given the time period and the fact that he was a jew, it's very possible that Jesus had a beard. However, it's very unlikely that he was fair skinned and blue eyed like he's often depicted. :P

I've never actually seen Jesus depicted with blue eyes. All the statues/art in my schools showed him as tanned, with dark brown hair, brown eyes and a beard. The virgin Mary statues and paintings were always REALLY pale though. I remember asking my primary school teacher if they'd forgotten to colour her picture in.

The reason that many holy people are depicted as attractive is that they are portrayed in the romanticized version in most art. As has been said, Jesus likely had a middle eastern look to him due to the time in which he was born and the area. TL;DR Or, as was said in Avenue Q, "Guys! Guys! Jesus, was Jewish..."

Let's not forget that at the same time as many of those paintings that you're referencing were made, you had the Crusades at the same time. As in...the war between the European Christians and the Middle-Eastern Jews. The Christians claimed to be doing it in Christ's name (at least, their leaders did...hard to say how many foot soldiers actually did it for their faith, or just for money, land, etc.). So the painters painted him as European as possible, because it's hard to convince people to fight Jews in the name of a Jew.

A biblehumper?

Touche.