Not only did Sarah resist, she did not even experience an iota of desire for the surrounding culture. You also inquired about the name Hashem. Thank you for your email inquiry re. Old Testament vs Torah. This is a very sore topic, as you know.
Beauty does, of course, count.
It's good for the Jews for a woman to be beautiful. If she's not, it's not good for the Jews. This is realty. From the focus of our article, I had hoped it would be clear that, while our emphasis is on spiritual beauty, we Jews live in the physical world and as such appearance counts, too. I now see that perhaps the article was not explicit, and I appreciate your having brought this to my attention via your comments.