Il faut souffrir pour etre belle is the French equivalent to "you must suffer to be beautiful."
Is it true that you must suffer for the sake of beauty? Well, high heels shoes definitely do hurt so maybe so. I call it the price of fashion. The fitness gurus do say "no pain, no gain" and there is probably some truth to the saying.
On the other hand, if true beauty comes from what is inside you, then perhaps we would all be better off wearing some comfortable flats and working on developing inner peace. Self-confidence is the basis of real beauty and is the number #1 most attractive personal attribute. Being self confident and happy means you are giving off pheromones like nobodies business, and the opposite sex (or whatever you're into) is going to be all over that stuff.
Bunions aren't sexy anyway. I'll stick with my flats unless its a special occasion.