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So recently  I discovered that my husbands "type" that he always preferred and looked for is not me at all. 
Apparently he likes very dark skin and dark eyes, basically everyone he thinks is pretty is this type, and I'm NOT any of those things. I'm 1/4 west African, 1/8 African American, 1/8 Native American, 1/4 Irish, and 1/4 Czechoslovakian, but I've got light skin, green eyes and freckles, lol. 
At least I have dark curly hair, which he's crazy about, but still I can't help feeling a little insecure about it. 
It's worse because even strangers sometimes come up to me and tell  me how gorgeous and unique my looks are, and it actually stings because really he is the one person I most want to appreciate it, and I feel like he couldn't get what he really wanted so he "settled" for me. I don't want to be a second best for anyone! I know this is silly, and I know he loves me, but I'm trying to figure out how to get my self esteem back up and not let this bother me. Has anyone ever been in a similar situation? How did you deal with it?