I used to think proximity to beauty made me important. Now I just feel used and left behind

When I was growing up through childhood and my teenage years I had this overwhelming desire to be around the conventionally gorgeous girls in my class.
There was no romantic or sexual desire behind it.
I just wanted to exist near them because they were pretty.
To me, they felt like royalty, and I genuinely believed that if I stood next to them, sat by them, or walked with them, a tiny piece of that halo effect might make me feel important too.
Looking back, it’s painful to see how much I let myself be used just to stay in their orbit.
I carried their bags and jackets, did their homework, and helped them during exams. I wasn't even the smartest student, I just tried endlessly to impress them.
When we went out, I treated them like celebrities, interviewing them about their weekends, their vacations, and the boys who liked them.
I became the invisible middleman. Once, a boy handed me a folded paper asking "Do you want to be my girlfriend? Yes or No."
For one split second, my heart skipped a beat thinking it was actually for me until he told me to give it to one of the pretty girls.
Years have passed now. Those girls went on to build good, successful lives, while I feel like I'm left with nothing. I still feel ugly maybe even worse now as I age and I feel like I’ve accomplished nothing exceptional. It’s hard not to look back and realize that some people are just born lucky, while the rest of us spent our youth carrying their bags just to feel seen.
Did anyone else experience this growing up