Aaaaah....1971. When Casting hired people who took pride in their personal appearance.
As somebody who lived through it, it was a much better time.
Well people still take pride in their appearance, it's just not the 1971 cookie cutter appearance you remember.
That said, casting had no choice but to change the Disney Look substantially as gender norms shifted. Unfortunately, they also took that opportunity to allow visible tattoos and other unrelated things simply because they couldn't find enough qualified people. Disney used to offer a competitive hourly wage that attracted the best local talent. Now they offer the same or below-average, in an area where they've exhausted the local labor pool, which means you simply can't be too picky.