Height is not everything, but without height you are nothing.
The face>height crowd here is just projecting. They believe that because for them as men a pretty face is so important in a woman, it's important for women as well. Same with status: they are projecting because for them as men it doesn't matter if prime Megan Fox is working at McDonald's or at Hollywood. But for women, status matters A LOT. And prettiness / beauty isn't as important for them as masculinity and dominance. And height is absolutely essential for masculinity and dominance.
Edit: STATUS is also the main reason why race matters so much. It's not that there aren't Indians with "good" skeletal bones or whatever, they don't lack in facial bone structure, they lack in STATUS.