While 'ugly' is somewhat subjective, I think there will be an option for having better looking people in your hub than the leaked image. I can't remember where I read that though. :grin:
In all seriousness, try not to get too caught up with the possibility that things may look different from the current UI. I'm not immune to that either, (I don't want hamburger menus, I don't want buttons at the top of screens) but a grey bar with a slimmer "people" label would be a pretty mild change from what MS could do. Hopefully they make it better than it is now, but until we see it we just have to be patient.