I agree with the others about the on-camera flash creating "harsh" lighting. I think, however, that flat lighting actually suits her because of her smooth skin. But the smallness of the flash gives high specularity (direct reflections of the flash off of her skin) as well as hard shadows. It would also help to have hairlights to separate her from the background. But whats-ya-got is whats-ya-got.
One thing that would be fixable with whats-ya-got is the exposure. The picture is probably a stop or more underexposed. If you used auto exposure, I'm not sure why your camera did this to you (I use only manual). You could fix it in post, but the original underexposure didn't adequately capture the detail of her beautiful eyes. That is the most important part of the picture to me. In your original, the eyes are black pools. A quick levels adjustment brought out some of the detail, but I am sure there would be much more in a correctly exposed photo.
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