GENERAL INFORMATION
KOREAN DRAMA
Original Title: 그녀는 예뻤다 | Geunyeoneun Yeppeossda
Also known as: She Was Beautiful, Puzzled Lovers
Broadcast network: MBC
Episodes: 16
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Synopsis
Kim Hye Jin was the prettiest, most popular girl in her school, with a comfortable life and a wealthy publishing family behind her. Then the business collapsed, and an inherited condition took her looks with it. Now she lives rent-free with a friend and works shifts at a convenience store.
Ji Sung Joon was the unattractive, painfully shy boy who fell for her and confessed before circumstances took him abroad. Fifteen years on he returns to Seoul — handsome, successful, and transferred from New York to run the editorial desk at the fashion magazine The Most.
When he asks to meet his childhood first love, Hye Jin is too ashamed of her appearance to go, and sends her beautiful friend Min Ha Ri in her place. Then she lands a full-time job, and finds Sung Joon is her new boss — treating her with open contempt. Alongside them is Kim Shin Hyuk, the free-spirited senior editor who takes her side.
How long can she keep her real identity secret, and can looks really change how someone feels?
THE CAST
CHARACTERS SUMMARY
MAIN CHARACTERS
An intern in the administration section who becomes a junior editor. Once beautiful, wealthy and clever, she lost it all; ashamed of her failures, she sent her best friend Ha Ri to meet her first love in her place — and then found him standing over her as her boss.
The youngest deputy chief editor in Korea: stubborn, arrogant and brilliant at his work. Unattractive and shy as a boy, he grew up handsome and successful, and contacted his first love the moment he returned to Korea.
A hotelier, and Hye Jin's best friend and flatmate. Beautiful and stylish, she keeps up the pretence of being Hye Jin and falls for Sung Joon herself.
A senior feature editor and Hye Jin's direct supervisor: free-spirited, fair and straightforward, with an identity he keeps to himself — he is later revealed to be the writer Ten.
Others
Special appearances
EXTENDED CHARACTERS
Jin Sung Group magazine administration office
The team leader.
One of the staff.
An intern.
The Most magazine staff
The editor-in-chief.
The feature director.
The fashion director.
Assistant on the fashion team.
The beauty editor.
Assistant on the beauty team.
Assistant on the editorial team.
Assistant on the editorial team.
Assistant on the editorial team.
Hye Jin's family
Hye Jin's father.
Hye Jin's mother.
Hye Jin's sister.
Ha Ri's family
Ha Ri's father.
Ha Ri's mother.
Others
SYNOPSIS BY EPISODE
EPISODES 01-08
1 When Hye Jin's first love reappears many years later, she's afraid to face him. Little does she know, the web of lies she constructs will come back to get her later.
2 Hye Jin does everything in her power to prevent Sung Joon from recognising her. The only problem? They work together.
3 When Ha Ri runs into Sung Joon, the web of lies surrounding Hye Jin begins to unravel. Meanwhile, Hye Jin learns fashion the hard way.
4 Everything goes wrong when Hye Jin has to drive Sung Joon to secure an important collaboration deal for the magazine.
5 When Hye Jin nearly loses the missing piece to Sung Joon's puzzle, will he finally catch on to her secret? Meanwhile, Ha Ri starts to develop feelings for Sung Joon.
6 Ha Ri starts to develop real feelings for Sung Joon — but their relationship is based on a huge lie.
7 Hye Jin and Sung Joon end up on a business trip together, alone. Will she finally share her secret with him?
8 Hye Jin makes a mistake at work that the chief considers unforgivable.
EPISODES 09-16
9 After Hye Jin transforms her look, people start to see her differently and take her more seriously.
10 When Hye Jin discovers Ha Ri's secret, it's time for everyone to know the truth. However, they aren't the only two that have something to reveal.
11 Now that Sung Joon knows about Hye Jin's web of lies, will he be able to forgive her?
12 Shin Hyuk returns to The Most magazine, and Hye Jin begins to let down her guard with Sung Joon.
13 The pressure is on for The Most Korea — will they be able to turn around magazine sales before the unit is shut down?
14 When the main feature interview falls through, the editorial team is left scrambling. And a major character's true identity is revealed — and it's not what you think.
15 With the anniversary edition of The Most finally out on the stands, the magazine's future will soon be known.
16 Hye Jin and Sung Joon start their year apart — her in Korea pursuing her dream of writing fairy tales, him back in New York. But the distance is more difficult than they would ever have imagined.
VARIETIES
CORRELATION CHART
Audience
| Date | Episode | National AGB Nielsen (%) | Seoul AGB Nielsen (%) | National TNmS (%) | Seoul TNmS (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2015 | 01 | 4.8% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 5.8% |
| September 17, 2015 | 02 | 7.2% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 8.1% |
| September 23, 2015 | 03 | 8.5% | 9.4% | 8.0% | 9.1% |
| September 24, 2015 | 04 | 9.9% | 9.9% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| September 30, 2015 | 05 | 10.7% | 11.9% | 9.0% | 10.8% |
| October 1, 2015 | 06 | 10.2% | 11.3% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| October 7, 2015 | 07 | 13.1% | 14.2% | 11.8% | 13.7% |
| October 8, 2015 | 08 | 14.5% | 16.3% | 13.2% | 15.4% |
| October 15, 2015 | 09 | 16.7% | 17.9% | 16.2% | 19.1% |
| October 21, 2015 | 10 | 17.3% | 19.7% | 15.3% | 17.4% |
| October 22, 2015 | 11 | 17.7% | 19.2% | 17.2% | 19.7% |
| October 28, 2015 | 12 | 16.5% | 17.9% | 15.5% | 17.8% |
| October 29, 2015 | 13 | 18.0% | 19.8% | 15.0% | 17.4% |
| November 4, 2015 | 14 | 15.9% | 17.8% | 15.3% | 17.4% |
| November 5, 2015 | 15 | 16.9% | 18.7% | 15.0% | 17.8% |
| November 11, 2015 | 16 | 15.9% | 17.7% | 15.0% | 17.7% |
| Average | 13.4% | 14.7% | 12.2% | 14.2% |
MORE DETAILS
| Broadcast period: | September 16, 2015 - November 11, 2015 | |
| Air time: | Wednesday & Thursday 22:00 | |
| Drama OST: | She Was Pretty OST | |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes | |
| Viewership ratings: | 4.8% - 18.0% (AGB Nielsen, nationwide) |
PRODUCTION CREDITS
| Screenwriter: | Jo Sung Hee | |
| Director: | Jung Dae Yoon |
RECOGNITIONS
| Year | Award | Recognition |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4th APAN Star Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries — Park Seo Joon (nominated) |
| 2015 | 4th APAN Star Awards | Best Supporting Actress — Hwang Suk Jung (nominated) |
| 2015 | Grimae Awards | Excellence in a Drama Award — Lee Jin Seok and Roh Hyeong Sik |
| 2015 | Grimae Awards | Best Lighting Director Award — Kim Yong Sam |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) — Hwang Jung Eum (nominated) |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Drama of the Year — She Was Pretty (nominated) |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | PD Choice Award — Hwang Jung Eum |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries — Hwang Jung Eum |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries — Park Seo Joon |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries — Choi Si Won (nominated) |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries — Go Joon Hee (nominated) |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Top 10 Stars — Hwang Jung Eum |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Top 10 Stars — Park Seo Joon |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries — Ahn Se Ha (nominated) |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries — Hwang Suk Jung |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries — Shin Dong Mi (nominated) |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actor in a Miniseries — Park Yoo Hwan (nominated) |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actress in a Miniseries — Shin Hye Sun (nominated) |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Best Young Actor — Yang Han Yeol |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Popularity Award, Actor — Park Seo Joon |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Popularity Award, Actress — Hwang Jung Eum |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Writer of the Year — Jo Sung Hee |
| 2015 | 2015 MBC Drama Awards | Netizen Award — Hwang Jung Eum and Park Seo Joon |
| 2016 | 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Drama — She Was Pretty (nominated) |
| 2016 | 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Director — Jung Dae Yoon (nominated) |
| 2016 | 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress — Hwang Jung Eum (nominated) |
| 2016 | 43rd Korea Broadcasting Awards | Best Drama — She Was Pretty |
| 2016 | 43rd Korea Broadcasting Awards | Best Actress — Hwang Jung Eum |
NOTES & VARIETIES
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