Birth of a Beauty

Birth of a Beauty

Promotional poster for Birth of a Beauty
Genre Romance, Comedy
Written by Yoon Young-mi
Directed by Lee Chang-min
Park Sun-ho
Starring Joo Sang-wook
Han Ye-seul
Jung Gyu-woon
Wang Ji-hye
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 21
Production
Executive producer(s) Son Jung-hyun
Producer(s) Lee Sung-hoon
Location(s) Korea
Production company(s) SBS
Distributor SBS
Release
Original network SBS
Original release November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01) – January 11, 2015 (2015-01-11)
Chronology
Preceded by Endless Love
Followed by My Heart Twinkle Twinkle
External links
Website program.sbs.co.kr/builder/programMainList.do?pgm_id=22000004822

Birth of a Beauty (Hangul: 미녀의 탄생; RR: Minyeoui Tansaeng) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Joo Sang-wook, Han Ye-seul, Jung Gyu-woon and Wang Ji-hye.[1][2] It aired on SBS from November 1, 2014 to January 11, 2015 for 21 episodes.

Plot

Overweight, kind-hearted Sa Geum-ran (Ha Jae-sook) married into a well-to-do family, but her husband Lee Kang-joon (Jung Gyu-woon) has spent the past seven years in the United States for his business, and Sa Geum-ran has lived with her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law who treats her badly. Geum-ran learns that Kang-joon has returned home without telling her, not only that but has been having a secret affair with the sophisticated broadcast announcer Gyo Chae-yeon (Wang Ji-hye), and to worsen that as soon as Kang-joon tells her of his affair he asked for a divorce. When Geum-ran sees her in-laws welcoming Chae-yeon with open arms, the distraught Geum-ran threatens her husband. Devastated, she drove with tears, as it started to pour the road had become slippery and was hard to see, she later on was hit by a car and crashed off a cliff. Everyone assumed that Geum-ran was dead and attends her funeral, not knowing that she's still alive watching them, as she stayed and watched not even her husband or his family came. To get revenge against those who've wronged and betrayed her, Geum-ran begs Han Tae-hee (Joo Sang-wook), whom she thought was the plastic surgeon of an extreme-makeover television show Change, to transform her, and he reluctantly agrees because of his own ulterior motives. After weight loss and surgery, Geum-ran emerges from the full-body makeover as a stunningly beautiful woman, and she begins calling herself with a new name Sara (Han Ye-seul), albeit retaining her coarse ajumma personality. With Tae-hee as her life coach, they scheme to ruin Kang-joon and Chae-yeon's upcoming wedding in three weeks. But as Sara interacts with Kang-joon in their staged run-ins, old feelings resurface, and she decides that instead of destroying him, she wants her husband back. What would happen next as they proceed in their plot but soon learned of a scary conspiracy behind Geum-rans true cause of her death would her feelings changed towards her husband and would love stir between her and Tae-hee?

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2014
SBS Drama Awards
 Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special Joo Sang-wook Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special Han Ye-seul Won
Special Award, Actor in a Drama Special Han Sang-jin Nominated
Top 10 Stars Han Ye-seul Won
Joo Sang-wook Won
Netizen Popularity Award Han Ye-seul Nominated
Joo Sang-wook Nominated
Best Couple Award[8] Joo Sang-wook and Han Ye-seul Won
2015
15th Hwajeong Awards[9]
 Best Global Actress Han Ye-seul Won

International broadcast

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Min-ji (30 October 2014). "Birth of a Beauty PD Has Han Ye Seul's Passport So She Can't Run Away Again". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  2. ↑ "Han Ye-seul returns to acting". Korea JoongAng Daily. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  3. ↑ Jeon, Su-mi (26 September 2014). "'Rom-Com King' Joo Sang Wook to Return as Lead in Birth of a Beauty". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  4. ↑ Ha, Su-jung (29 September 2014). "Han Ye Seul Returns to Dramaland After 3 Years with Birth of a Beauty". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  5. ↑ Lee, Sung-eun (1 October 2014). "Han Ye-seul makes comeback". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  6. ↑ Lee, Ji-young (29 October 2014). "Han Ye Seul Rolls, Slips and Falls in BTS Photos for Birth of a Beauty". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  7. ↑ Lee, Min-ji (30 October 2014). "Han Ye Seul Had a Tough Time Returning After Three Years". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  8. ↑ Kim, Min-jin (1 January 2015). "Four couples win best couple prize in SBS Drama Awards". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  9. ↑ Sung, So-young (20 January 2015). "Kim, Han take awards at Hwajeong". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
  10. ↑ Anggraeni, Rina (19 April 2015). "Pinocchio dan Birth of Beauty Bakal Hadir di Layar RCTI". SindoNews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2016-02-04.
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