Birth of a Beauty
Promotional poster
Genre
Written byYoon Young-mi
Directed byLee Chang-min
Park Sun-ho
StarringJoo Sang-wook
Han Ye-seul
Jung Gyu-woon
Wang Ji-hye
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes21
Production
Executive producerSon Jung-hyun
ProducerLee Sung-hoon
Production companySBS
Original release
NetworkSBS TV
ReleaseNovember 1, 2014 (2014-11-01) –
January 11, 2015 (2015-01-11)

Birth of a Beauty (Korean: 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 TV from November 1, 2014 to January 11, 2015 for 21 episodes.

Adaptation

The storyline of this drama series has been loosely adapted from the original 1983 Australian mini series Return to Eden & also the 1988 Hindi movie from India titled Khoon Bhari Maang which itself is a remake of the Return to Eden mini series.

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), who 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 made by Kang-joon and Chae-yeon for trying to cause Geum-ran's death. Geum-ran survived & her feelings changed towards her ex-husband and how would love stir between her and Tae-hee?

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2014 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

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. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  7. ↑ Lee, Min-ji (30 October 2014). "Han Ye Seul Had a Tough Time Returning After Three Years". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. 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.
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