This drama depicts the reality of Korea where women are easily evaluated and criticized for their looks. It is not a drama about a less attractive woman finding love after a full makeover. Rather, it’s a cheerful but serious drama where the protagonist reaches rock bottom after getting plastic surgery. It is a story about how youth learn to grown in a society where appearance is everything.
My ID Is Gangnam Beauty
She paid for her face, and now she’s paying the price.
This romantic comedy chronicles the life of Mi-rae, who has always believed that her life would be better if she were born more beautiful. After she goes under the knife, she comes out looking like the beautiful woman she has always dreamed of becoming. She feels ready to take on the world for the first time, and she falls madly in love with Seok, the perfect man. Except Seok hates people who get plastic surgery. And there’s another girl vying for his attention, Sua, and she’s a natural beauty.
ID: Plastic Beauty> depicts how a society that measures women by their looks ultimately sets up all women to fail, whether plain or beautiful. Those who are plain feel that they are never good enough for anything, while those who are beautiful can only define themselves as beautiful and nothing else. This series wants to show how obsession with beauty stunts women from exploring their potential.
Watch our fixer-upper heroine fix her life from the inside out.