My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018)

Original title

내 아이디는 강남미인

Directed by

Choi Sung Bum

Cast

Im Soo Hyang, Cha Eun Woo, Jo Woo Ri, Lee Chae Yoon, Kwak Dong Yun, Woo Hyun, Kim Sun Hwa, Min Do Hee

Genre

drama, college life television program

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 16 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 147 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A college student undergoes plastic surgery to escape bullying about her looks. But her classmates still mock her for looking artificial, and she struggles with social acceptance and self-worth.

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What happens

Gangnam Beauty (Korean: 내 아이디는 강남미인) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Im Soo-hyang, Cha Eun-woo, Jo Woo-ri and Kwak Dong-yeon. Based on the webtoon of the same name published in 2016 by Naver, it centers on the life of a college student who had cosmetic surgery to evade ongoing derision from her bullies. However, her decision seems to backfire as her peers ridicule her artificial look. The title of the webtoon and of the TV series alludes to the Korean word gangnammiin (Gangnam beauty), a derogatory term in South Korea for people who are attractive but look as if they went through a number of plastic surgeries for a pretty face, a hot body or both. The series aired on JTBC from July 27 to September 15, 2018, every Friday and Saturday at 23:00 (KST). It garnered praise for its portrayal of issues affecting South Korean society, particularly on its superficial beauty standards and discrimination on the basis of physical appearance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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