The story, without the spoilers.
As children, Kim Hye-jin was beautiful and confident while Ji Sung-joon was chubby and shy, and the two were close friends. Fifteen years later, their fortunes have reversed: Hye-jin has grown up plain and unlucky, working a tough job at a fashion magazine, while Sung-joon has become a handsome, successful editor — and her new boss. Too embarrassed to meet him as herself, Hye-jin asks her glamorous best friend to pretend to be her, and the lie quickly tangles all four of them. She Was Pretty is a bright, funny romantic comedy about looks, identity and what we hide when we feel ashamed. Hwang Jung-eum is hilarious and heartfelt as Hye-jin, Park Seo-jun is charming as Sung-joon, and the magazine setting is full of colour and energy. The mistaken-identity plot drags in places and the message about beauty is mixed, but the warmth and humour carry it through. At the magazine, Hye-jin works hard to prove herself, even as the lie she told keeps growing harder to maintain.
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