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"She Was Pretty" tells the story of Hye Jin, a woman who was beautiful and popular as a child, but now as an adult she has no self-esteem and doesn't care about her appearance. She reconnects with her first love Sung Joon, but when the two arrange a date, Sung Joon doesn't recognize her since Hye Jin looks completely different from her younger self. Hye Jin makes a plan to use her friend Ha Ri as a replacement, the problem is that Sung Joon is Hye Jin's new boss.
As they work together, Sung Joon continues to see similarities in Hye Jin to the Hye Jin of his past, the things that made him fall in love with her in the first place. These conflicting feelings cause Sung Joon to treat her badly, because he is feeling guilty for liking someone else when the girl of his dreams is in his life now. The situation becomes complicated when Ha Ri falls in love with Sung Joon and wants to keep up the lie, as a way to keep seeing him. There's also Shin Hyuk, a very strange and funny person who is interested in Hye Jin.
Hye Jin and Sung Joon are very cute together, but I have to say that I rooted more for Shin Hyuk, for me he was the person who really liked Hye Jin for who she is, with all her quirks and I also couldn't forget how Sung Joon treated Hye Jin in the beginning, always pointing out the flaws in her appearance, but I can't say that Hye Jin and Sung Joon aren't a good couple, the two have great chemistry and it's very cute to see them together.
The story is a cliche, an "ugly" woman transforms, becomes beautiful and wins the guy's heart, but there is a different message in the drama's story, since Hye Jin only changes for a while, her true self is always there and Sung Joon learns to love her new version, since the person from his past no longer exists, everything she went through changed her. It also shows that you shouldn't change for someone else, just be yourself and the people who really like you will stay by your side.
Si Won <3
As they work together, Sung Joon continues to see similarities in Hye Jin to the Hye Jin of his past, the things that made him fall in love with her in the first place. These conflicting feelings cause Sung Joon to treat her badly, because he is feeling guilty for liking someone else when the girl of his dreams is in his life now. The situation becomes complicated when Ha Ri falls in love with Sung Joon and wants to keep up the lie, as a way to keep seeing him. There's also Shin Hyuk, a very strange and funny person who is interested in Hye Jin.
Hye Jin and Sung Joon are very cute together, but I have to say that I rooted more for Shin Hyuk, for me he was the person who really liked Hye Jin for who she is, with all her quirks and I also couldn't forget how Sung Joon treated Hye Jin in the beginning, always pointing out the flaws in her appearance, but I can't say that Hye Jin and Sung Joon aren't a good couple, the two have great chemistry and it's very cute to see them together.
The story is a cliche, an "ugly" woman transforms, becomes beautiful and wins the guy's heart, but there is a different message in the drama's story, since Hye Jin only changes for a while, her true self is always there and Sung Joon learns to love her new version, since the person from his past no longer exists, everything she went through changed her. It also shows that you shouldn't change for someone else, just be yourself and the people who really like you will stay by your side.
Si Won <3
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