True Beauty

***True Beauty*** (Korean: 여신강림; Hanja: 女神降臨; RR: *Yeosin-gangnim*; lit. ***The Advent of a Goddess***) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Moon Ga-young, Cha Eun-woo, Hwang In-youp, and Park Yoo-na. Based on the Line Webtoon of the same name by Yaongyi,  It aired on tvN from December 9, 2020 to February 4, 2021, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 (KST).

## Synopsis

Im Ju-Kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Im Ju-Kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills makes her pretty and she hides her bare face in front others. She gets involved with 2 men; Lee Soo-Ho and Han Seo-Joon.

## Cast

### Main

* Moon Ga-young as Lim Ju-kyung
	+ Lee Go-eun as young Ju-kyung
* Cha Eun-woo as Lee Su-ho
	+ Lee Seung-woo as young Su-ho.
* Hwang In-youp as Han Seo-jun
* Park Yoo-na as Kang Su-jin

### Supporting

#### Lim Ju-kyung's family

* Jang Hye-jin as Hong Hyun-sook
* Park Ho-san [ko] as Lim Jae-pil
* Im Se-mi as Lim Hee-kyung
	+ Park Seo-kyung as young Hee-kyung (Ep. 1)
* Kim Min-gi as Lim Ju-young
	+ Park Ju-hwan as young Ju-young (Ep. 1)

#### Han Seo-jun's family

* Yeo Joo-ha as Han Go-woon
* Park Hyun-jung as Lee Mi-hyang

#### Kang Su-jin's family

* Seo Sang-won [ko] as Kang Jun-hyuk
* Yoo Dam-yeon as Kim Ji-yeon

#### Saebom High School

* Oh Eui-shik as Han Joon-woo
* Kang Min-ah as Choi Soo-ah
* Lee Il-jun [ko] as Yoo Tae-hoon
* Lee Sang-jin as Ahn Hyun-gyu
* Han Yi-young as Ha Ji-young
* Lee Woo-je as Kim Cho-rong
* Kim Hyun-ji as Kim Si-hyun
* Kim Myung-ji [ko] as Jin Hee-jeong
* Kim Byung-chun [ko] as the vice-principal of Saebom High School.

#### Yongpa High School

* Shin Jae-hwi as Lee Sung-yong
* Jeon Hye-won as Park Sae-mi
* Oh Yoo-jin as Joo Hye-min
* Seo Hye-won as Park Ji-hee

### Others

* Im Hyun-sung [ko] as Wang Ja
* Park Young-soo [ko] as Columbus Park

### Special appearances

* Kang Chan-hee as Jung Se-yeon
(Ep. 1, 4–5, 11–12, 16)
* Go Woo-ri as Selena
* Lee Tae-ri as Wang Hyun-bin (Ep. 1)
* Ok Joo-ri as a neighbourhood woman (Ep. 1)
* Cha Young-ok [ko] as a neighbourhood woman (Ep. 1–2)
* Lee Jae-eun as Su-ho's housekeeper (Ep. 3)
* Song Hoon as a history teacher (Ep. 3)
* Uhm Tae-yoon as a customer (Ep. 3)
* Kim Jeong-hak [ko] as Joo-heon's associate (Ep. 3)
* Jang Young-hyun as a guy at the convenience store (Ep. 3)
* Moon Hak-jin [ko] as a guy at the convenience store (Ep. 3)
* Ham Tae-gyun as a guy at the convenience store (Ep. 3)
* Kim Hye-yoon as Eun Dan-oh
* Lee Jae-wook as Baek Kyung
* Jung Gun-joo as Ryu Hyung-jin
* Woo Hyun as the camping site manager (Ep. 8)
* Kim Jae-wook [ko] as MC Jaerong, recreation MC (Ep. 8)
* Jung Ye-nok as the head of imaginary bullies (Ep. 9)
* Lee Han-wi as Min Jae-joon (Ep. 13)
* Kim Young-dae as Oh Nam-joo (Ep. 15)
* Lim Da-young as Chae-ni (Ep. 15–16)

## Production

In July 2019, it was announced that the Line Webtoon *True Beauty* would be adapted into a television series. In August 2020, the production team confirmed the casting of Moon Ga-young, Cha Eun-woo and Hwang In-youp in the lead roles. The first script reading session was held in October 2020. Filming was temporarily halted in late December 2020 after Kim Byung-chun [ko] tested positive for COVID-19. The first stills from filming were released on November 10, 2020, one month prior to the series premiere. The series is available for streaming through Viu and Viki.

## Release

From October 21, 2021 the series is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

## Original soundtrack

### *True Beauty: Original Soundtrack*

The following is the official track list of *True Beauty: Original Soundtrack* album, which was released by Stone Music Entertainment on February 5, 2021. The tracks with no indicated lyricists and composers are the drama's musical score; the artists indicated for these tracks are the tracks' composers themselves.

*True Beauty: Original Soundtrack*

* Label: Stone Music Entertainment
* Formats: CD, download, streaming

### Singles

The following is the track list of singles from *True Beauty: Original Soundtrack.*

Singles from *True Beauty* (Parts 1–8)
Part 1

* IKEK (FAB)
* PiRi BOi (FAB)
* Han Hye-ji
* Lee Hoo-sang
* IKEK (FAB)
* PiRi BOi (FAB)
* Han Hye-ji
* Lee Hoo-sang
* IKEK (FAB)
* PiRi BOi (FAB)
* Han Hye-ji
* Lee Hoo-sang

Part 2

* Mike Myers
* Robert Puzey
* Mike Myers
* Robert Puzey
* Mike Myers
* Robert Puzey

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

* Kid Wine
* Kid Wine

Part 8

* December 32nd
* Llwyd
* December 32nd
* December 32nd

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The title **여신****강림** (pron. [jʌ̹ɕʰinɡa̠ːŋnim]; lit. "advent/descent of a goddess") is romanized as ***Yeosin-gangnim*** with the application of the following rules of the Revised Romanization of Korean:

	* 여신... : *Yeo**s**in...*
Despite preceding the vowel ㅣ, the consonant ㅅ is still romanized as *s*, not *sh*.

	* ...신강... : *...sin**-**gang...*
Special provision for ㄴ-ㄱ: hyphenation used to disambiguate ㅇ *ng* vs. finalㄴ - initialㄱ *n-g*.

	* ...강림 : *...-ga**ngn**im*
Special provision for ㅇ-ㄹ: phonetic change for finalㅇ-initialㄹ, which is *ngn* [ŋn], is transcribed.
2. ↑ The end themes used vary per episode but are all singles from *True Beauty: Original Soundtrack*. See the list of singles for details.
3. ↑ See *True Beauty: Original Soundtrack* for the names of all involved musical score composers.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The character appears in a short crossover scene alluding Director Kim Sang-hyeop's previous work *Extraordinary You* (2019) where the character originally appears.
5. ↑ Kim Young-dae's cameo role alludes to his role as Oh Nam-joo in Episode 32 of Director Kim Sang-hyeop's *Extraordinary You* (2019).
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Original song by The Nolans, released in 1979.

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## External links

* Official website (in Korean)
* *True Beauty* at IMDb1
* *True Beauty* at HanCinema
* *True Beauty* on Viki
* *True Beauty* at Daum (in Korean)
* *True Beauty* at Line Webtoon (in Korean)