''True Beauty'' (

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: 여신강림;

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: 女神降臨; RR: ''Yeosin-gangnim''; ''The Advent of a Goddess''), also known as ''The Secret of Angel'' and

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, is a South Korean

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written and illustrated by Yaongyi. First published in

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since April 2, 2018, it centers on a young woman who mastered the art of

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in her teenage years in order to transform herself into a gorgeous "

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" after being

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and discriminated because of being perceived as ugly. As of January 2022, the official English version of ''True Beauty'' has accumulated 6.6 million subscribers and 825.9 million views. The comic updates every Wednesday. ''True Beauty'' was the third most viewed series on WEBTOON in 2019 and a print version was released starting October 29, 2020 by Young Com. It was also adapted into a

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of the same name which premiered on

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on December 9, 2020.

Plot

In her teenage years, Jugyeong Lim has been treated unfairly by her family and

by her enemies due to being perceived as ugly. She starts learning how to use

by binge-watching tutorial videos on the Internet. She masters the art and her makeover proves to be gorgeously transformative as she quickly rises to fame and people become awed at the sight of her newfound beauty. Soon, she makes an unlikely relationship with two of the handsomest, most popular boys at school: Lee Su-ho, who is the first to recognize her beyond her makeup, and Han Seojun, a "bad boy" who is not on good terms with Suho. Living in a society where people are judged based on their

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, Jugyeong navigates through her high school days and into her college life while struggling to keep her makeup-less face a secret and facing various challenges with her

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, love life and

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. The plot of ''True Beauty'' can de subdivided into the following story arcs: * Jugyeong's high school story (Prologue, Chs. 1–58) # "The advent of a goddess": Jugyeong learns and masters the makeup arts (Prologue, 1–3) # Suho recognizes jugyeong beyond her make-up (Chs. 4–10) # Soo-jin's plot against Jugyeong (Chs. 11–16) # Jugyeong meets Seo-jun and Aiden (Chs. 17–24) # Jugyeong becomes Gowoon's

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(Chs. 25–28) # The tragedy of Yoon Seyeon; S-ho and Seojun reconciles (Chs. 29–38) # The summer break with Suho and Seojun (Chs. 39–47) # The last year in high school and Suho's departure to Japan (Chs. 48–58) * Into adulthood (Chs. 59-223) # Jugyeong in college: life without Su-ho and falling in love with Seo-jun (Chs. 59–69) # Jugyeong deals with her jealousy (Chs. 70–73) # Jugyeong and Jin-su (Chs. 74–77) # Seo-jun's multiple part-time jobs and his overnight Internet stardom (Chs. 78–86) # Su-ho returns, Seo-jun recognizes Ju-kyung's bare face (Chs. 87–94) # Seo-jun returns to idol training, Ju-kyung works under Selena Lee (Chs. 95–99) # Ju-kyung deals with Seo-jun's jealousy (Chs. 100–109) # Ju-kyung, Su-ho, Seo-jun and Aiden in ''Prince of Prince'' (Chs. 110–119) # Ju-kyung's struggle with dating an upcoming idol; Ju-kyung and Seo-jun's break-up (Chs. 120–128) # Ju-kyung and Seo-jun try to move on from their break-up (Chs. 129–135) # Ju-kyung and Eun-hye (Chs. 136–143) # Ju-kyung at the Lee Family's villa (Chs. 144–147) # Seo-jun's song dedicated to Ju-kyung (Chs. 148–150) # Soo-jin's ordeal with her abusive boyfriend (Chs. 151–158) # Soo-jin starts leading a new life, Su-ho and Seo-jun continue fighting over Ju-kyung (Chs. 159–165) # Da-jung's

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boyfriend (Chs. 166–168) # Su-ho becomes Ju-kyung's boyfriend (Chs. 169–174) # Ju-kyung venturing into

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and her struggle against Jo Bo-jung (Chs. 175–185) # Su-ho and his father reconciles; Ju-kyung stands up to Bo-jung (Chs. 186–190) # Su-ho starts working as a

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under Mi-yeon; Ju-kyung helps Mi-yeon with her face scar (Chs. 191–194) # Ju-kyung and Seung-ho (Chs. 195–199) # Seo-jun suffering hardships in his career as an idol (Chs. 200–212) # Ju-kyung's bare face becomes exposed to the netizens (Chs. 213–217) # Ju-kyung runs away from home and finally learns to love her true self (Chs. 218–221) # Conclusion (Chs. 222–223)

Characters

Main

* Lim Ju-kyung : a 22-year-old

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and

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; Su-ho's girlfriend and Seo-jun's ex-girlfriend; the

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of the webtoon. Ju-kyung is hooked to reading horror

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and listening to

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. In her younger years, she bore the harsh consequences of not conforming to society's standards of beauty. In the family, she is treated less favorably over her two relatively good-looking siblings; at school, she is being

and is treated like an errand girl. Seeking for solutions in the Internet, she discovers a plethora of

tutorial videos and she soon masters the art to effectively transform herself into a gorgeous "goddess." Other than her family, the first two people who knew her real face are her boyfriend Su-ho, whom she had previously run into with her bare face a couple of times at a comic book store back in her high school years, and ex-boyfriend Seo-jun. * Lee Su-ho : a 22-year-old third-generation

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who works as a

and aspires for a career in

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; Ju-kyung's boyfriend and Seo-jun's best friend. Su-ho is a son of a famous Korean actor and a Japanese mother who is ethnically Korean but was born in Japan. Back in middle school, he became best friends with Seo-jun and Se-yeon, but after unintentionally ignoring Se-yeon moments before the latter's suicide, he becomes the object of Seo-jun's hostility. The immense guilt due to Se-yeon's death and the broken friendship with Seo-jun turns him into a cold and aloof boy who, unbeknownst to everybody, cannot sleep well and has also contemplated suicide. Sharing Ju-kyung's penchant for horror comic books, he sometimes runs into her inside a comic book store they both frequent and soon develops feelings for her. In high school, he is the first to recognize Ju-kyung beyond her makeup. He later reconciles with Seo-jun after opening up about what really happened to him on the day of Se-yeon's suicide. He then becomes Ju-kyung's boyfriend. * Han Seo-jun : a 22-year-old solo K-pop artist under ST Entertainment; Ju-kyung's ex-boyfriend and Su-ho's best friend. Back in middle school, Seo-jun became best friends with Su-ho and Se-yeon after he rescued them from bullies. He becomes an idol trainee after being convinced by Se-yeon who, along with Su-ho, discovered his talent in singing. After Se-yeon's suicide, he broke his friendship with Su-ho (they reconcile later on) and stopped pursuing idol stardom. In high school, he had a crush for Ju-kyung but did not pursue her because of the mutual feelings between Su-ho and Ju-kyung. When Su-ho left for Japan for a few years, he becomes Ju-kyung's boyfriend and he revives his idol training. He later reluctantly accepts Ju-kyung's wish to break up after Ju-kyung suffered from the pressure and online criticism associated with dating an upcoming idol.

Supporting

Ju-kyung's family

* Lim Hee-kyung : Ju-kyung and Ju-young's elder sister; employee at ST Entertainment. Hee-kyung frequently goes home drunk after work. She is close to Ju-kyung. * Lim Ju-young : Ju-kyung and Hee-kyung's younger brother. * the Lim siblings' mother : she frequently discriminates Ju-kyung over Hee-kyung and Ju-young, though deep inside she also loves Ju-kyung.

Saebom High School

* Kang Soo-ah : Ju-kyung's best friend who is an ardent fan of boy idol groups. Soo-ah is supportive and protective of Ju-kyung. * Kang Soo-jin : a pretty

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who appears to despise Ju-kyung. Despite her perfect appearance, Soo-jin suffers from an alcoholic and abusive mother, a broken family and an eating disorder. * Ahn Chae-rin : a friend of Ju-kyung and Soo-ah. * Han Joon-woo : a teacher in Saebom High School who went out on a date with Hee-kyung.

Seo-jun's family and friends

* Han Go-woon : a student of Saebom High School; Seo-jun's younger sister. Go-woon has great singing talent, but she is ridiculed by her co-members in the music club for being chosen to take the lead role in a

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despite being not pretty. * the Han siblings' mother * Lee Pil-soo : one of Seo-jun's friends. * Wang Ji-hoon : one of Seo-jun's friends. * Jessie : one of Seo-jun's friends; Pil-soo's girlfriend and owner of a

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. * Kim Aiden : a biracial member of K-pop boy group PVC; formerly a trainee under ST Entertainment; Seo-jun and Ju-kyung's friend.

Su-ho's family

* Lee Joo-heon : a famous actor who works in both South Korea and Japan; Su-ho's father. After his Japanese wife died of cancer, Joo-heon allegedly started dating a co-star behind his children's backs. His apparently secret relationship was discovered by Su-ho on the day of Se-yeon's suicide; due to the mixed shock and indignation, Su-ho left home and unintentionally ignored Se-yeon's phone calls for

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(which would be Se-yeon's last phone calls before his death). * Lee Selena : a famous make-up artist whom Ju-kyung admires; Su-ho's elder sister.

College acquaintances

* Kim Jin-su : Ju-kyung's fellow film student who asked her help in transforming his appearance to win Soo-jin's heart. * Lee Ha-neul : Ju-kyung's senior who is excessively clingy to her. * Ahn Hyeon-woo : a college student in

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who becomes Ju-kyung's groupmate in a class project.

ST Entertainment

* Shin Hee-yeon : a female K-pop idol under ST Entertainment who likes Seo-jun. * Jeong Ji-hyuk : a male K-pop idol under ST Entertainment. * Kim Yeong-bin : a male K-pop idol under ST Entertainment. * Yeonjun : a male K-pop idol under ST Entertainment.

''Prince of Prince''

* Yang Jae-won : a social media celebrity and contender in a TV fashion show ''Prince of Prince''. * Seo Hwi : a model-environmentalist and contender in a TV fashion show ''Prince of Prince''.

Others

* Yoon Se-yeon : a former member of K-pop boy group No-Time; Su-ho and Seo-jun's late best friend. Se-yeon was bullied back in middle school; he became friends with Su-ho, who attempted to rescue him but got beaten up also, and Seo-jun, who fought against the bullies to stop them, rescuing both Se-yeon and Su-ho. Talented in dancing, he became an idol trainee along with Seo-jun, but he was later invited to join a survival reality show that recruits members of a new idol group. He emerges as one of the finalists who debut as the group No-Time. Since his membership into the show, he has become a victim of harsh

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, the extreme stress that resulted led to him committing

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. His tragic death becomes the center of the broken friendship between Seo-jun and Su-ho. * Ji Woo-hyun : Soo-jin's friend and Ju-kyung's ex-boyfriend. Unbeknownst to Ju-kyung, Woo-hyun went out with Ju-kyung in a fake relationship at Soo-jin's bidding. He broke up with Ju-kyung after Su-ho discovered that he already has a girlfriend. * Yoo Eun-hye : Ju-kyung's junior acquaintance at a makeup class. Eun-hye is revealed to be Seo-jun's ''sasaeng'' fan who secretly knew about Seo-jun's relationships with Ju-kyung and Su-ho. Knowing that Ju-kyung is Seo-jun's ex-girlfriend, she gets close with Ju-kyung and starts imitating her makeup and fashion. She also smuggles a

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into Seo-jun's bedroom through a fan gift. * Jo Bo-jung : a vlogger and aspiring K-pop artist; Ju-kyung's former middle school classmate and one of her

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. Notoriously selfish, arrogant, and haughty, she becomes envious of Ju-kyung's success in vlogging that she tried to destroy her career by attempting to smear her reputation. * Lee Mi-yeon : a chef and owner of a Japanese cuisine restaurant where Su-ho works; Su-ho's boss and Min-ji's mother. Mi-yeon has a large burn scar that disfigured half of her face due to a vehicular accident that resulted to their family's car bursting into flames; she had exposed herself to the fire just to keep her daughter safe while waiting for rescue to arrive. * Kim Min-ji : Mi-yeon's daughter and Su-ho's co-worker of her mother's restaurant. Min-ji loves her mother very much despite being teased by her peers because of her mother's disfigured face back in her younger years. * Cha Seung-ho : a male make-up artist and vlogger; Ju-kyung's friend and Seo-jun's make-up assistant. Like Ju-kyung, Seung-ho was also abused by his peers due to his looks and resorted to make-up in transforming himself into a handsome man.

Background and publication history

Naver WEBTOON

The planning for the WEBTOON that would later be known as ''True Beauty'' started when WEBTOON author Kim Na-young, better known under her

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''Yaongyi'', was in her late teens. She published the early version of ''True Beauty'' in Naver Comics' ''Challenge Comics'', a platform for new, self-publishing WEBTOON's (akin to

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's ''CANVAS''). In this version, the protagonist was male and was described by Yaongyi as a boy with a "warm appearance" and an "

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." After a break from webcomics, Yaongyi returned to working on ''True Beauty'' in her mid-twenties and changed its protagonist to the current female character Lim Ju-kyung but she kept the WEBTOON's theme of "true beauty," i.e. one's inner goodness is better than one's physical appearance. In an interview with Naver WEBTOON, she explained that though the readers may have enjoyed ''True Beauty'' with a male protagonist, she changed the protagonist from male to female since she aimed at creating an "approachable" and "easy-to-read" comic with a story that most readers can identify with. Yaongyi also once worked as a

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before venturing into webcomics. This, combined with her penchant for fashion and cosmetics, helped her conceptualize ''True Beauty'' which would later be published as a formal Naver WEBTOON starting April 2, 2018 and has been running on a weekly basis on Mondays. Various official translations of ''True Beauty'' were published on

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's non-

WEBTOON platforms as early as May 2018, when the

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versions were released starting on the 14th and 19th, respectively. The

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version followed on June 29, 2018 while the

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version was released on August 14, 2018. In 2019, ''True Beauty'' was also translated into

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and French, released in November 21 and December 18, respectively.

Other names

Since its international release, ''True Beauty'' has become known under other names other than its international English title and its literal English translated title. They are as follows: * ''The Secret of Angel'' (in

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) * ''The Secret of a Goddess'' (in

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) * ''Beauty Secrets'' (in

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)

Print version

A print version of ''True Beauty'' was released starting October 29, 2020 by Young Com.

Adaptations

''True Beauty'' has been adopted into a

of the same name which premiered on

on December 9, 2020. The plan to adopt the WEBTOON into a television series was revealed in July 2019, and the casting of

Moon Ga-young Moon Ga-young (; born July 10, 1996) is a German-born South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Heartstrings'' (2011), ''EXO Next Door'' (2015), '' Tempted'' (2018), ''Welcome to Waikiki 2'' (2019), ''Find Me in Your Memory'' ...

Cha Eun-woo Lee Dong-min (; born March 30, 1997), known professionally as Cha Eun-woo (), is a South Korean singer, actor, and model under the label Fantagio. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Astro. Early life Cha Eun-woo was born on March 30, ...

and

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was confirmed by August 2020. Written by Lee Si-eun and directed by Kim Sang-hyeop, the series focuses on the original WEBTOON's high school story arc but with considerable changes in

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and

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. The main characters Lim Ju-kyung, Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun are played by Moon, Cha and Hwang, respectively, while the supporting character Kang Soo-jin was recharacterized, promoted to be one of the main characters of the series version and is played by

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Reception

In 2019, the webtoon was nominated for the 2019

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in the web category and was placed 4th out of 50 nominees.

Notes

References

External links

여신강림 (original Korean version)

''True Beauty'' (official English translation)
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