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and Han Go-eun. The series aired on MBC from February 2 to August 3, 2008 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 52 episodes.

Plot

Park Jung-geum is far from what is conventionally considered "beautiful." She is a tough, uncompromising detective who investigates and arrests violent criminals. At the same time, she is a 38-year-old

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and single mother who is raising her son. Jung-geum becomes caught between two men—Yong-joon, an unmarried doctor who was her friend from elementary school, and Gyung-soo, a lawyer who is the fiancé of Jung-geum's glamorous stepsister Yoo-ra.

Cast

;Main characters *

as Park Jung-geum *

as Jung Yong-joon *

as Han Gyung-soo * Han Go-eun as Sagong Yoo-ra ;Supporting characters *

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as Sa Soon-ja (Yoo-ra's mother) *

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as Park Bong-pil *Han Soo-yeon as Park Jung-sook *

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as Cha Kwang-soon *

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as Jung Yong-doo *

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as Yoon Myung-ja (Jung-geum's mother) *

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as Hwang Byung-pal *Baek Jong-min as Oh Ji-hoon (Jung-geum's eldest son) *Kim Hak-joon as Oh Se-hoon (Jung-geum's second son) *Jo Kyung-hoon as Detective Jang *Kim Myung-kook as Squad Leader Choi *

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as Detective Kim *So Do-bi as Detective Jo *Kim Mi-ra as Sergeant Kim *

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as Detective *Kim Yoo-hyun as Min-ji *

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as Mi-ae (

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- ep 19, 20, 23) *Ahn Jae-hong * Kim Young-min *Seo Hyun *Seung Kyu

Awards

; 2008 MBC Drama Awards *Top Excellence Award, Actress:

*Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Serial Drama:

References

External links

''Woman of Matchless Beauty, Park Jung-geum'' official MBC website
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