True Beauty: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tired of being looked down upon for her unattractive appearance, middle schooler Lim Jugyeong turns to the transformative powers of makeup. First, she experiments with BB cream, lip tint, and eyeliner; then she begins using mascara, double eyelid glue, and colored contacts. Before she knows it, Jugyeong goes from being a girl who is bullied for her ugliness to being praised as a high-class beauty. Constantly surrounded by those who adore her goddess-like appearance, Jugyeong can now live a more than comfortable life at school—she simply has to keep her bare face a secret.

However, everything changes when the new transfer student, Lee Suho, enters her life. Not only does the handsome Suho become immediately popular among their peers, but in a chance encounter, he also becomes the only classmate of Jugyeong's to see her face beneath the makeup. With her reputation on the line, Jugyeong must do whatever it takes to hide the truth about her appearance from the rest of her classmates. But the more time she spends with Suho, the more Jugyeong finds herself questioning whether one's true beauty lies solely in their looks.

Series details

• Title: True Beauty
• Format: Animation
• Language: Korean
• Genres: Anime
• Premiere date: 2024-08-07
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Crunchyroll
• Typical episode runtime: 20 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 78219
• IMDb ID: tt33054444
• TVDB ID: 442363

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-08-07; final listed air date 2024-10-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from True Beauty on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.