Lim Ju-kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Ju-kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills make her pretty and she hides her bare face in front of others. She gets involved with 2 men; Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun.
Um ihrer Vergangenheit als Mobbing-Opfer zu entfliehen, verbirgt Jugyeong ihr Gesicht fortan unter einer Maskerade makellosem Make-ups und tritt der Saebom-Oberschule bei. Die Schule ist für ihre Tradition bekannt, für die Göttin der wahren Schönheit abzustimmen. Sie wird zur Kandidatin, zieht Aufmerksamkeit auf sich und wird von der ehemaligen Göttin Sujin auf die Probe gestellt. Entschlossen, nicht wieder zum Opfer zu werden, stellt sich Jugyeong Sujin und beteiligt sich an einem erbitterten Voting-Kampf, während sie ihr ungeschminktes Gesicht unter Massen von Make-up versteckt. Unerwartete Begegnungen mit Suho Lee und SeoJun Han fügen ihrer Geschichte Wendungen hinzu und entfalten eine Erzählung von Schönheit, Intrigen und Selbstentdeckung. Wird es Jugyeong gelingen, dem Druck der von Schönheit besessenen Welt standzuhalten oder wird sie darunter zerbrechen?
Da Mi-rae wegen ihres Aussehens gemobbt wird, legt sie sich in der Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben unters Messer. Doch das College wartet mit neuen Herausforderungen.
Nan Hee is an ugly girl and this has influenced her to become mean. One day, she receives a ring which holds a family secret. Se Gun is handsome, but he has a cold-blooded personality. Due to the magic of the ring, he declares Nan Hee as his ideal woman with a beautiful appearance.
'How to Love Without Losing Myself' despite the problems of career, dating, and friends. The story is about a shy chubby student struggling with low self-esteem and body image issues. The story follows her journey of self-acceptance as she navigates friendships and relationships. With the support of her friends learns to embrace her unique qualities and discovers the true meaning of self-love in a society that often values external beauty.
Documentary about teenagers and young women from the suburbs of Copenhagen.
A series of films looking at the different shapes and sizes of bodies and people's attitudes to them
Miss Naked Beauty is a short-lived, six-episode reality television show produced by Maverick Television, aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.
The show, presented by Gok Wan and Myleene Klass, was conceived as a radical "reality" take on beauty pageants. Some 7000 women applied to become the "ultimate 21st century beauty queen". The focus of the program is on natural and diverse beauty, as opposed to surgically "enhanced" and conformist concepts of beauty.
In the first episode, hundreds of remaining applicants were whittled down to just twelve finalists, by a panel of judges composed of fashion stylist Gok Wan, musician Myleene Klass, magazine editor James Brown, journalist Kathryn Flett and musician, actress and TV presenter Mica Paris. In subsequent episodes, various issues were explored such as body image, plastic surgery, self-esteem, modern versus Renaissance and earlier notions of beauty, eating disorders, over-reliance on makeup, the fashion industry. Meanwhile, the programme also progressed as a pageant, eliminating contestants in typical reality TV style, down to five finalists.
Extreme Male Beauty is a British documentary series which began airing on Channel 4 and features television presenter Tim Shaw as he explores the various lengths men will go to in order to achieve the beauty standards placed on them.
The series criticises the modelling industry and the 'perfect' body images shown in the media and, whilst Shaw attempts to conform to the desirable body images sold by advertisers. Some criticised the show for having an over-complicated format.