Korean dramas have become heartthrobs almost for everyone irrespective of generation. In Amazing Makeover Transformation Korean Dramas, we often see main leads get bullied by friends, colleagues, and neighbors. Later they fight for themselves and come up with amazing transformation.
10. Im Soo-hyang as Kang Mi-rae (My ID is Gangnam Beauty)
Network: JTBC
Episodes: 16
Genre: Romance, Comedy, and Life
Cast: Cha Eun-woo, Im Soo-hyang, Jo Woo-ri, and Kwak Dong-yeon
Synopsis: This is the story of a girl Kang Mi-rae who got bullied throughout her school life because of her ugly appearance. Later she decided to get plastic surgery before joining the college. She almost gave new life to herself but new challenges are also waiting for her.
9.Moon Ga-young as Lim Ju-kyung (True Beauty)
Network: tvN
Episodes: 16
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Youth, and Drama
Cast: Moon Ga Young, Cha Eun Woo, Hwang In Yeop, and Park Yoo Na
Synopsis: True Beauty Korean drama is the story of a high school girl who was very concerned about her face. Students in school bully her and don’t want to befriend her. Later when she changed her school she also wants to change her life. She started learning about makeup and changed herself completely. Now she has a pretty face which is famous at school and also a secrete to hide.
8. IU as Kim Pil-sook (Dream High)
Network: KBS2
Episodes: 16 + 1 special
Genre: Music, Teen, Romance, and Comedy
Cast: Kim Soo-hyun, Bae Suzy, Ok Taec-yeon, Jang Woo-young, Ham Eun-jung, and IU
Synopsis: In dream high, IU played the role of a shy and overweight girl. She gets bullied because of her weight at school. She has a great sense of musical pitch. Later she worked hard to transform herself into a fairy.
7. Shin Min-a as Kang Joo-eun (Oh My Venus)
Network: KBS
Episodes: 16
Genre: Fitness, Romance, Comedy, and Drama
Cast: So Ji-sub and Shin Min-a
Synopsis: Kang Joo-eun is a 33-year-old lawyer who got dumped by her boyfriend with whom she is in 15 years of relationship. After gaining everything in her whatever she wants to she gains one more thing and that I weight. Later she asked Young-ho to make her lose weight in return she will keep his secrete.
6. Hwang Jung-eum as Kim Hye-jin (She Was Pretty)
Network: MBC
Episodes: 16
Genre: Romance and Comedy
Cast: Park Seo-joon, Hwang Jung-eum, Go Joon-hee, and Choi Si-won
Synopsis: Kim Hye-jin was a pretty and beautiful girl who came from a rich family but with time when her family loses everything she faces hardships and lost all her beauty. Later she transformed herself for good.
5. Ha Jae-sook as Sa Geum-ran (Birth Of A Beauty)
Network: SBS
Episodes: 21
Genre: Romance and Comedy
Cast: Joo Sang-wook, Jung Gyu-woon, Han Ye-seul, and Wang Ji-hye
Synopsis: Sa Geum-ran married in a good family and lives with her in-laws as his husband lives in the U.S. for the past seven years. She came to know that her husband is having an affair. She feels betrayed when her in-laws welcome that wan wholeheartedly and asked Sa Geum-ran for divorce. Later she meets with an accident everyone thought she is dead but she came back fully transformed to take her revenge.
4. Bang Minah as Gong Shim (Beautiful Gong Shim)
Network: SBS
Episodes: 20
Genre: Romance and Comedy
Cast: Namkoong Min, On Joo-wan, Bang Minah, and Seo Hyo-rim
Synopsis: Gong Shim is a 24-year-old woman who was treated unequally by her parents in comparison to her sister. She wants a job so that she can move out of her house. She also underestimates her because of her ugly looks.
3. Choi Jin-hyuk as Na Wang-sik / Chun Woo-bin (The Last Empress)
Network: SBS
Episodes: 52 (35 minutes each)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Action, Romance, and Comedy
Cast: Choi Jin-hyuk, Jang Na-ra, Shin Sung-rok, Lee Elijah, and Shin Eun-kyung
Synopsis: A guy who transformed himself after the death of his mother and a betrayal by his girlfriend. This transformation can also be considered the most dramatic transformation.
2. Kim Hee Sun as Kang Ja / Jo Bang Wool (Angry Mom)
Network: MBC
Episode: 16
Genre: School, Comedy, Family, Drama, Melodrama, Teen
Cast: Kim Hee Sun, Kim Yoo Jung, Ji Hyun Woo, and Ji Soo
Synopsis: This is the story of Kang Ja who is the mother of Ah Ran. After finding out that her daughter is bullying by her classmates she transforms herself into a high school kid to protect her daughter.
1. Choi Jin-hyuk as Kim Moo-young/Kang Min-ho (Zombie Detective)
Network: KBS
Episode: 12
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, and Fantasy
Cast: Park Ju-hyun, Choi Jin-hyuk, and Kwon Hwa-woon
Synopsis: This is the story of a zombie who transformed himself to survive in the world of human being.
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