Season 1
2014 · 21 episodes · 22h 53m in all · 9.2/10
As the heir to a large company, Han Tae-hee has everything he could possibly want - except for his long-lost love. But instead of nursing his heartache like a sensible person, Tae-hee enlists Sa Geum-ran, whom he transforms from an overweight ugly duckling to a gorgeous bombshell named Sara. In the process of falling in love with his "creation", he discovers that even though it appears that money can buy just about everything, it can't buy love or heal emotional scars.

Episodes

1. Episode 1
1 Nov 2014 · 64 min · 10.0/10
A beautiful, eccentric woman embarks on a search for Sa Geum-ran, a fat housewife who rejected a chance at full-body plastic surgery to make her "beautiful."

2. Episode 2
2 Nov 2014 · 65 min · 9.0/10
Lee Kang-joon and Gyo Chae-yeon announces their upcoming wedding. Geum-ran becomes "Sara" to seduce Kang-joon and break the relationship apart.

3. Episode 3
8 Nov 2014 · 63 min · 9.0/10
Geum-ran tries to have a one-night stand with Kang-joon. Chae-yeon confronts her about her affair and warns to back away.

4. Episode 4
9 Nov 2014 · 65 min · 9.0/10
Geum-ran suspects a conspiracy behind her death and enters the Lee household to investigate.

5. Episode 5
15 Nov 2014 · 64 min · 10.0/10
Kang-joon and Chae-yeon have their wedding early. Geum-ran and Han Tae-hee conspire to enter the couple's lives and ruin them.

6. Episode 6
16 Nov 2014 · 63 min · 9.0/10
Tae-hee is confused by his new-found feelings for Geum-ran, while Geum-ran reconciles with her ex-husband and destroys his family.

7. Episode 7
22 Nov 2014 · 65 min · 9.0/10
Geum-ran destroys her ex-husband's family home. Videos of her eating go viral on the internet.

8. Episode 8
23 Nov 2014 · 66 min · 9.0/10
Tae-hee and Geum-ran work together to get Kang-joon to confess to the murder. Han Min-hyeok becomes obsessed with finding "Sara".

9. Episode 9
29 Nov 2014 · 65 min · 10.0/10
Geum-ran becomes a star on Chae-yeon's HBS show. Tae-hee tries to save his grandmother from prison.

10. Episode 10
30 Nov 2014 · 66 min · 10.0/10
Tae-hee challenges Min-hyeok's claim to Winner Group's CEO position and celebrates Geum-ran's birthday.

11. Episode 11
6 Dec 2014 · 66 min · 9.0/10
Tae-hee and Geum-ran spend their first day together as a couple. Kang-joon finds out where Sara's secret man is.

12. Episode 12
7 Dec 2014 · 66 min · 9.0/10
Geum-ran enters the Birth of a Chef cooking competition. Chae-yeon makes up with Kang-joon, and retaliates.

13. Episode 13
13 Dec 2014 · 66 min · 9.0/10
Kang-joon takes Geum-ran to a hotel after her allergy attack, and Kang-joon's family hears that their former daughter-in-law may be alive.

14. Episode 14
14 Dec 2014 · 66 min · 9.0/10
Geum-ran figures out how to respond to Tae-hee's marriage proposals. Meanwhile, Kang-joon pieces together who Sara really is.

15. Episode 15
20 Dec 2014 · 67 min · 9.0/10
Tae-hee and Geum-ran plan their wedding. Kang-joon and Chae-yeon will stop at nothing to make sure they don't marry.

16. Episode 16
27 Dec 2014 · 65 min · 10.0/10
Geum-ran stays by Tae-hee's side throughout his recovery, while the people around them urges her to break up with him.

17. Episode 17
28 Dec 2014 · 64 min · 10.0/10
Geum-ran returns to her mother's hometown instead of going abroad. The men in her life set out to find her one by one.

18. Episode 18
3 Jan 2015 · 66 min · 8.0/10
Geum-ran inadvertently joins forces with Min-hyeok against Tae-hee. Kang-joon finds himself hitting rock bottom as he loses his family's support.

19. Episode 19
4 Jan 2015 · 66 min · 9.0/10
Min-hyeok forces Geum-ran to cut off all contact with Tae-hee. Pushed into a corner, Geum-ran had no choice but to use her last resort.

20. Episode 20
10 Jan 2015 · 68 min · 9.0/10
Tae-hee and Geum-ran get back together to bring down their enemies. Geum-ran books a talk show to be interviewed by Chae-yeon.

21. Episode 21
11 Jan 2015 · 67 min · 9.0/10
To marry Geum-ran, Tae-hee needs Kang-joon to sign divorce papers. Min-hyeok plots to kill Tae-hee.
Birth of a Beauty Season 1: quick answers
How many episodes are in Birth of a Beauty Season 1?
Season 1 of Birth of a Beauty has 21 episodes, about 23 hours in total.
When did Birth of a Beauty Season 1 come out?
Season 1 premiered on 1 Nov 2014.