My ID Is Gangnam Beauty (2018)

*MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS*
- Both FL’s are insecure about what they really look like which is why they use makeup/get plastic surgery to try and cover it up
- The FL’s are teased in middle school and their lives are practically a complete joke because of their looks
- The main ML’s are the same actor and character (characters are rich, chic, hot, has dad-issues, and like the main character when meeting them as their real self first even admitting that their cute lol)
- The FL’s both hate the main ML’s during their first encounters but eventually fall for them throughout the plot
- EXTREME (not exaggerating here) EXTREME SLS (especially in true beauty it will KILL you)
- Second ML’s fall for the FL’s looks but like them even more after getting to know them
- Second ML’s and FL’s are really close and good friends which makes the main ML’s envious and jealous 24/7 XD
- Second ML’s and main ML’s are close-ish
- Both really stress the idea of “true” beauty since the FL’s are both insecure about their looks which gives the main ML’s a chance to swoop in and teach them that being beautiful doesn’t just mean the outside

Both of these dramas feel very similar: college/university life, social problems, bullying, misunderstandings and betrayals.

Female lead goes through an appearance change
Male lead is popular and good looking
Female lead has something self confidence/timid issues
Takes place in college (HS and college)

It has the whole university drama feels. Kim bok joo falls in love with a guy and she feels bad about how she looks and what she does (weightlifting), so she tries to change everything about herself. At the end of the day she fell in love with someone else, and learned to love who she is.

Both dramas are similar in a sense that they kind of focus on "beauty" or something on the outside, without neglecting being intelligent and talented as well.
*Let me explain further. In Love o2o, the male lead, Xiao Nai, is unbelievably handsome and talented, the same as the lead in My ID is Gangnam Beauty, Do Kyung Suk is also handsome and unbelievably intelligent as well. Both actors who plays them are also what their characters embody, handsome and dreamy... The female leads, in LO, she is a portrayed as a "real" beauty, while on MIIGB, the female lead's "beauty" is a product plastic surgery. All the characters on both dramas somewhat rely on "beauty" or something physical.
**As for the differences, of course, LO is based on 2 people meeting and "getting married" in a computer online game, thus getting together in real life of the drama-i mean outside of the game. Then on MIIGB, people judge the female lead bec of her plastic surgery. So the dramas are entirely different plot, but both somewhat focused on "beauty" and proving that it is not everything: you have to have substance as well.

Beauty Newbie is a remake of the original Korean, 'My ID is Gangnam Beauty'.
It shares a very similar plot centered around a college romance where the girl has a visual transformation and the guy sees beneath the superficial.

Both dramas are about the female lead learning to love herself as she transforms herself because she believes she is ugly. The male lead loves her regardless of her appearance but because of who she is as a person.

This series tells the story of Kang Mi Rae, a girl once bullied for her looks. As a result, she became insecure, cautious around people and withdrawn. However, Mi Rae decides she wants a fresh start away from bullying and gets plastic surgery to transform her face. When she begins university, she meets Do Kyung Suk from their middle school days, who sees people for what they are on the inside and not the outside; he then becomes attracted to Kang Mi Rae.
As Mi Rae begins to get teased once more and labeled "Gangnam Beauty", the cold, aloof but kind inside Kyung Suk becomes the one person that stands up for her and in the process, Mi Rae begins to recover her lost confidence and discovers that true beauty is not on the outside.

Both dramas feature female leads dealing with crippling insecurity that they learn to slowly overcome throughout the story alongside male leads who are thoughtful and kind and do their best to lift up the female leads and help them see how worthwhile they are. Both dramas also tackle sensitive and important topics such as plastic surgery and agoraphobia and self esteem and the fear of judgement and/or hatred from others.

Both dramas have the pretty girl vs ugly girl dynamic in high school, themes about self-worth and beauty standards leading to popularity.

Again popular guy falls for the unconventional girl,
They grow together in terms of overcoming their weaknesses and finding their path in life and become somewhat strength for each other

Both plots centre around the everyday lives of university/college students with romance also prevalent in the storyline.

Both are university romantic comedies. The male leads are extremely similar: both have very sweet, nerdy, quiet, cool male leads who unwaveringly love the main lead in a very sweet way although they can be oblivious to the female mind and dating dos and donts (in a very enduring way). The MF is also fun to watch and are both trying to figure out their place in the world. At the end of the day both dramas leave you feeling warm and bubble, although can be easily forgotten.

The FL ends up getting plastic surgery on her face before entering university, after being bullied for her looks all her life. She only does so with the help of her mom without her dad finding out. Now with the face she's always wanted, she's considered as one of the most attractive girls in her department. But the complex she's had and the fact she had her entire face redone is something she wants no one to find out about. -

In both the main girl characters did plastic surgery to feel pretty. In 200 pound beauty she was bullied a little. Where my ID is Gangnam Beauty she was bullied severely.