金惠珍（黄正音 饰）的父亲经营着一间出版社，事业十分红火。然而，一场意外使得出版社破产倒闭，金慧珍家的地位一落千丈，曾经的千金大小姐亦沦为靠打零工来补贴家用的抹布女。 　　某日，金慧珍的初恋情人池晟俊（朴叙俊 饰）从国外归来，约金慧珍出来相聚，一续前缘，自卑的金慧珍拜托好友闵夏莉（高俊熙 饰）替自己赴约，与此同时，金慧珍得到了一份对于她来说十分宝贵的实习生工作。可是，让金慧珍没有想到的是，她的上司竟然正是池晟俊，而后者并没有认出金慧珍，对她的态度十分冷淡。闵夏莉则真的爱上了年轻英俊的池晟俊，一段三角关系由于错位的身份而变得异常复杂起来。Child-hood friends are seperated for fifteen years without many connections. The time comes when the two finally meet again, but the once beautiful Kim Hye-Jin has become unattractive, and the unattractive Ji Sung-Joon grows up to be a very attractive man. Will Kim Hye-Jin be able to face him? Love and vanity are put to the test in 'She Was Pretty'.