| Plot: | An "ugly" single mother agrees to an arranged marriage to the son of a billionaire so that she can pay for her sick son's medical care.
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| Overview: | The popular SBS TV series My Ugly Sweetie is ready to make a big splash to give a boost to the Korean Wave.
After the success of My Lovely Sam-soon, My Ugly Sweetie with its "not pretty leading actress" attracted a large following among female audiences in Korea and is expected to be a hit TV series in overseas markets as well. According to the research, My Ugly Sweetie was the 7th highest-rated TV series and the No.1 mini series in 2006 with TV ratings as high as 30%. It is also the first drama granted by the Saipan Tourism Bureau to help on location filming in Saipan, Philippines.
Jin Cha Yeon (Kin Ji Young) is a headstrong, simple minded but tough woman who grew up in an orphanage. She meets a man whom she falls in love with, through the introduction of Lee Ho Tae (Kim Yoo Seok), her childhood friend. She gives her body and soul to the man and even becomes pregnant by him, but in the end, the man leaves her telling her that he will come back someday-but he never does. Her only son Duri becomes afflicted with a rare disease which his medication will take an astronomic amount of money. He is her only family in the world, and she will do anything she can to cure him. But things begin looking up for Cha Yeon. She is offered the chance in a lifetime! It is an opportunity beyond her wildest imagination - a contract marriage to the son of a billionaire!
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