The Korean romantic comedy "She was Pretty" (그녀는 예뻤다, She was beautiful) starring Hwang Jung Eum and Park Seo Joon is getting an official Mexican adaptation.

Broadcaster Televisora has begun production of the series "Cuando fui bonita", which is scheduled to premiere on September 28, 2026 on Canal 5.

The drama tells the story of two schoolmates. One was an ugly duckling, the other a beauty. The boy worked on himself, lost weight, became handsome and rose to deputy editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine. The girl, however, wilted under life's weight, and genetics played a strange trick on her family. Years later, they meet again.

The lead roles in the Mexican version will be played by Geraldine Galván ("Vuelve a mí", "Vencer el miedo") and Daniel Gama ("Donde hubo fuego", "Hermanas, un amor compartido"). Their characters are named Paola and Juan.

"She was Pretty" already has Chinese ("Pretty Li Hui Zhen"), Japanese ("Kanojo wa Kirei Datta"), Thai ("Me Always You"), Vietnamese ("Mối Tình Đầu Của Tôi (My First Love)") and Turkish ("Seviyor Sevmiyor") versions.

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