Miss Korea (TV series)

Miss Korea is a South Korean television series starring Lee Sun-kyun, Lee Yeon-hee, Lee Mi-sook, Lee Sung-min, Song Seon-mi, and Lee Ki-woo. It aired for 20 episodes on MBC from December 18, 2013, to February 26, 2014.

Plot
Set in the year 1997, a cosmetics company is in bad financial shape during the IMF crisis, so to save the company, Hyung-joon along with his fellow employees attempt to make 25-year-old Ji-young into Miss Korea, a nationwide beauty pageant winner. Back in their high school days, Ji-young was the most beautiful and popular girl on campus, but she now works as an elevator girl.

Main

 * Lee Yeon-hee as Oh Ji-young
 * 25 years old, "Dream" department store's elevator girl. She was Kim Hyung-joon's junior in high school and his first love.


 * Lee Sun-kyun as Kim Hyung-joon
 * 29 years old, president of ViVi cosmetics, who has huge debt to loan sharks (for his cosmetics factory) and additionally needs money to launch a new developed product of his company - BB cream.


 * Lee Mi-sook as Ma Ae-ri
 * 54 years old, ex-Miss Korea, owner of Queen Beauty Salon, coach of future Miss Korea.


 * Lee Sung-min as Jung Seon-saeng
 * 39 years old, gangster working for a loan shark. He is assigned to Kim Hyung-joon to ensure collecting debt from him. His given name (Seon-saeng) means teacher in Korean. Because of that, his full name sounds like family name with title (teacher Jung).


 * Song Seon-mi as Go Hwa-jung
 * 31 years old, chief researcher of ViVi cosmetics.


 * Lee Ki-woo as Lee Yoon
 * 29 years old, investment agent of M&A company Human Partners Korea. He was Kim Hyung-joon's classmate in high school.

Queen Beauty Salon

 * Ko Sung-hee as Kim Jae-hee, Miss Korea candidate, coached by Queen Beauty Salon. Daughter of congressman Kim Sung-chul.
 * Heo Seung-jae as Yoon Sil-jang, Ma Ae-ri's assistant
 * Park Guk-sun as Choi Soo-yeon, Miss Korea candidate, coached by Queen Beauty Salon.
 * Kang Tae-oh as Ma Ae-ri's son

Cherry Beauty Salon

 * Hong Ji-min as Yang Choon-ja, owner of Cherry Beauty Salon. Ma Ae-ri's ex-assistant who become her rival.
 * Kang Han-na as Im Seon-joo, Miss Korea candidate, coached by Cherry Beauty Salon.
 * Ha Yeon-joo as Shin Sun-young, Miss Korea candidate, coached by Cherry Beauty Salon.

ViVi Cosmetics

 * Oh Jung-se as Kim Heung-sam, planning director of ViVi cosmetics
 * Choi Jae-hwan as Kim Kang-woo, researcher of ViVi cosmetics
 * Jo Sang-ki as Kim Kang-shik, director of BaDa cosmetics, Kim Kang-woo's older brother

Oh Ji-young's family

 * Jang Yong as Oh Jong-goo, Oh Ji-young's grandfather
 * Jung Kyu-soo as Oh Myun-sang, Oh Ji-young's father
 * Jung Suk-yong as Oh Woong-sang, Oh Ji-young's uncle
 * Baek Bong-ki as Oh Ji-seok, Oh Ji-young's brother

"Dream" department store

 * Jang Won-young as Department head Park
 * Yoo Eun-ho as Jung Eun-ah, "Dream" department store elevator girl
 * Kim Ye-won as Lee Young-sun, "Dream" department store elevator girl
 * Park Ha-na as Han So-jin, "Dream" department store elevator girl
 * Moon Ji-in as Kim Yoo-ra, "Dream" department store elevator girl

Others

 * Go In-beom as congressman Kim Sung-chul, Kim Jae-hee's father
 * Im Ye-jin as Go Bong-hee, Kim Hyung-joon's mother
 * Jung Seung-kil as President Hwang, loan shark
 * Oh Min-ae as Director Choi
 * Jung So-min as gas station attendant whom Ma Ae-ri targets to become Miss Korea 1998 (cameo, ep 20)

Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.