The Ugly Duckling series tells a story of a beautiful 18-year-old girl named Junita
who is having a conversation with her maid, Aoi.
Junita is a beautiful and rich girl.
She lived with her mother, who had a similar beauty and character, and her maid.
The next scene shows Junita's perfect life.
She often uploads photos of herself through social media,
where many people have followed her account.
The perfection of Junita's life is more complete because she has
a handsome and rich boyfriend and close friends who are good to her.
Even she often hears that she is the luckiest girl in the world.
Back to the initial scene when Junita was conversing with Aoi,
the maid apparently told the Ugly Duckling tale,
about an ugly duckling who turned into a beautiful white swan queen.
When Aoi told how the ugly duckling was kicked out because of its ugly face,
Junita replied that the duck deserved to be expelled.
Then Aoi denied it by saying that all girls have their own beauty,
although they are different.
Moreover, at the end of the story,
the ugly duckling becomes a white swan that is so beautiful.
After hearing the story, Junita gives Aoi her cell phone to take her picture.
She then advised Aoi to take good photos and not make her look fat.
The photo was then uploaded by Junita to Instagram.
The scene moves where Junita will go with her boyfriend,
who has already picked her up in front of the house.
Before going on a date, they took a photo and uploaded it to Instagram.
When Junita returned home, she checked the
uploaded photo and saw netizens' comments saying she had such a big face.
This immediately worries Junita, and she calls her boyfriend,
who doesn't really respond to Junita's complaints because,
in fact, he is having an affair with another girl.
Finally, Junita was determined to diet and lose weight.
A few days later, when her boyfriend came back to ask her out on a date,
she proudly said she had lost weight,
and they intended to celebrate by eating cake together.
While eating cake,
Junita's boyfriend apparently took a photo of Junita and uploaded it secretly to Instagram.
The photo received various negative comments from netizens,
making Junita again worried and not confident.
When she expressed her concerns to her friends through a group chat,
they suggested she do a thread lift.
At first, Junita was reluctant to do the plastic surgery procedure,
but the words of her friends in the group chat made her self-confidence soar,
so she decided to follow the advice.
Long story short, Junita went to the doctor for a thread lift procedure.
But unexpectedly,
after doing this and returning home, Junita's face was covered with lots of pimples.
She immediately rushed back to consult the doctor, who diagnosed that the thread lift
injection marks on Junita's face had an infection due to tap water.
So there are consequences that really rarely happened before.
The doctor said that the acne on Junita's face would heal within
a year with the recommended incentive treatment.
When Junita returned home, her condition made her mother worried.
Because they already have plans to attend various events,
they will meet a lot of people.
Junita's feelings are broken when she invites her friends to go for a walk,
but they refuse because of the condition of Junita's facial skin.
Even when Junita's boyfriend came to the house that afternoon,
he felt surprised and scared to see her. He asks her not to get too close, and
he shares plans to continue his studies abroad. So he asked to break up with her for 1 year so
he could focus on studying to prepare for school. Not only that, but he promised not to have a new
girlfriend and asked Junita to do the treatment so that her skin condition returned to normal.
Junita's heart was so broken that she cried after her boyfriend left. At that time, Aoi approached
and tried to calm Junita, who said that no one in this world truly loved her. Aoi then said
that she really sincerely loves her. However, Junita's sadness doesn't go away when night
comes. Junita is still crying and expressing her sad feelings on her Facebook status,
where she wrote that she was the most unlucky girl. Someone replied to the Facebook status
with a duck profile picture. The person wrote why she was so sad because she wasn't beautiful
when many people had more miserable life and sent her a link to the ugly duckling club website.
Without thinking any longer, Junita opened the link, which is apparently a club for people who
are not beautiful but still confident in their differences. After browsing the forum content,
she created an account and shared her feelings of insecurity that she experienced in a post. The
next day, Junita still doesn't believe in herself and tries to cover her face when she leaves the
house. People pay a lot of attention to Junita, who looks weird with the scarf covering most of
her face. On the other hand, Junita's post on the ugly duckling club forum got many responses.
One of them was from a forum member who suggested that she seek treatment at a clinic in a quite
remote area. Junita then rushed to meet her mother to express her desire to go to the area.
Not only that, she apparently intends to continue her studies in that area as well.
Junita's mother refused, but when Junita approached her, she was frightened and
immediately allowed her to go. But Junita's mother said that Aoi's had to come to accompany her.
The decision to continue studying abroad made Junita very happy. While packing, someone at
the ugly duckling club suggested that she pretend to be a poor girl if she moved to the area. She
thought that it was a good idea because she became able to experience life as an ordinary girl.
Long story short, they went to the area, and Junita visited the campus.
While walking on campus, a male student greeted her. The male student with a handsome face
is named Suea and is one of the seniors on the campus. He was curious because Junita was still
covering her face with the scarf, but she refused to open the scarf and reveal her face. He thought
that she was a shy person and only showed the location of the new student introductions.
Junita gets to know Bee at the welcoming ceremony, a male student who apparently
likes Suea very much. The welcoming ceremony for new students was lively.
Even though their friends and seniors think that Junita is quite weird because she keeps covering
her face with a scarf, they still have fun and make her very happy. After the welcome ceremony,
Junita goes to the campus dormitory with Aoi. Unfortunately, the state of the campus dormitories
is apparently very alarming. Even Junita can barely get a room because she has to find 3 other
new female students who can be invited to share the same room. Fortunately, 3 female students were
looking for an additional 1 person to share a room at that time. One of the 3 girls is named Ning,
and she invites Junita to join them in the same room. She was relieved and immediately registered
her name to live in a dorm room with the 3 other female students. They entered the room together,
which was no less scary and pathetic. While eating snacks together, Junita had to remove the scarf
that covered her face, causing her three roommates to ask about her skin condition.
Seeing Junita saddened by the question, Ning tried to cheer her up, and they continued their friendly
conversation while eating snacks. However, when Junita went to the toilet, she heard 2 other
friends complaining to Ning about Junita's skin condition and worried that it was contagious.
Junita's friend's words made Junita even more insecure, so she went to the campus introduction
event wearing sunglasses and a scarf that covered her entire face the next day. Unexpectedly,
because Junita was busy conversing with Bee, a senior doing campus introductions called
her to come forward. She was asked to take off the glasses and scarf she was wearing.
However, because of the senior's shout, she was afraid and cried. Suea, part of the senior group
conducting the campus introduction orientation, approached Junita and calmed her down. Then he
asked if she had serious health problems that required her to wear a scarf and glasses.
When Junita said no, Suea convinced her to take off her scarf and glasses. In the end, Junita did
as Suea said. The first-year students and seniors laughed at Junita's condition, making Suea furious
and stop their banter. Suea defended Junita in front of the other seniors and then convinced
her not to pay attention to what people said and become more confident. Unfortunately, Suea's words
made her cry even more, and she finally ran away from the campus introduction orientation event.
Suea followed Junita, who chose to sit alone in the campus garden. He offered his handkerchief
when he saw she was crying and then tried to persuade her by saying he would be her friend.
Long story short, at the end of the campus introduction orientation event, the senior
revealed that there were senior spies among the new students. The spy is the figure of a senior in
the third year who pretends to be The first-year student to spy on them. Unexpectedly, the spy was
Ning. Junita was surprised to find out that her roommate was a third-year student. Another fact
was revealed at the end of the orientation event regarding Ning and Suea, who were actually dating.
Not only that, they even live together in an apartment outside the campus area. Time passes,
and Junita begins to live her life as an average student at a campus on the outskirts of town.
In class, a lecturer asked the students to talk about the tourist spots they visited, and Junita
came forward to talk about a big shopping centre in downtown Bangkok that she used to frequent.
Then, she talked about branded goods in the mall to famous restaurants in front of the class.
Junita's story made the lecturer angry and asked her to tell the real tourist spot the next day.
As soon as class was over, Junita went to the campus park and sat alone.
She felt sad because the lecturer scolded her in front of the class.
Finally, Suea came, and Junita told him about her sadness, which made him laugh because she,
studying tourism, should have told him about tourist attractions instead of shopping centres.
The meeting with Suea again motivated Junita to look for tourist attractions that she would be
able to tell about in class. That night at the hostel, it was raining heavily. Junita and her
two friends gathered because, coincidentally, at that time, the electricity went out,
and their room leaked. They couldn't move to another room in the dorm because they were
all full. They finally decided to stay at another friend's place, and Junita called Ning to ask if
she could stay at her apartment. Ning agreed, and they lived together in Ning's apartment with Suea.
After picking up Junita from the dormitory, Suea asks permission for Ning to go to work. It turned
out that Suea had been working while studying because his economic situation was not good.
A few days later, Junita and her friends wanted to have lunch together. But Suea's motorbike
broke down at that time, and his sandals broke. Suea intended to fix the sandals he was wearing,
but Ning threw them away instead. She was angry with Suea, who was considered too stingy because
he kept on repairing the damaged ones instead of buying new sandals. Ning's anger made Suea furious
because she actually knew how her boyfriend's economic condition was. So he tells her to buy him
new sandals and tells her that she is a rich girl. Hearing this, Ning was furious and left Suea.
Even though Ning didn't come, Suea still went to lunch with Junita and her friends. While eating,
a worried Suea asked them if he had gone too far with Ning. Junita advised that Ning was actually
only worried about him. The explanation relieved Suea so much that he took out his outdated cell
phone and called Ning to apologize. After that, the two of them made up again. The next day, Aoi
helps Junita move into the apartment next to Ning and Suea while the dorm room is repaired. After
that, they went shopping at the supermarket, where they accidentally bumped into Ning with another
man. Junita tried to hide from them until Junita and Aoi ate beside Ning's table and overheard
their conversation. Apparently, the man was Ning's fianc , whom her parents had arranged for her.
Meanwhile, Ning's parents didn't even know she was still dating Suea. But even though Junita tried to
hide, Ning still caught her, and she immediately left the restaurant. In the apartment, Junita
secretly feels more feelings for Suea. Especially after she found out that Ning had cheated on him.
The next day, Junita and Bee accidentally meet Suea, who works as a cashier at a DVD rental
place. Junita and Suea chatted, and she asked if he had ever thought about cheating on Ning.
Suea initially thought the question was to test his feelings for Ning, who was a close friend of
Junita's. He then explained that he was a poor person, so he believed the people with him were
sincere because they no longer looked at material things. Another fact about Suea was revealed when
they were all drinking together. He said that his parents had died, so he used to live in the
temple. This makes him have to go to college and work because he supports himself. The story about
Suea's past touched Junita. She took Suea's hand without thinking, to which he responded. Time
passed until Ning and Junita passed each other on the apartment's stairs. Ning asked Junita to speak
to her, and she explained what Junita had heard at the restaurant a few days earlier. It turned out
that Ning had known the man for a long time, whose name was Tot and their parents were very close.
Ning reveals that her parents don't like Suea because they see him having no future as a child
who only lives in a temple. Meanwhile, Tot is considered capable of guaranteeing her future,
considering that he graduated abroad. Ning was in a difficult situation where she couldn't choose
between Tot and Suea. Junita chimed in by asking if Ning still loved Suea, to which she answered
less convincingly. She then added that Junita will know how it feels to choose between the
future and love. The next day Ning suddenly calls and asks Junita to help remove Suea's belongings
from the apartment. It seemed that Tot and Ning's parents would soon be coming to the apartment,
and they shouldn't know that Ning and Suea had been living together all this time.
Junita rushed back to the apartment and moved Suea's things to her room with the help of Bee.
When Junita leaves the apartment building after Junita and Bee get to know Ning and Tot's parents,
she runs into Suea instead. She was confused as to make he did not return to the apartment.
She had no choice but to explain that Ning's parents were in the apartment,
so Suea couldn't go to the apartment for a while. They finally decided to go for a walk together
while waiting for Ning's parents to leave the apartment. The scene changed when Junita and her
friends ate with Ning and Suea. Bee quips Ning by saying a cheater won't be happy. Ning was
irritated by the aspersion and left immediately, followed by a confused Suea. Meanwhile, Bee
doesn't feel guilty for upsetting Ning and says that cheating women deserve it. On the other hand,
Suea apparently failed to persuade Ning, so he returned and continued eating with Junita and Bee.
Unfortunately, at that time, Tot came to see Ning. Bee and Junita, who saw Tot tried to hide, but it
was too late because he approached and greeted them. For a while, they were relieved to think
he was just saying hello after meeting yesterday at the apartment. When Tot was about to leave,
he asked them where Ning was. Tot's question made Suea realize that Ning had
been having an affair with him. Whereas Tot insisted that Ning had broken up with Suea.
This irritated Suea, and he immediately hit him. He is angry with Junita and Bee, who apparently
found out about Ning's affair. After that, Suea pulled Tot to meet Ning, wherein the end, all the
secrets were revealed. Ning tells Suea about her father asking her to marry Tot after graduation
and Suea being judged to have no future. Suea was unyielding, insisting he would work hard for Ning
and her future and intending to marry her after they graduated. He realized that she had never
wanted to fight with him. When he begs her to give him a chance to prove himself, she
still refuses and asks for a breakup. After his relationship ended with Ning, Suea disappeared,
and even Junita, who was looking for him, couldn't find him. Junita's anxiety, busy looking for Suea,
makes her friends suspect she likes him. So they advised her to openly confess her feelings to him.
Time flies and Junita bumps into Suea on the apartment's stairs. She told the truth about being
worried about Suea's condition and hugged him, then Suea explained that he had started to forget
Ning and asked Junita to retrieve his things from Ning's apartment room. The scene changes when
Junita and Bee go to a bookstore, where without them knowing, Suea is working as a cashier. They
met, and Suea followed Junita, who was looking for books. He suddenly asks if Junita has a boyfriend,
to which she answers that her boyfriend is an adult who currently doesn't know where.
Although initially disappointed, Suea eventually realizes that she is lying and doesn't actually
have a boyfriend. Then he asked her for a dinner date together. At the apartment, Junita again
wrote about Suea on the ugly duckling club forum, and a forum user responded with a comment that she
had fallen in love with him. Seeing this reply, she became shy and immediately closed the laptop.
The Ugly Duckling series closes with Junita still blushing, realizing her feelings for Suea,
which marks the love story's beginning. The moral that can be learned from this movie is
that acne is not the world's end. It could even be the beginning of a sweeter love story.