Queen of The Ring begins by showing the atmosphere before the fashion show,
where a male manager is seen selecting four girls who will be in charge of welcoming invited guests.
The man seemed satisfied
when he selected the first three girls who really fit the criteria he wanted.
However, when selecting the last girl named Mo Nan-hee,
the man even felt annoyed that Nan-hee did not meet the criteria at all,
and still forced herself to apply for the job.
When the male manager was about to tell Nan-hee to leave,
one of the manager's subordinates suddenly told him
that they were short on staff backstage.
Without thinking, the manager immediately asked Nan-hee to do backstage work.
Even though it's not according to her wishes, Nan-hee is forced
to do physical work such as nailing plywood which will be used as the stage background.
Meanwhile,
on the other hand,
a young man named Park Se-gun attended a fashion show with his friend.
Se-gun and his friend seemed enthusiastic to watch the female models walk the catwalk gracefully.
Se-gun who seems interested in one of the models at the fashion show then runs to meet her.
At the same time,
Nan-hee looks annoyed that she has to do physical work backstage which is very tiring,
even though she had applied for a job as a receptionist who only needed to stand up and
greet the invited guests with a friendly smile.
While Nan-hee was watching the fashion show from backstage,
she suddenly heard the sound of something snapping and realized that it was
coming from the stage backdrop that was about to collapse.
Nan-hee tried her best to hold the plank with her back as she called for help.
Not long after, Se-gun, who happened to be nearby,
came to help Nan-hee hold the plank about to collapse.
Since the plank was too heavy for the two of them to hold,
Se-gun then asked Nan-hee to get out of there on his cue
so they wouldn't be crushed by the stage background board.
Although Nan-hee was slightly scratched in the incident,
she seemed relieved that no one was hurt.
Nan-hee then asks Se-gun why he is helping her.
Se-gun tells her
that he helped her because he didn't want the beautiful models to get hurt from being
crushed by the heavy stage backdrop.
Hearing Se-gun's words, Nan-hee then felt annoyed and sad at the same time.
Especially when he sees Se-gun approaching a beautiful model
and seems familiar with the woman.
With tears in her eyes, Nan-hee questions the world around her,
which is full of beautiful women, but why only she is ugly.
The scene then switches to the past, where
Nan-hee first meets Se-gun who will be a painting model in a painting class she attends on campus.
Nan-hee turns out to have an extraordinary artistic talent and can paint Se-gun so well,
that it earns his praise.
Because of that, Nan-hee fell in love with Se-gun.
The scene then turns to the present.
Nan-hee is annoyed at Se-gun for only caring about beautiful women,
then tries to tear the painting she made.
But Nan-hee can't afford to spoil her own handiwork and then blames her mother
because she was born like her ugly mother,
unlike her father, who had a pretty face.
Elsewhere,
Se-gun is seen working on a fashion design,
where his friend, a young man named Deuk-chan,
asks him why he rejects a girl's declaration of love when she is very beautiful.
Se-gun reasons that all women are beautiful,
but he thinks their beauty will fade over time, and he will get bored of them instead.
Even though Deuk-chan doesn't really understand what Se-gun's words mean,
he chooses not to make any further fuss and asks about the clothes Se-gun will design in
a fashion competition. Meanwhile, Nan-hee is invited by her mother somewhere so they
can be alone because her mother will reveal a very important secret about their family.
Her mother then shows her a photo album containing past wedding photos of their ancestors.
Nan-hee then realizes that all the photos have something in common:
all the women in their family have ugly faces, while the grooms are very handsome. Her mother
revealed that their ancestors captivated the hearts of handsome men with a magic ring.
Any woman who wears the ring will look beautiful and captivate the heart of the man she loves.
At first, Nan-hee didn't believe her mother's words about a magic ring that could change
her face to be beautiful in the eyes of the man she loved. But out of curiosity,
she finally decided to prove the ring's magic. Her mother then gave the ring to Nan-hee, but told her
to return it immediately before five o'clock in the afternoon because her mother still needed
the ring to win her father's heart. The next day, Nan-hee ventures out to ask Se-gun for a drink.
But Se-gun then refuses the invitation because he doesn't drink with just anyone. Hearing this,
Nan-hee then persuades Se-gun by saying that there is a beautiful woman who wants to meet him there.
Se-gun, who seems interested in meeting the beautiful woman, finally changes his mind
and agrees to go out for drinks with Nan-hee. Arriving at the restaurant, Se-gun and Nan-hee
engage in a conversation about Se-gun who likes beautiful women and Nan-hee who has an ugly face.
Nan-hee then reveals to Se-gun that being a bad person is always criticized by many people,
and she is very frustrated by that. Nan-hee then tells Se-gun that from now on, she will disappear
from Se-gun's sight, and as a last request, she wants Se-gun to put a ring on her ring finger.
Without thinking, Se-gun then complied with Nan-hee's request. But then, Se-gun feels
the time around him has stopped, and he feels very dizzy. After that, he sees a beautiful
girl sitting in front of him, but he immediately collapses unconscious before seeing the beautiful
girl more clearly. The next day, Se-gun still doesn't remember clearly what happened yesterday,
including the beautiful girl sitting across from him. However, when he sees Nan-hee, he doesn't
even recognize her as the ugly Nan-hee, because in his eyes right now, she is a very beautiful girl.
Seeing a beautiful girl nearby, Se-gun immediately approaches her and invites her to get acquainted.
But Nan-hee, who was too nervous about being close to Se-gun, didn't say anything. Se-gun
looks at the name tag attached to the drafting tube she's carrying and looks surprised that he
actually recognizes Mo Nan-hee's name. However, Se-gun is surprised that Nan-hee acts as if she
doesn't know him. After that, Nan-hee met her best friend, a man named Tae-hyun, who told her
that their best friend since childhood was going to Paris to continue their education. Nan-hee and
Tae-hyun then engage in conversations that are occasionally interspersed with jokes.
Unbeknownst to both of them, Se-gun turns out to be watching the two from a distance.
At the same time, a girl named On-hwa comes to Se-gun to ask something.
Knowing that On-hwa is a close friend of Nan-hee, Se-gun then asks her for Nan-hee's phone number.
Shortly afterwards, Se-gun goes to Tae-hyun and asks him to stay away from Nan-hee,
saying that he is interested in Nan-hee and wants to date her. Tae-hyun looks surprised to hear
Se-gun's words and has no idea that a handsome man like him is attracted to the ugly-faced Nan-hee.
Tae-hyun even thinks Se-gun has bad intentions toward Nan-hee, and will only play with her
feelings. Se-gun then meets Nan-hee, and asks her out on a date. Nan-hee's friends also seem very
surprised when they discover that a handsome and popular man like Se-gun pays attention to
Nan-hee. Se-gun and Nan-hee then go on a date, where Se-gun buys a yellow dress for Nan-hee and
takes her to a restaurant where they have drinks together. In the middle of their conversation,
Se-gun asks about the whereabouts of a girl who is good at drawing in Nan-hee's class,
which girl is actually the Nan-hee who once painted his painting. A panicked Nan-hee then
tells Se-gun that the girl's name is Mi-joo. A few days later, Se-gun visits Nan-hee's house
and accidentally sees her real face, which he calls Mi-joo. While in Nan-hee's room,
Se-gun finds a familiar red journal because it turns out to be the one he saw when he
met a beautiful girl at Namsan Tower. The next day, Se-gun asks Nan-hee to come to his class,
but as the 'beautiful' Nan-hee, because he will introduce her to his classmates. Unexpectedly,
Se-gun is announcing to everyone that Nan-hee will be the model for a fashion competition
that will be held soon. Hearing this, Se-gun's classmates look very surprised that Se-gun chose
an ugly girl as his model. Nan-hee immediately refuses Se-gun's request to make her a model,
realizing that she doesn't meet the standards of a fashion show model. When Nan-hee was walking
alone, she accidentally met the real Mi-joo, her childhood friend. Mi-joo, who had just arrived
from Paris, came there to meet Nan-hee and asked for the red journal that Nan-hee had because there
was something important hidden inside the book. The scene then switches to the past, exactly six
months earlier when Mi-joo accidentally met Se-gun at Namsan Tower. The two seem to be attracted to
each other, so Se-gun then gives Mi-joo his phone number and slips it in the red journal.
After the meeting, Se-gun considers Mi-joo as his ideal type, and in his eyes, the beautiful Nan-hee
is the real Mi-joo. That's why, Se-gun sees two beautiful girls whose faces are very similar,
which are actually the real Mi-joo and Nan-hee who is wearing a magic ring to captivate Se-gun's
heart as his ideal type. Se-gun thinks he's hallucinating and rubs his eyes. Afterwards,
Se-gun asks Nan-hee on a date and takes her home. Before leaving, Se-gun presents Nan-hee with
rose-scented perfume, and she looks happy that he cares for her so much. When Nan-hee wonders
about the woman Se-gun met at Namsan Tower, she suddenly gets a message from Mi-joo asking her to
come to meet her at a nightclub. Mi-joo turns out to just want to embarrass Nan-hee in front of a
lot of men. Mi-joo, who is jealous of Nan-hee, who is smart in everything, tells Nan-hee that she is
very annoyed when her mother always compares her to Nan-hee. Hearing this, Nan-hee rushed out of
there. But it's raining outside, and she doesn't have an umbrella. Not long after, Se-gun comes
there and invites her to take shelter. After that, Se-gun invites Nan-hee to take a photo together.
Nan-hee panicked, fearing that her real face would be exposed in the photo. However, her mother says
that as long as she wears the ring, her face will not change in Se-gun's eyes even in the photo.
Unexpectedly, Se-gun apparently uploaded a photo of the two of them on social media while writing
a caption that he and Nan-hee were officially dating. The whole campus is shocked by the
news the next day because they have no idea that Se-gun is dating Nan-hee. Nan-hee, who has just
arrived at the campus, immediately becomes the subject of gossip because, according to everyone,
she doesn't deserve to be side by side with the handsome Se-gun. However, On-hwa, who is a close
friend of Nan-hee, is seen congratulating her because her best friend has won the heart of the
man of her dreams. But not so with Tae-hyun who thinks that their love relationship looks odd.
Tae-hyun then asks Se-gun about what he saw in Nan-hee, which made him fall in love.
Without thinking, Se-gun says he fell in love with Nan-hee because she is so beautiful. At
first Tae-hyun doesn't believe Se-gun's words at all, but he chooses to ignore them and let
the two of them have a romantic relationship. One day, Nan-hee asks Se-gun to paint her face while
wearing the ring, and how surprised she is when she finds out that Se-gun painted Mi-joo's face.
Seeing this, Nan-hee immediately leaves Se-gun, feeling sad and disappointed after learning
that Se-gun's ideal woman is Mi-joo, and Mi-joo turns out to be the girl he met at Namsan Tower.
Nan-hee then tries to keep Se-gun away from Mi-joo when they accidentally cross paths on campus.
Realizing that she can no longer maintain her romance with Se-gun, Nan-hee tells Tae-hyun
that she will end her relationship with Se-gun because his ideal type is Mi-joo. That night,
Nan-hee, who was alone with Se-gun, asked why he was dating her. Knowing that Se-gun was attracted
to her only because of the mortal beauty he saw due to the magic ring's influence, Nan-hee feels
sad and disappointed. The two then got into an argument that caused them to accidentally fall
into the swimming pool. Unexpectedly, the ring that Nan-hee was wearing slipped from her hand
and fell to the bottom of the pool. Not wanting Se-gun to know her real face, Nan-hee rushes out
of the pool and hides. On the other hand, Se-gun who has come out of the pool, then looks for
Nan-hee's whereabouts. However, he instead runs into Tae-hyun who tells him to go home and rest.
After that, Tae-hyun goes to Nan-hee, where she tells him everything that happened to her.
Tae-hyun, who seemed to sympathize with Nan-hee, then helped her find her ring that had fallen at
the bottom of the swimming pool. A few days later, Mi-joo runs into Se-gun who calls her Nan-hee and
immediately gets angry at her. Luckily, Nan-hee got there in time and then took Mi-joo away from
there. Nan-hee then tells Mi-joo everything that happened and asks her to pretend to be herself as
long as she hasn't found her family's magic ring. Mi-joo agrees to Nan-hee's request as long as she
doesn't mind if she falls in love with Se-gun one day, and will try to make him her real boyfriend.
Long story short, Se-gun and Mi-joo then spend time together and occasionally go on dates.
However, Se-gun immediately realizes that there are many oddities about 'Nan-hee',
because his 'Nan-hee' is actually the real Mi-joo right now. Not long after,
Tae-hyun went to Nan-hee to give her the ring he had found at the bottom of the swimming pool.
Nan-hee then thanks him for helping her, saying that she will wear the ring once again to reveal
everything to Se-gun, and then disappears forever from Se-gun's sight. When Se-gun and
Nan-hee are shopping at a clothing store, they run into Mi-joo who happens to be there too.
Se-gun immediately felt confused because he saw his 'Nan-hee' there were two people,
and now they were standing in front of him. Mi-joo then takes the opportunity to expose
all of Nan-hee's trickery in front of Se-gun by removing her ring. An angry Se-gun demands
an explanation from Nan-hee, and she has no choice but to reveal everything and apologize
for lying to him. Se-gun, feeling very angry and disappointed, decides not to want to deal
with Nan-hee anymore and deletes her phone number from his cellphone contacts. The next day, Se-gun
and Nan-hee were chosen to represent the campus and participate in a prestigious fashion show.
However, they are required to bring their own models. Se-gun then asks Mi-joo to be his model,
while Nan-hee tries to persuade Tae-hyun to become her model. At the same time, Se-gun gets
news that his mother can't come to the event, which makes him very annoyed. Long story short,
the participants were asked to do rehearsal a few hours before the fashion show started. When Mi-joo
goes on stage, she looks so nervous when all eyes are on her that she finally collapses unconscious.
Mi-joo, who turns out to have an anxiety disorder, asks Tae-hyun to accompany her to the hospital.
Having lost their model, Nan-hee asks Se-gun to be her model, replacing Tae-hyun. So is Se-gun who
wants Nan-hee to be his model. Dressed in clothes designed by Nan-hee, Se-gun looks very attractive
on stage and invites the admiration of everyone present. However, as soon as Nan-hee goes on stage
and becomes a model, Se-gun finally realizes that he has fallen in love with her. Sometime later,
Se-gun meets Nan-hee at her house after they haven't seen each other for quite a while.
Se-gun then asks Nan-hee to throw away the magic ring while giving her a new ring and confessing
his love for her. After officially dating Se-gun, Nan-hee says that she wants to wear the magic ring
one more time before throwing it away because she wants to look beautiful in Se-gun's eyes. However,
now that Se-gun loves Nan-hee as she is, nothing has changed even though she is
wearing the magic ring. After throwing away the ring, the two of them finally kissed.
The moral that can be learned from this movie is to be yourself as you are, pretty or ugly, because
someone who truly loves us will accept us as we are, regardless of our physical appearance.