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My ID is Gangnam Beauty: the twist, final scene, and what the ending means.

A complete, scene-by-scene breakdown of the ending — including the closing shot and the answers our editors get asked most.

By FilmLookup Editorial, Senior Editor · Reviewed by FilmLookup Reviewer · Published May 13, 2026

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This article contains major spoilers for My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018).

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So what actually happens at the end?

An editorial breakdown of the closing minutes of My ID is Gangnam Beauty is in progress. Full beat-by-beat coverage will publish shortly; for now, the plot summary below covers the major narrative arcs through the climax.

Plot recap leading into the ending

Gangnam Beauty (Korean: 내 아이디는 강남미인) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Im Soo-hyang, Cha Eun-woo, Jo Woo-ri and Kwak Dong-yeon. Based on the webtoon of the same name published in 2016 by Naver, it centers on the life of a college student who had cosmetic surgery to evade ongoing derision from her bullies. However, her decision seems to backfire as her peers ridicule her artificial look. The title of the webtoon and of the TV series alludes to the Korean word gangnammiin, a derogatory term in South Korea for people who are attractive but look as if they went through a number of plastic surgeries for a pretty face, a hot body or both.

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What is My ID is Gangnam Beauty about?

Bullied for her looks, Mi-rae gets plastic surgery hoping for a better kind of life but faces new challenges in college.

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