贝蒂·苏亚雷斯(亚美莉卡·费雷拉 America Ferrera 饰)是个出身墨西哥移民家庭的普通姑娘,她一头厚重头发,戴黑框眼镜,满嘴牙箍,矮矮胖胖,是个毫无吸引力的丑姑娘。但是贝蒂生就一副好心肠和勤快手脚,加上无与伦比的上进心。进入美女如云的时尚杂志《MODE》编辑部后,贝蒂先是受尽同事嘲弄和捉弄,尤以前台小姐阿曼达(贝基·纽顿 Becki Newton 饰)和她的好基友马克(迈克尔·尤瑞 Michael Urie 饰)为甚,却因良好的工作水准得到总经理丹尼尔·米德(埃里克·马比斯 Eric Mabius 饰)的赏识,贝蒂对这位平易近人、英俊不凡的老总也悄悄生出倾慕之心,却无意被卷入丹尼尔和老妈(范妮莎·L·威廉姆斯 Vanessa Williams 饰)的战争……
本片翻拍自哥伦比亚同名大热剧集。
The series follows smart, capable and by the book Grace Narayan (Anjli Mohindra), who was flying high as an inner-city police sergeant before being forced into a 'punishment posting' on the small, antiquated island of St. Jory. Confronted by the forgotten and unsolved case of missing teenage boy Cai, Grace quickly discovers that she must overcome scarce evidence, extraordinary local characters, and the island's strange cult history to uncover the truth.