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TVB series "Beauty Knows No Pain" is accused of copying American TV series "Ugly Betty." Michelle Yim attended to the promotion of "BKNP" yesterday and expressed genres of series are always related to love, career, and family etc. But even the settings are similar? She said: "I didn't watch 'Ugly Betty.' Actually, it's just like 'The Legend of Condor Heroes.' There are many remakes. Most importantly, it has been improved." TVB's "Mysteries of Love" earlier was accused of plagiarizing Japanese drama "Galileo." As for TVB has been accused of plagiarism many times and has no creativity, Michelle said: "Actors are the most important ones. Actors' good performance, good image, it's another type of performing. Anyways, I said all the genres can't leave out love, career, and family." Maggie Cheung said she watched "Ugly Betty" and admitted some parts are similar, she said: "But our setting is prettier. It's most important for viewers to relate to the characters. Over all, we're not alike."

Source: Mingpao
Translation: Kay's Entertainment