1. A method for displaying a message in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: receiving a message; extracting a keyword from the received message contents; determining whether information associated with a sender of the received message exists; when the sender's information exists, determining whether a representative photo image exists in the sender's information; when the representative photo image exists, extracting a face detection feature from the representative photo image, and extracting a keyword from the received message contents; searching for a photo image that meets at least one of the extracted face detection feature and the keyword from an internal device or an external device; and selecting one of the searched photo images, and viewing a message history window where a message region on which text of the received message is displayed with the selected photo image as a background image.