Natalia Ramírez originally cast for the lead role, but she lost to Ana María Orozco, but because of Ramírez's career she was given the role of Marcela Valencia. The Pinzón Solano residence was filmed in a house in the Teusaquillo neighborhood of Bogotá. The usual director and writer Fernando Gaitán was used, who prepared the telenovela, which would be low-budget since it was shot in the industrial zone of Bogotá near the RCN studios where some scenes were also shot. One year after being released as a private channel, RCN had disastrous results against Caracol TV, so Carlos Ardila Lulle took direct control of the channel. The story has three movements: 1) Armando's foolish destruction of Eco Moda, 2) Betty's flight from the disgrace and her vacation in Cartagena where she undergoes an emotional and physical transformation, and 3) Betty's return to Eco Moda, where she is installed as new president. Because Betty, his secretary (and economics wizard), is in love with him, she helps Armando deceive the board of directors as he loses money and brings the company to ruin. But his scheme is doomed for his faulty mathematics.
Armando is a very incompetent playboy with a scheme to turn a huge profit as the new president of Eco Moda, a famous clothing manufacturing company.
Taking place mainly in Bogotá, Colombia, Betty La Fea is essentially a Cinderella comedy about the rise of poor, ugly 'Betty' Pinzón and the fall of rich, handsome Armando Mendoza.
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American comedy-drama hit Ugly Betty, Mexican telenovela La fea más bella, and Indian series Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin are all based on this Colombian telenovela.īetty, la Fea re-aired on Spanish-language U.S. More than a dozen versions of the telenovela have been made in other countries due to the popularity of the plot. I am Betty, the Ugly one), often referred to simply as Betty, la fea, is a Colombian telenovela written by Fernando Gaitán which was broadcast from 25 October 1999 to by RCN. It’s no surprise it went on to spawn a spinoff ( Ecomoda) and even a Saturday morning cartoon that reimagined the main characters in a schoolyard setting ( Betty Toons).Yo soy Betty, la fea ( transl. The RCN telenovela ran for 169 episodes and at its peak attracted 3.3 million viewers - a whopping 72 percent market share. With oversized glasses, an unwieldy mop of hair with greasy bangs, braces, and no discernible sense of style, Betty was unlike any of the beautiful telenovela leads we’d all grown up with: actress Ana María Orozco may have been as stunning as Thalia, Lucerito, or Kate del Castillo (to name some of her Mexican counterparts), but in character, she was as “ugly” as they come - her oft-cracking voice and all-out chuckle didn’t help. The show, about an unlikely “ugly duckling” who uses her wits to turn a fashion company around while falling in love with the company’s heir apparent, was a smash hit that turned the telenovela template on its head.
I couldn’t go to school without overhearing conversations about last night’s episode or gossip about what might be coming up the following week. Growing up in the mid-2000s in Colombia there was no escaping Yo soy Betty, la fea.
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