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 is transformed to a beauty, and 3) Betty returned to Eco Moda, installed as new president. Because Betty, his secretary (and economics wizard), is enamored 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 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. 5 Original Colombian version in other countries.It is the first telenovela to have been remade worldwide and has been regarded as bringing the telenovela to new levels of success. In addition, the premiere episode doubled and in some cases nearly tripled its prior audience among all key demographics.ĭue to the success of re-runs aired in the United States, in June 2009, Yo soy Betty, la fea re-aired in Mexico on Canal de las Estrellas, later Azteca 7.īetty, la fea is one of the world's most acclaimed and popular television shows and is considered the most famous Latin telenovela in history. Eight years after the telenovela's original run, the highly anticipated return of the original version of Yo Soy Betty, La Fea delivered impressive ratings for the network, attracting over one million viewers, more than half a million of which were adults aged 18–49.
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American comedy-drama hit Ugly Betty and Mexican series La fea más bella are both based on the Colombian soap opera.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. Yo soy Betty, la fea ( Template:Translation), often referred to simply as Betty, la fea, is a Colombian telenovela, written by Fernando Gaitán and produced from 25 October 1999 to by RCN (Radio Cadena Nacional) network. Yo soy Betty, la fea (Television program) Producer, MariÌa del Pilar director, Mario Ribero original script writer, Fernando GaitaÌn.Īna María Orozco (Beatriz Aurora "Betty" Pinzón Solano), Jorge Enrique Abello (Armando Mendoza Sáenz), Natalia Ramirez (Marcela Valencia), Lorna Paz (Patricia Fernández de Brickman "Marcela's best friend"), Luis Mesa (Daniel Valencia), Julián Arango (Hugo Lombardi), Ricardo Vélez (Mario Calderón), Mario Duarte (Nicolas Mora and himself), Kepa Amuchastegui (Roberto Mendoza), Talú Quintero (Margarita Sáenz De Mendoza), Celmira Luzardo(Catalina Ángel), Jorge Herrera (Hermes Pinzón Galarza), Adriana Franco (Julia Solano Galindo de Pinzón), Pilar Uribe (Maria Beatriz Valencia), Júlio César Herrera (Freddy Stewart Contreras), Dora Cadavid Inés "Inesita" Peña de Gómez), Stefanía Gomez (Aura María Fuentes), Paula Peña Sofía de Rodríguez), Luces Velásquez (Bertha Muñoz de González), Marcela Posada Sandra Patiño "La Jirafa"), María Eugenía Arboleda (Mariana Valdéz). Originally broadcast on television in Columbia in 1999-2001. These discs are a DVD recordable format and may not play in all players or drives.