"Yo soy Betty, la fea" (1999) TV series 1999-2001

Writers:

Fernando Gaitán (original)
Elsa Cortés (assistant screenplay writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

25 October 1999 (Colombia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

El Mundo se enamorará de ella (The World will fall in love with her)

Plot:

Betty is an ugly assistant, but very efficient, and is not liked by the beautiful ones, and those who hate working.

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Mario Duarte

...

Nicolas Mora (1 episode, 1999)

Also Known As:

Betty, la fea (Colombia) (short title)
I Am Betty, the Ugly Girl (USA) (literal English title)
Ugly Betty (USA) (informal English title)

Runtime:

Mexico:30 min | 45 min (169 episodes)

Country:

Colombia

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Bogotá, Colombia

Company:

RCN Televisión

Goofs:

Continuity: In one of the later episodes, Betty, out of fury, imagines herself slapping Armando into a lamp. Armando rubs the wrong side of his cheek, after falling into the lamp.

Movie Connections:

Remade as "Sara" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Se Dice de Mí

The revenge of the ugliest ones

This is the latin american soap-opera fenomeno. The ratings for this soap-opera in every country has been over the 42.0 every where, and the closing chapter (in those countries where it has finished) has rated over the 50.0. Politicians, newspeople and the guy in the street, they all got together to watch this truly fabulous TV-program, and forget everydays worries, to laugh with the adventures of Betty and their colleagues. This is not a traditional soap opera, in which you need to be beautiful to have success. In this one, the viewer identifies himself with Betty and all the girls in the "Cuartel de las feas" (The ugliest ones headquarter), in their challenge to probe the world that beauty has nothing to do with success and love.