Damaris Rivas

Yo soy, Betty la fea. Betty, la Fea is a Colombian soap opera of 335 episodes that was released on October 25, 1999 and ended on May 8, 2001. With great success, this soap opera was bent to 25 languages and transmitted in more than 180 countries. In addition, the soap opera has had about 28 adaptations throughout history. Which makes it the soap opera with more adaptations. This telenovela premiered in Netflix in 2019 and since then it was positioned in the top 10 of the most watched content of the streaming platform, for license reasons, the soap opera ceased to be transmitted in Netflix in the mid -2022. Beatriz Pinzon Solano and Armando Mendoza, president of Ecomoda, being the main couple and the focus of the soap opera development. The story takes place in Ecomoda, a fashion company in Bogotá, Colombia. The antagonists are Marcela Valencia the fiancee of Armando, Patricia Fernandez the best friend of Marcela and the second secretary of Armando, Hugo Lombardi the designer of fashion and Daniel Valencia brother of Marcela and shareholder of Ecomoda who are part of the main cast along with a group of secretaries who call themselves "El cuartel de las feas" Beatriz is a young economist with wide academic preparation. She is extremely intelligent but unattractive, which makes her almost impossible to get a job for her appearance. After getting work in Ecomoda, as a secretary, Betty is hired by Armando for her amazing curriculum and the little salary that Betty requested. Marcela along with her best friend Patricia is responsible for making her misdeeds and all kinds of traps to give her to give up the company for different reasons, for example, Patricia's envy and Marcela's resentment for helping her gain to hide her infidelities. Betty soon fell in love with her boss and tells her friends, "El cuartel de las feas", with their support and thanks to their intelligence with Betty finances soon becomes the right hand of her boss. The love story that develops between Betty and Armando goes from interest and lies to a genuine and noble love. At the same time, Betty faces discrimination and labor abuse that make this character vulnerable, innocent and helpless in such evil. It is an excellent combination between a comic and romantic novel that shows gray and not so pleasant of real life for a person who does not have a beautiful appearance and does not go in tune to the beauty standards established by society. On the other hand, during the development of the soap opera it is shown how its physical appearance does not interpose with professional success and love for the protagonist. Without a doubt, this is a family novel that catches you from the first episode and will keep you attentive to Betty's adventures until the end.