Yo soy Betty, la fea, often referred to simply as Betty, la fea, is a Colombian telenovela written by Fernando Gaitán which was broadcast from 25 October 1999 to 8 May 2001 by RCN. More than a dozen versions of the telenovela have been made in other countries due to the popularity of the plot. American comedy-drama hit Ugly Betty, Mexican telenovela La fea más bella, Spanish comedy-drama Yo soy Bea, South African comedy uBettina Wethu and Indian series Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin are all based on this Colombian telenovela.
Barrera de amor is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 2005.
La Fea Más Bella is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is the second Mexican version of the popular Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea.
Ana María Orozco Aristizábal is a Colombian actress who is notable for her portrayal as Betty in the telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea. In 2001, Orozco won the award for International Female Personality of the Year at the New York Latin ACE Awards and, in 2002, she won the award for Actress of the Year at the INTE Awards for her performance in the telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea (1999).
Fernando Gaitán Salom was a Colombian TV series and telenovela screenwriter as well as a producer.
I Love Betty La Fea is a Philippine drama series that was aired on ABS-CBN, based on the Colombian series Yo soy Betty, la fea from RCN Televisión from September 8, 2008 to April 24, 2009, replacing The Singing Bee and My Girl and was replaced by Only You. From 2009 to 2010, it was aired in the United States and Canada via The Filipino Channel.
Natalia Ramírez is a Colombian television actress. She is best known for her appearance as Marcela Valencia in Yo Soy Betty, la Fea, a comedy-drama telenovela first aired (1999–2001) on RCN TV in Colombia.
Julián Arango Robledo is a Colombian television actor.
Ruth Núñez is a Spanish actress. She is perhaps the best known for her television roles of Bosnian girl Tanja Mitjović in Compañeros (1998–01) and Beatriz "Bea" Pérez Pinzón in Yo soy Bea (2006–08), the Spanish version of Ugly Betty. In 2016 she had a cast appearance with Andrea Duro in the ninth season of La que se avecina.
Bela, a Feia is a Brazilian telenovela originally aired on Rede Record from August 4, 2009, to June 2, 2010. A co-production with Televisa, it was based on the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, as well as the American series Ugly Betty.
Alejandro García Tous is a Spanish actor. He best known for playing Álvaro Aguilar on the popular Spanish television comedy-drama Yo soy Bea.
Mónica Estarreado is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her role as Cayetana de la Vega on the popular Spanish comedy-drama Yo soy Bea and for her current role as Dr. Valeria Peralta on Hospital Central, as well as for her work as Fatima Mansour in La Reina del Sur, the latter of which made her known in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Chile and other countries.
Amorcito Corazón is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for Televisa, and aired from August 29, 2011 to June 10, 2012. It is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela Trapos íntimos, produced in 2002.
Tierra de reyes, is an American telenovela premiered on Telemundo on December 2, 2014, and concluded on July 27, 2015. The telenovela is created by the Venezuelan author Rossana Negrín, based on the Colombian-American drama written by Julio Jiménez, entitled Pasión de Gavilanes. Produced by Telemundo Studios, and distributed by Telemundo Internacional.
Not Born Beautiful is a telenovela filmed in Russia, directed by Alexander Nazarov and shown from 5 September 2005 to 7 July 2006 by the Russian network STS. It is a Russian spin of the Colombian Yo soy Betty, la fea telenovela, which has fostered more than a dozen versions in other countries. The telenovela reached success in Russia and boosted the ratings of the TV network STS.
Heart's Decree, is a Colombian telenovela created by Mónica Agudelo Tenorio and adapted for television by Felipe Agudelo. It is dedicated to the memory of Agudelo after her death in 2012. It started airing on Colombian broadcast channel RCN Televisión on November 28, 2016. The series is available in 4K Ultra-high-definition television.
Ugly Betty Thailand is a Thai comedy-drama television series. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, which has had many other international adaptations. It aired on Monday nights on Thairath TV starting March 9, ending September 7 in 2015. It's the first TV series of the Thairath TV channel.
Betty Toons is a Colombian animated television series was produced by RCN Televisión in 2002, based on Fernando Gaitán's soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea, retrofitting all the characters to make them children living in a primary school. After the great success of the transmission of this telenovela in 1999 until 2001, the idea of the production of the animated series by RCN Televisión came about. The series lasted a year on the air.
Raquel Meroño Coello is a Spanish actress, presenter and businesswoman. She enjoyed popularity in Spain as television personality in the late 1990s to early 2000s.
