“I am Betty, read ugly”starring Anna Maria Orozco Y Jorge Enrique Abellocame to the screens of the RCN channel in 1999. To say that the telenovela was a boom would be to detract from the phenomenon it became at that time: it was a ‘monster’ on the small screen, whose success allowed it to set various records , in addition to being an icon of Colombian culture.
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Clearly, with his arrival in Netflix, the plot had a new rise to fame, as it is constantly in the top 10 of the most viewed. However, his thousands of fans were speechless when, after years of reigning on the platform, his early departure from the service was announced.
Although the fiction has an expiration date in the big red N, a national channel has announced that it will be the “home” of Beatriz Pinzón, Don Armando and company. Yes, this is how you read it. “Betty, la fea” prepares her return to Peruvian TV after more than 20 years of absence.
To celebrate this exciting good news, we have prepared a ranking of five facts that you probably did not know, but as a faithful follower you should know. Put on your glasses and adjust your bangs, because what comes next promises to blow your mind.
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had a sequel
Despite the great success of “Ugly Betty”, many fans do not know that the production had a sequel. Under the title “Ecomoda”, this spin-off story took us into the married life of Beatriz and don Armando. However, although it brought back the protagonists, it did not enjoy great acceptance by the public.
In fact, it is believed that the absence of Patricia Fernández and Marcela Valencia was behind the poor performance of this sequel. Even so, if you want to enjoy said production, in this link you can access the details of how to see it.
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The ‘Señito’ was invited
The series had a long list of special guests. Among the most remembered cameos are Ricardo Montaner, Olga Tañón, Franco de Vita and many more. Within these unexpected participations, Gisela Valcárcel was also found, who — unlike what might be thought at first — did not give life to a fictional character, but actually entered chapter 185 as herself, a famous Peruvian presenter that had great popularity thanks to Perubólica.
In the episode, “Señito” shines with the protagonist in the middle of a fashion show. In that sense, she helps Pinzón to bring out that inner light that she carries within her and the one that makes her a special being.
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Chapter 251, the most sought after and viewed of “Ugly Betty”
It is clear that “Betty, the ugly” gained its fame for the iconic scenes of its epic chapters. However, one in particular was positioned as the favorite of the viewers and the most watched throughout its more than 300 episodes.
This is 251. Why? Well, it is the one in which Pinzón Solano looks completely transformed and moves away from her ‘ugly’ image to make herself known with her new totally renewed look.
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Don Armando or the French?
Although Don Armando was a well-liked character in the series, the way he treated his secretary was what did not sit well with many viewers, especially when the plot was directed towards a relationship between the two. For this reason, there were those who preferred to see Betty with Michel, the Frenchman she met in Cartagena.
Now, what not everyone knows is that the actor Jorge Enrique Abello (Armando) proposed to Fernando Gaitán, creator of the title, that the character stay with the other heartthrob at the end.
“They were going to lynch me, people were so angry because of how I had behaved with Betty; So, I went to Fernando’s office and told him ‘let her go with the French guy, he’s perfect, he’s blond, thin, he loves her. If I go out on the street, they lynch me’”, confessed Abello, although he received a refusal from Gaitan.
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The genius behind “Ugly Betty”
Conversations about “Ugly Betty” usually revolve around the actors who made up the cast, which is why many forget who is the mastermind behind the plot and who fought for fiction to be brought to the small screen: Fernando Gaitan.
Although he opted for this series, the late producer and screenwriter was also at the helm of other successful titles such as “Coffee with the aroma of a woman”, “Until silver separates us”, “An open heart” and many more.
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