| Yo soy Betty, la fea | |
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| Also known as | Betty, la fea |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Fernando Gaitán |
| Directed by | Mario Ribero Ferreira |
| Starring | |
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| Opening theme | "Se dice de mí" by Yolanda Rayo |
| Country of origin | Colombia |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 335 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | María del Pilar Fernández |
| Production locations | |
| Cinematography | Alirio Farfán |
| Editor | María Vásquez |
| Production company | RCN Televisión |
| Original release | |
| Network | RCN |
| Release | 25 October 1999 – 8 May 2001 |
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Yo soy Betty, la fea (English: I am Betty, the Ugly one), often referred to simply as Betty, la fea, is a Colombian telenovela created by Fernando Gaitán. It aired from 25 October 1999 to 8 May 2001 on RCN.[1][2] Ana María Orozco stars as the titular character, alongside Jorge Enrique Abello, Natalia Ramírez, Lorna Cepeda, Luis Mesa and Julián Arango.
It is the first telenovela to have been remade worldwide and has been regarded as bringing the telenovela to new levels of success.[3] The story's appeal to global audiences has been credited to it being centered around the life of an unattractive character rather than that of a typical attractive character.[4]
- ^ "'Yo soy Betty, la fea': datos curiosos que quizás no sabía de la telenovela". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 25 October 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Finaliza en Colombia "Betty la fea"". Primerapagina.com (in Spanish). 2 May 2001. Archived from the original on 21 July 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Bellos, Alex (7 January 2007). "Telenovelas: the story so far". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Not So Ugly: Local Production, Global Franchise, Discursive Femininities, and the Ugly Betty Phenomenon | Flow". Flowtv.org. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2012.