13 facts about “Ugly Betty” that soap opera fans will love to discover

Broadcast in 180 countries and dubbed into 25 languages, Betty the ugly established itself as the most successful soap opera of all time. The actors managed to bring memorable characters to life, telling a story that drew both smiles and tears of emotion.

we, from awesome.club, we are openly fans of this production. Therefore, we have prepared a list of 13 curiosities about Betty the ugly that you may not be aware of.

Does any viewer of the soap opera not remember that blue two-story property? Of course! In the production, the house appears more than once, since it was the protagonist’s residence. The building exists and is located in the neighborhood of Santa Teresita, in Bogotá, capital of Colombia. And there’s more: if you search on Google Maps “casa de Betty the ugly”, it can be found easily. The owners understand that the place has become a real point of tourist interest, preferring not to make changes to the facade.

In 2010, the telenovela entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful in the history of television. In addition, it is one of the longest on the air, as its chapters were shown over almost two years. In all, 180 countries had the chance to follow the plot, dubbed into 25 languages ​​and which reached 54.7 ratings in Colombia.

The success achieved by the production in Colombia, its country of origin, crossed borders and made other versions of the story pop up around the world. This is what happened, for example, in Mexico, where Televisa produced the adaptation La fea mais beautiful, starring Angélica Vale and Jaime Camil. In the United States, it emerged Ugly Betty🇧🇷 featuring America Ferrera and Eric Mabius. In the Philippines, Bea Alonzo and John Lloyd Cruz brought the main characters of I love Betty, la fea. In Brazil, TV Record aired Beautiful, the Ugly, with Giselle Itié and Bruno Ferrari as protagonists.

In a very fun live made by Instagram, the actresses said that, as they spent hours on end recording, they ordered pizza to eat in between filming. And as Jorge Abello (Armando) always asked for a slice, the two locked themselves in the bathroom so they wouldn’t have to share a meal with the actor.

For Ana María Orozco, becoming Beatriz Pinzón Solano was no easy task. The actress had to go through a characterization process that took approximately an hour. A profile maintained by fans of Orozco published the step by step of the change and the result was really impressive. First, makeup artists applied a white foundation to make the actress look paler. Then, they drew the eyebrows and upper lip, giving shape to the fringe using a lot of fixing gel and, finally, they added the dental braces that completed the look. look all characteristic.

“It’s a gift to the public, to all of Betty’s fans and to ourselves. It’s a beautiful opportunity to relive something that meant a lot to all of us”, said Ana María Orozco about the theatrical version. And so, summoned by Natalia Ramírez (the soap opera’s Marcela), the actors came together again to bring to life the characters that won our hearts. In the work, the company Ecomoda is on the verge of bankruptcy and Betty is in charge of saving the company.

Betty Toons is an animated series based entirely on the telenovela and which was shown in 2002, spending a year on the air. The cartoon version recreates the childhood era of the protagonists, with everyone studying at the same school. The curious thing about the production is that it was the first Colombian animation to be sold to the Cartoon Network TV channel.🇧🇷

Mario Duarte is not only an actor, but also a singer. Therefore, in a very fun scene of the soap opera, the producers decided that, in addition to giving life to Nicolás Mora, he should also appear as…Mario Duarte. This occurred in the chapter that shows the Ecomoda parade and Duarte is the guest musician at the event. The funniest thing is that, in fiction, Nicolás accuses Duarte of not being a real star, while Duarte complains about Mora not having paid the agreed fee.

Ana María Orozco fell in love with Betty as soon as she read the script. From then on, the actress began to imagine the character, arriving at the test in character, wearing glasses and a dental device that she had made herself with aluminum foil. Subsequently, Betty’s physical appearance has been shaped over time. But the fact is that we owe the actress much of the look seen on TV.

In an interview, actor Jorge Herrera, who played Hermes Pinzón, revealed that his character has several characteristics from his own father and also from the father of producer and screenwriter Fernando Gaitán. He remembers meeting with Gaitán in an office to profile the character based on his own relatives.

The success of the American version of Betty the ugly was so big that Coca-Cola released a bottle of its diet drink inspired by Ugly Betty. Conceived by designer Patricia Fields, who worked in the TV production, the bottle imitated the fur of a leopard in shades of pink, including a booklet with stickers so that consumers could customize the object at will.

The Colombian singer almost made a cameo in the soap opera, in the chapter in which Betty begins her physical transformation. The scenes were scheduled to be shot in Miami, with Shakira appearing, but some producers were unable to gather the necessary documentation to travel. The situation eventually led to the cancellation of the plans and the need for adjustments to the script. The place chosen to replace Miami was the Colombian city of Cartagena and, instead of the singer, who appeared was our well-known Taís Araújo, star of soap operas such as Amor de Mãe.

When it comes to watching a soap opera again, there are those who prefer to see the chapters in order and those who like to choose only the most remarkable ones, going straight to them. Perhaps for this reason, the chapter most sought after by Internet users is number 251, in which Betty appears initiating her physical transformation at the hands of Catalina.

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