

Yo soy Betty, la fea
1999-10-25 · 39 min / episode · ★ 8.4
Beatriz Pinzón Solano is a brilliant economist with a master's degree in finance; she has only one flaw: she's ugly. Everything changes when she starts working at Ecomoda, one of the country's largest companies, where she meets and falls in love with Armando Mendoza. This time, life will give her a second chance to prove she can become the most desired and beloved woman in the world.
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- Fernando Gaitán
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- RCN
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- Colombia
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Ana María OrozcoBeatriz Pinzon
Jorge Enrique AbelloDon Armando
Natalia RamírezMarcela Valencia
Luis MesaDaniel Valencia
Scarlet OrtizAlejandra Zingg
Ricardo VélezMario Calderón
Mario DuarteNicólas Mora
Julián ArangoHugo Lombardi
Kepa AmuchasteguiRoberto Mendoza
Talú QuinteroMargarita Sáenz de Mendoza
Jorge HerreraDon Hermes
Adriana FrancoJulia Solano Galindo de Pinzón
Pilar UribeMaría Beatriz Valencia
Julio Cesar HerreraFreddy Stewart Contreras
Dora CadavidInés 'Inesita' Peña de Gómez
Estefanía GómezAura María Fuentes
Paula PeñaSofía de Rodríguez
Luces VelásquezBertha Muñoz de González
María Eugenia ArboledaMariana Valdés
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