The storyline has long been praised for providing a voice for Latino and LGBTQ rights groups. “For women who are Latina, and a woman who doesn’t go with the beauty standards, the fact that she achieved everything she wants, not just professionally but in love too, it’s so inspiring.” “This story is totally timeless,” Torres, 21, says. In this new script, the key elements are there: Her style is unique She’s in over her head at a New York company where everyone is perfectly polished, and she’s unknowingly a feminist force to be reckoned with. For starters, “ugly” was swiftly removed from the go-to title. Photo Credit: Getty Images/Mark MainzĮlyfer Torres stars as the series’ Betty, fit for a new generation.
#Betty la fea telemundo series#
Just shy of 10 years since we said “Hello, Goodbye” to the America Ferrera-fronted favorite, NBC serves up a mixed English and Spanish language series for its Telemundo network titled “Betty en NY.”Īmerica Ferrera won a Golden Globe for her role in “Ugly Betty” in 2007. More than a dozen versions of the telenovela originally known as “Yo soy Betty, la fea” - which directly translates to “I am Betty, the ugly one” - have been created since 1999, including ABC’s Golden Globe-winner, “Ugly Betty.” You know the story: A young Latina woman enters the daunting fashion industry in the big city and not-so-swiftly transforms from pariah to insider.
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