Season 1 • Episode 300
LatestLa Fea Más Bella is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is the second Mexican version of the popular Colombian telenovela: Betty la fea. La Fea más Bella stars popular actress/singer/comedian Angélica Vale and actor/singer Jaime Camil, with one of the most diverse and popular supporting casts ever assembled in Mexico, including Angélica María, José José, Sergio Mayer, Elizabeth Álvarez, Patricia Navidad and many others. Univision broadcast 2 hour episodes of La Fea Más Bella from September 13, 2010 to April 15, 2011 La Fea Más Bella also won the TV y Novelas award for best telenovela of the year. In 2009 it was dubbed into Arabic and aired on MTV Lebanon as Letty instead of La Fea Más Bella. "The Best Telenovela of the Year 2007".
Acting
Angélica Vale's physical comedy is genuinely unhinged genius.
Production
Supporting cast includes actual legends Angélica María and José José.
Costume
Lety's pre-makeover fits are crimes against fashion and I love them.
Angélica Vale
Lety / Leticia Padilla Solis
Jaime Camil
Don Fernando/Fernando Mendiola Saénz
Elizabeth Álvarez
Doña Marcia Villarroel Drummond
Patricia Navidad
Alicia Ferreira de Mora
José José
Don Erasmo Padilla García
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Magaly
Carlos Bonavides
Don Efren Rodriguez "El Cheque"
Juan Soler
Aldo Domenzaín
Angélica María
Doña Julieta Solis de Padilla
Luis Manuel Ávila
Tomás Mora Gutierrez
Luz María Aguilar
Irma Ramírez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This adaptation outlasted the original Colombian version in cultural memory across Latin America, partly thanks to Vale and Camil's real-life chemistry.
The Arabic dub renamed Lety to 'Letty' and became a surprise hit in Lebanon, proving the ugly duckling formula transcends everything.
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