I actually watched the first ever version of this.
Betty la Fea was a Colombian soap opera, who was written/produced by the creator of another major sopa, 'Cafe Con Aroma de Mujer, it was the highest rated/watched sopa opera in the history of Columbia, I think. It was so succesful that they tried doing a sequal/spin off of it, but it faired miserably. Soon different versions of it starting appearing all over the world and were hits as well, the latest verion of these was the Mexican version, whic hfar more comedic than the original it still got the message across.
This version is really well done. I loved it, I though it would be much more Americanized than it is, and by that I mean, much more censored and what not. However many thigns were changed, for example, in the original Betty's mom is alive, she has no sister, she has a best friend who is the male version of her and is madly in love with Amanda's character, and he also helps out Betty in a huge way later on in the story.
There is no Wilhelmina in the original, her character, I would think, is the equivalent to Daniel's faince's brother in the original version. His fiance is friends with Amanda's equivalent in the original, and their gay best friend is the Designer/Fashion editor of the magazine instead of Wilhelmina's assistant.
Betty's friends consisted of six or five others, I can't really remember at this moment, but they all had their own problems which added to the drama. There was also a guard and a arrond man which aren't included in this version.
Daniel doesn't have a best friend in this version either, who is the person who makes Daniel seduc... Nervermind... But it's much more complicated in the original version, and that's why I loved it.
Also in the original 'Mode' was actually a fashion house, 'EcoModa'.
We'll just have to see what happens in this version, if any of you want to know what happens ask, or PM me lol.
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