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Tags: America Ferrera, Film, Guadalajara, novela, Salma Hayek, telenovela, Ugly Betty
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“Its hard to imagine that one year ago, no one knew the Hispanic girl from Queens with the brace face and red Guadalajara poncho. Mode, Meade and Marc were yet to be created in the pop culture vernacular and the closest satirical dramedy about the fashion industry was the film “The Devil Wears Prada.”
Fast forward to one year later, when few cannot mentally picture the charming and untraditionally beautiful Betty Suarez, played by America Ferrera, as soon as “Ugly Betty” is mentioned. The dramedy, co-executive produced by Salma Hayek, was adapted for American TV from the Columbian telenovela “Yo Soy Betty, La Fea” which literally translates to “I Am Betty, the Ugly”.”
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