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El amor no es como lo pintan (2000)

El amor no es como lo pintan poster
Genre
telenovela
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 175 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Mexican telenovela about a woman whose appearance does not fit society's beauty standards. The story follows her romantic and professional struggles as she deals with people who judge her based on looks.

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What happens

El amor no es como lo pintan (transl. Love is not as it looks) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan David Burns and Elisa Salinas for TV Azteca. It was broadcast on Azteca Trece (now Azteca Uno) from Monday August 28, 2000 to Friday April 27, 2001 for 175 episodes. Contrary to popular belief, it was not an official remake of the popular Colombian telenovela, Yo soy Betty, la fea, but was merely an unauthorized ripoff created to capitalize on the popularity of the Colombian cultural phenomenon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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