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Not Born Beautiful (2005)

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Original title
Не родись красивой
Genre
soap opera, comedy television series
Country
Russia
Length
1 season, 200 episodes
Rated
16+
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman who considers herself unattractive navigates work and romance in a Colombian office setting. The story follows her personal and professional struggles as she deals with social judgment and hidden feelings.

lightheartedcomedicromanticupliftingquirkydramaticbittersweetslice-of-life

What happens

Yo soy Betty, la fea (English: I am Betty, the Ugly one), often referred to simply as Betty, la fea, is a Colombian telenovela created by Fernando Gaitán. It aired from 25 October 1999 to 8 May 2001 on RCN. Ana María Orozco stars as the titular character, alongside Jorge Enrique Abello, Natalia Ramírez, Lorna Cepeda, Luis Mesa and Julián Arango. It is the first telenovela to have been remade worldwide and has been regarded as bringing the telenovela to new levels of success. The story's appeal to global audiences has been credited to it being centered around the life of an unattractive character rather than that of a typical attractive character. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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