Can Betty's charms put this sitcom on the Timeless 50?
The trials and tribulations of ‘ugly’ editorial assistant Betty Suarez are captured in this comedy series about the perils of working at a top fashion magazine surrounded by beautiful people.
Hired to assist the blundering, womanising Daniel Meade, who has been thrust into the editor’s seat of Manhattan-based magazine Mode, Betty finds herself at odds with the bitchy people she has to call colleagues. But her dogged insistence that being nice is what matters wins through, making her Daniel’s go-to gal, much to the annoyance of the others.
Film star Salma Hayek is an executive producer of the show, which has run since September 2006. She adapted the series for American television after acquiring the rights from a Colombian telenovela, Betty la Fea (yep, Ugly Betty in Spanish). She also guest-starred as rival magazine editor Sofia Reyes.
Ugly Betty became a ratings hit and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Series in 2007. It has received both praise and criticism for its dealing of the position of the Latino community in US society.
The ‘B-shaped’ pearl necklace Betty wears is said to be a replica of the one worn by Anne Boleyn. So does this fashion world expose make your Timeless 50 or is it ‘off with its head’?
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