Ugly duckling tv-shows
A list of tv-shows about an ugly duckling who gets falling in love and transforms in a beautiful swan.
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- StarsAna María OrozcoJorge Enrique AbelloNatalia RamírezAn outcast in a prominent fashion company, a sweet-hearted and unattractive assistant falls hopelessly in love with her boss.
- CreatorCarolina EspadaStarsNatalia StreignardJuan Pablo RabaHilda AbrahamzA Venezuelan soap opera about a loving overweight woman (mi gorda bella) who must overcome the obstacles in the way between her and her true love.
- StarsSofia Duarte SilvaDiogo MorgadoGuilherme FilipeAlice Tavares is a young university student who lives very happily with her father Carlos, her grandmother Helena and her little brother João. Also, she is the best student of her years. However, she has to deal with a big problem, the physical aspect of her. When Alice decides to look for a job in advertising agencies, she is rejected by the bosses, simply because she is ugly, despite having a great preparation. The same thing happens to her in Castelo Branco, where the youngest son of Vasco Castelo Branco, owner of the agency, does not want to hire her for the same reason. However, Vasco believes that Alice has a great preparation and decides to hire her without caring about his son's opinion. Featured in this story is Vasco's eldest son and Pedro's brother, the dreamy Nuno who along with Xavier, his best friend, try to succeed in the movie business. Pedro uses the artistic name of Filipe Sabatié, as a tribute to his maternal grandfather. He is constantly harassed by his girlfriend Mariana, whom he plans to leave.
- StarsSamir SoniMona SinghApurva AgnihotriJassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (2003) is a popular show on Sony Entertainment Television. The series is an Indian-themed version of the Colombian drama Yo soy Betty, la fea (1999).
- StarsOkan YalabikÖzlem ConkerEmre AltugTurkish remake of Yo soy Betty, la fea.
- StarsLaura OsswaldAlexandra NeldelTim SanderLisa Plenske is the protagonist of this telenovela, set in the often cold and superficial fashion business. Living in a rural suburb of Berlin, the honest and polite young woman tries to get a job in the big city and surprisingly becomes personal assistant of David Seidel, CEO of the fashion company "Kerima". As Lisa doesn't look like a supermodel, she has to bear the prejudices and nasty remarks of her colleagues in the beginning and, superfluously, falls in love with the engaged David. Nevertheless, due to her warm character and her abilities, she more and more gets involved into the personal and professional relations in the company...
- StarsNelli UvarovaGrigoriy AntipenkoIrina MuravyovaKatya works as a secretary at the company ZIMALETTO. She has a sharp brain, a wonderful character and a pure soul, but so far no man has paid attention to her. However, her plain looks don't keep her from dreaming about love and happiness.
- StarsMarjorie de SousaRicardo ÁlamoJavier VidalThe telenovela follows 3 half-sisters unaware of each other, one abused by her mother, one abused by her boyfriend and one a Cinderella with 2 evil step-sisters.
- CreatorFernando GaitánSilvio HortaStarsAmerica FerreraEric MabiusTony PlanaSmart but wholesome Betty embraces her unique appearance and independent attitude in the cutthroat world of New York fashion.
- StarsAngélica ValeJaime CamilPatricia NavidadA woman who is frowned upon for being the ugliest woman around, falls hopelessly in love with her boss, the heir of a film enterprise.
- StarsAure SánchezMiguel Hermoso ArnaoDavid ArnaizBea is an ugly assistant, but very efficient, and is not liked by the beautiful ones, and those who hate working.
- DirectorClaudio DabedStarsBárbara MoriMarcelo MazzarelloAmaya ForchA beautiful woman decides to transform into an "ugly duckling" in an attempt to ward off men and avoid more romantic disappointments.
- DirectorKim Yong-hwaStarsJu Jin-moKim Ah-jungSung Dong-ilA talented but obese girl, who ghost-sings for a not-so-talented pop star, undergoes extensive plastic surgery to become a slender beauty with a new identity.
- StarsLana GojakKristina KrepelaBojana OrdinacevStory follow the life of Nina Brlek, kind, intelligent and naive young woman. Brlek has excellent grades and perfect curriculum, but fails to find a good job because of her looks. (45 min)
- StarsLaura EsquivelBrenda AsnicarGloria CarráThe lives of teenagers and their ways of dealing with their problems.
- StarsAnthem MossAngeliki DalianiAntigoni GlykofridiMaria is an ugly but hard working girl who falls in love with her charming and handsome boss.
- StarsGert WinckelmansSandrine AndréVeerle BaetensSara is a Flemish soap, on a modest budget, about the people connected to the fashion firm Présence, founded by Leon van Wyck and his late partner but artistically dependent on the gay designer Marnix Standaardt; since Leon retired, his son Simon, the commercial brain, took over as CEO but the other heir, financial director Alexander Delanoye -whose sister Helena is Simon's fiancée, a loveless alliance in his mind- schemes to seize the throne. Sara De Roose is a naive college graduate, who accepted to work under Simon below her qualifications because she is madly in love with him, and gets drawn into the dirty games he plays in business and, partially connected, in his complex and utterly unfaithful love-life, while she tries to help her even naiver father Hans, a nursery laborer. Other characters include Lieven Pauwels, the personnel chief, Britt, the secretary who can't stomach Sara becoming Simon's private assistant, cute runner Thomas and his mother Ellen who hid for him his father Patrick is alive, and his girlfriend Ann.
- StarsJulia KaminskaFilip BobekMalgorzata SochaThe life of the unattractive Ula Cieplak, who starts working in a prestigious company - Febo and Dobrzanski Fashion House.
- CreatorDeo EndrinalFernando GaitánStarsJohn Lloyd CruzBea AlonzoRuffa GutierrezBeatriz "Betty" Pengson is an aesthetically-challenged career-oriented girl who works at the posh advertising agency Eco Moda Manila. In an industry where everyone thrives on beauty and perfection, her outdated fashion sense and lack of good looks make her an instant outcast among her superficial colleagues. Despite her shortcomings, Betty's capabilities and innate kindheartedness have gained her a set of loyal friends. Betty's lackluster life suddenly looks better (or worse?) when she meets the man of her dreams: Armando, the President of Eco Moda Manila. How will Betty catch the elusive heart of someone who's way out of her league? Is it possible that a good-looking guy like Armando will eventually fall in love with a certified ugly duckling?
- StarsGiselle ItiéBruno FerrariSimone SpoladoreAn awkward young woman struggles at her agency where she is often harassed for her looks and falls for her boss.
- CreatorAdrián SuarStarsVioleta IsfelEleazar GómezIlean AlmaguerPatito likes a boy named Mateo. Patito's mother stumbles upon a man she used to love, but now he is with another woman.