• Ugly Betty is a dramedy starring America Ferrera that chronicles the rise of an ugly duckling in the world of fashion journalism. The program is based on the popular Mexican program entitled Yo soy, Betty La Fea. The title character, Betty Suarez, leaves her down-to-earth family in Queens everyday to go uptown where she works at one of the most glamorous fashion magazines in the world. She holds together the wild social life of her boss, dodges the barbs of other assistants. and competes to become the next great fashion journalist.

• Fast Facts

  1. New episodes: Thursdays 8pm ET
  2. Network: ABC
  3. Premiered: September 26, 2006
  4. 1. America Ferrera
  5. 1. Ana Ortiz
  6. 1. Ashley Jensen
  7. 1. Becki Newton
  8. 1. Michael Urie
  9. 1. Rebecca Romijn
  10. 1. Vanessa Williams
  11. 1. Victoria Beckham
  12. 1. Salma Hayek
  13. 1. Season 1
      : The Bettyfied Edition
  14. 1. Season 2
      : Brighter, Bolder, Bettyer

• America Ferrara Fast Facts

  1. Birth date: April 18, 1984
  2. Birth place: Los Angeles, California
  3. Full name: America Georgine Ferrera
  4. Attended: University of Southern California

• America Ferrera

  American actress America Ferrera came to the attention of audiences in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, and Blake Lively. When not acting Ferrera attends the University of Southern California where she studies International Relations and Theater.

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