*Character Counterparts in Various Versions (faces)
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Yo soy Betty, la feaJassi Jaissi Koi NahinSensiz OlmuyorVerliebt in BerlinNe Rodis KrasivoyLa fea más bellaLotteYo soy BeaMaria, i AsximiSaraNe daj se, NinaCô Gái Xâu XíOšklivka KatkaI Betty la FeaChou Nu Wu DiBrzydUlaBela, a FeiaGogona GareubnidanUgly Betty
* Not all characters on the various versions are exact counterparts to those on "Yo soy Betty, la fea."
Some characters are composites, while others are completely original.

Character Counterparts in Various Versions (names)
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Yo soy Betty, la fea Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin Sensiz Olmuyor Verliebt in Berlin Ne Rodis Krasivoy La fea más bella Lotte Yo soy Bea Maria, i Asximi Sara Ne daj se, Nina Cô Gái Xâu Xí Ošklivka Katka I Betty la Fea Chou Nu Wu Di BrzydUla Bela, a Feia Gogona Gareubnidan Ugly Betty
Beatriz 'Betty' Pinzón Solano Jasmeet 'Jassi' Walia Gönül Üstünsoy Elisabeth 'Lisa' Plenske Ekaterina 'Katya' Valerievna Pushkaryova Leticia 'Lety' Padilla Solís Lotte Pronk Beatriz 'Bea' Pérez Pinzón Maria Papasotiriou Sara De Roose Nina Brlek Huyen Dieu Kateřina 'Katka' Bertoldová Beatrice "Betty" Solano Pengson Lin Wudi Ula Cieplak Anabela "Bela" Palhares Tamuna Chelidze Betty Suarez
Armando Mendoza Saenz Armaan Suri Arda Gazioğlu David Seidel Andrei Pavlovich Zhdanov Fernando Mendiola Vico Maesland Alvaro Aguilar Velasco Alexis Mandas Simon Van Wijck David Glowatsky An Dông Tomáš Meduna Armando Solis Fei Denan Marek Dobrzański Rodrigo Ávila Nika Kekelidze Daniel Meade
Hermes Pinzón Galarza Balwant 'Billu' Walia Ziya Üstünsoy Bernd Plenske Valeri Sergeyevich Pushkaryov Erasmo Padilla Herman Pronk Carmelo Pérez Iraklis Papasotiriou Hans De Roose Vlado Brlek Ong Don František Bertold Hermes Pengson Lin Wuqing Józefa Cieplak Clemente Palhares Rezo Chelidze Ignacio Suarez
Julia Solano Galindo de Pinzón Amrit Walia Handan Üstünsoy Helga Plenske Elena Pushkaryova Julieta Solís de Padilla José Pronk Charo Pinzón de Pérez (deceased) Kaiti Papasotiriou Myriam De Roose (deceased) Mira Brlek Ba Giang Zuzana Bertoldová Julia Pengson Qiu Sukying Magda Cieplak (deceased) Noêmia Palhares (deceased) Leila Chelidze Rosa Salazar de Suarez (deceased)
Nicolas Mora Nandan 'Nandu' Verma Civan Jürgen Decker Nikolai Zorykin Tomás Mora Niek Mulder Santi Rodríguez Nikolas Markakis Arne d'Hauwe Nikola Buljubašić

° Davor Brlek
Ninh Lam Mikuláš 'Miky' Závesky Nicholas 'Kulas' Mora

° Andrew Pengson
Tang Yajun Maciek     ‡ Walter Tabachnik

‡ Justin Suarez

‡ Henry Grubstick
Roberto Mendoza Purushottam "Puru" Suri Orhan Gazioğlu Friedrich Seidel Pavel Zhdanov Humberto Mendiola Robert Maesland Francisco Aguilar Stefanos Mandas Leon Van Wijck Viktor Glowatsky Ong An Thi Robert Meduna Roberto Solis Fei Bocheng Krzysztof Dobrzański Ricardo Ávila Archil Tsilosani Bradford Meade
Margarita Sáenz de Mendoza Ila Suri Zehra Gazioğlu Laura Seidel Margarita Zhdanova Teresita de Mendiola Maxime Maesland María "Titina" del Carmen Velasco de Aguilar Margarita Mandas Margot Van Wijck Sofija Glowatsky Ba Tuyet Mai Jana Medunová Susan Solis
(deceased)
Zhou Yuanyuan Helena Dobrzańska Vera Ávila   Claire Meade
Marcela Valencia Mallika Seth Şebnem Tezel Mariella von Brahmberg Kira Voronaeva Marcia Villarroel Marcella Valkenburg Cayetana de la Vega Rivilla Markella Stefanelli Helena de Lannoy Barbara Vidić Mai Lan Marcela Konečná Marcela Valencia Li Anxi Paulina Febo Cíntia Alcântara   ‡ Amanda Tanen
Daniel Valencia Aryan Seth Serdar Tezel Richard von Brahmberg Aleksandr Voronaev Ariel Villarroel Daniel Valkenburg Diego de la Vega Rivilla Sergios Stefanelli Alexander de Lannoy Petar Vidić Dang Duong Daniel Konečny Daniela Valencia Li Anrui Aleks Febo Adriano Gomes Ávila Lali Chikovani ‡ Wilhelmina Slater
Maria Beatriz Valencia Meghna Seth   ° Kim Seidel Kristina Voronaeva Ana Leticia Villarroel Beatrijs Valkenburg ¤ Sandra de la Vega Rivilla Eleonora Stefanelli n/a n/a Huyen Thu Kristyna Konečná   Li Anna       ‡ Alexis Meade
Michel Duanell Purab Mehra

Raghav Oberoi
Tarık Robert 'Rokko' Kowalski Mikhail Aldo Domenzain Rolph Ypema Ignacio "Nacho" Goñi Filippos Deligiannis Jakob Robbrecht   Michel Tien   Romualdo, aka 'Aldo' Léi Jiong Piotr   Vakho ‡ Henry Grubstick

‡ Giovanni "Gio" Rossi
EcoModa

TerraModa
Gulmohur

Kohinoor 
Moda G Collection

Yõn Moda
Kerima Moda

B.STYLE
Zimaletto

niKamoda
Conceptos

Filmo Imagen
Emoda

Terra Moda
bulevar 21

21 Servicios Editoriales

E.L.S.A. Comunicaciones
Ecomoda

Terramoda
Présence

Ecomoda
H-Moda &
Helena
SB Brands Trading J.S.C. KM Styl

Grand Moda
Ecomoda Manila

B Magazine
IDEA

Tiān Cái
Domu Mody Febo & Dobrzański

Pro-S
+/Brasil Teve Tertmetis (TV 11) Mode
Patricia Fernández Pari Kapadia Hande Sabrina Hofmann Vika Klochkova Alicia Ferreira Patricia Frijling Bárbara Ortiz Martín Lilian Patrikarea Britt Van Hove Patricija Vučković Phuong Trinh Patricie Vytisková Patricia Suarez Pei Na Violetta Kubasińską Verônica Matoso Mari Kereselidze ‡ Amanda Tanen
Hugo Lombardi Maddy Mino Hugo Haas Milko Momchilovich Luigi Lombardi Hugo Lombardi Richard de Castro Kristo Marnix Standaardt Aleks Kralj Hung Long Hugo "Pipinka" Wagner Hugo Bosini Chen Jiaming Pshemko Diogo Marques Levan Khomeriki ‡ Marc St. James
Mario Calderón Raj Malhotra Can Maximilian Petersen Roman Malinovski Omar Carvajal Mark Cremers Gonzalo de Soto Dimitris Vrettos Lieven Pauwels Marko Savić Tien Manh Marek Stránsky Mario Collantes Wu Yong Sebastian Olszański Ivonaldo "Ivo" Cavalcante   ‡ Philippe Michel
Freddy Stewart Contreras Veeru   Timo Pietsch Fyodor Korotkov Simon Joseph Contreras Freddy Koenders Jota López Gerasimos (Jerry) Linardatos Thomas De Graeve   Phe Péťa Fred Xiao Wu   Nelson Barbosa   ‡ Santos
Catalina Ángel Nandini Aslı   Yuliana Vinogradova Carolina Ángeles   Beatriz "Be" Berlanga Echegaray Gina Kassimati Esther Bossiers   Cam Linh Ester Andĕlová Catalina Dominguez Ye Rong Julia Stawińska     ‡ Sofia Reyes
Inés Peña de Gómez Ruby Mom   ° Hannah Refrath

° Inka Pietsch

° Agnes Hetzer

 
Olga Uyotova Irma Ramírez Ineke Groeneveld ¤ Benito Lozano Loukia ° Ellen De Graeve

° An Verbiest

° Lut Laureyns
Ines Kristić Ba Tam Inka   Xiao Yi ° Izą

° Ania

° Elą

° Alą
Hortência Peixoto Manana Katsitadze ‡ Christina McKinney
Aura Maria Fuentes Maria   Mariya 'Masha' Tropinkina Paula Maria Conde Mara Fontein Chusa Suárez Christina Chantzaki Ana Marija Herceg Huong Helena Jennifer "Jen" Amoyo Zhang Ling Elvira Palhares Lika Chelidze ‡ Hilda Suarez
Sandra Patiño Nazneen   Shurochka Kriventsova Sara Patiño Sandra Reuters ¤ Sonsoles Prieto Santra Danielide   Sang Andula Kylie Marie Torres Sulei Luzia Caldas   ‡ Christina McKinney
Bertha Muñoz de González Maithili   Tatiana Poncheva Martha de Hurtado de Muñoz Bianca Geurts Jimena Fernández Martha Leventi ° Monika Marinović Thanh Sylva Celina "Cely" Torres Ma Shasha   Dodo
Mariana Valdéz Trishala   Amura Buyo Juana Valdez Marianne Santos Marga Vivales Marianna Langeri Martina Spišić Dzenda Thuy Van Mariana Clarita "Lita" Flores Fan Chunhua    
Sofia de Rodríguez Bindiya Sema Svetlana Lokteva Lola Guerrero de Rodríguez Sofia Rombouts Elena Puente Sofia Kanaki Sanja Poljak Sam Táňa Maria Rosario "Rose" Sanchez Luo Lan    

° On "Verliebt in Berlin," David's sister Kim doesn't correspond exactly to a "Yo soy Betty, la fea" character, nor do Lisa's friends at Kerima Moda: Hannah, Inka, and Agnes.  On "Sara," the characters of An, Ellen, and Lut are similar to Hannah, Inka, and Agnes. On "BrzydUla," the characters of Izą, Elą, and Alą are similar to An, Ellen, and Lut. On "Ne daj se, Nina," Nina's brother Davor has no exact counterpart on any other show, except Andrew on "I Love Betty la Fea". Petar's assistant, Monika, is similar to Wilhelmina on "Ugly Betty" and Sophie on "Verliebt in Berlin".

¤ Benito Lozano is an office temp, or intern, who assists Richard de Castro at bulevar 21 and he is a member of Bea's circle of friends.  Sandra de la Vega, Cayetana and Diego's sister, disguises herself as Sonsoles Prieto, the cleaning woman at the bulevar 21 offices.

‡ Not all characters on "Ugly Betty" are exact counterparts to those on other shows. Some characters are composites, while others are completely original.  Philippe Michel was probably originally conceived as the counterpart to the Mario Calderon character, but with a revenge twist. This decadent, best buddy role has also been filled by Daniel's friends Becks and Connor Owens. Hilda Suarez is the senior female in Betty's home, but she's also a young, tacky, unwed mother of a precocious son, which makes her similar to Aura Maria Fuentes, the receptionist on "Yo soy Betty, la fea."  And Christina McKinney fills in for all of Betty's secretary friends, who are missing from this adaptation.
 

© Tony Lagarto
 

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