Ugly Betty
Ugly is the new beautiful.
Created by Silvio Horta
On ABC
A warm, energetic workplace comedy-drama about an underestimated young woman finding her place in the glamorous but shallow world of fashion publishing.
Wannabe writer Betty Suarez is a plain girl from Queens, who is smart, hardworking and savvy but lacks a fashionable sense of style. When publishing mogul Bradford Meade puts his son Daniel in charge of Mode magazine, he hires Betty to be Daniel's new assistant -- mostly because he knows that she may be the only woman in Manhattan with whom the younger man won't sleep.
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