The 17th TVyNovelas Awards were an academy of special awards to the best soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place on March 28, 1999 in Mexico D.F. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by

Canal de las Estrellas Las Estrellas ("The Stars"; previously El Canal de las Estrellas, or "The Channel of the Stars") is one of the cornerstone networks of TelevisaUnivision, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TDT in Mexico City. Many of the ...

Daniela Romo Daniela Romo (born Teresa Presmanes Corona; 27 August 1959) is a Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess. During her career, she has sold 17 million records, making her one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Biography Born Teresa Presman ...

and

Marco Antonio Regil Marco Antonio Regil (born December 29, 1969) is a Mexican television personality, public speaker and activist. As the host of the Spanish versions of ''Family Feud'' (''100 mexicanos dijeron'' and ''100 latinos dijeron''), ''The Price Is Right'' ...

hosted the show. ''El privilegio de amar'' won 12 awards, the most for the evening, including Best Telenovela. Other winners ''La mentira'' won 4 awards and ''La usurpadora'', ''Mi pequeña traviesa'', ''Preciosa'' and ''Soñadoras'' won 1 each.

Summary of awards and nominations

Winners and nominees

Telenovelas

Others

Special Awards

* Award for Career:

Elsa Aguirre Elsa Irma Aguirre Juárez (born 25 September 1930) is a Mexican actress. Career At the beginning of her career she was discovered when she was teenager, in a beauty contest held by a cinematographic production company called ''CLASA Films Mundi ...

* Award for Career: Gaspar Henaine "Capulina" * 20 Years of Career: Lucero * International Artist:

Thalía Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (; born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer and actress. Referred to as the " Queen of Latin Pop", she is considered one of the most successful and influential Mexican artists. Havin ...

* International Projection in Music:

Rocío Dúrcal María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz (4 October 1944 – 25 March 2006), better known professionally as Rocío Dúrcal (), was a Spanish singer and actress. Widely successful in Mexico, she earned the sobriquet of ''Reina de las Rancheras'' ...

* Most Successful Children's Musical Phenomenon of the Decade:

Tatiana Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * germa ...

* Best Television Production: Miguel Ángel Herros for Coverage of

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

's Visit to Mexico * Excellence in Transmission of Generational Encounter with the Pope:

Luis de Llano Macedo Luis de Llano Macedo (born June 9, 1945) is a Mexican TV and musical producer. History Born in Mexico City in 1945, he is the son of television producer Luis de Llano Palmer and actress Rita Macedo.Andrew Paxman, Claudia Fernández (2013). ''E ...

and Marco Flavio Cruz * Recognition for 10 Years of Continued Success:

Cristina Saralegui Cristina María Saralegui de Ávila (born January 29, 1948) is a Cuban-born American journalist, television personality, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, '. Before her television career, she worked for ten years ...

for ''

El Show de Cristina Cristina María Saralegui de Ávila (born January 29, 1948) is a Cuban-born American journalist, television personality, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, '. Before her television career, she worked for ten years ...

Commercial Awards

* Most Beautiful Figure:

Michelle Vieth Michelle Jacqueline Vieth Paetau (; born November 19, 1979) is a Mexican-American television personality, actress, and model best known for her starring roles in Mexican telenovelas between the late 1990s and early 2000s. Biography Michelle's ...

awarded for Jeans Oggi

Absent

People who did not attend the ceremony and were nominated in the shortlist in each category: *

Marga López Catalina Margarita López Ramos (; June 21, 1924 – July 4, 2005), known professionally as Marga López, was an Argentine-born Mexican actress. Biography Born Catalina Margarita López Ramos in June 21st, 1924 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argen ...

(Her son, Carlos Amador Jr., received the award in her place) *

References

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