''Muchachitas como tú'' (English title: ''Young Girls Like You'') is a teen Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced by

Emilio Larrosa Emilio Larrosa (born Emilio Larrosa Irigoyen in Mexico) is a Mexican producer who has produced telenovelas and soap operas for Televisa. Filmography Awards and nominations Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually b ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

in 2007. It is an adaption of the Mexican telenovela ''

Muchachitas ''Muchachitas'' (English title: ''Girls'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 1991. The telenovela was also shown on Univisión in the early 1990s. The lead roles are played by Cecilia Tijerina, Tiaré Scanda, Em ...

'', also produced by

. It premiered on April 23, 2007 and ended on November 9, 2007. This telenovela tells the story of four girls: Elena Olivares, Isabel Flores, Leticia Hernández and Monica Sánchez Zuñiga. The villain is Federico Cantú, a psycho killer who will stop at nothing until he gets Guillermo's fortune (Monica's dad). Muchachitas como tú, although being strongly criticized in Mexico, was a great success; in its final episodes it was the most watched telenovela in Mexico, surpassing '' Pasión'', the most watched

in Mexico at that time.

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Begoña Narváez Begoña Narváez (born July 11, 1987 in Guadalajara, Jalisco), is a Mexican actress and model. Career At 16 years old she joined Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística (CEA), one of Mexico's top acting schools. At the age of 19, Begoña Na ...

, Gabriela Carrillo and Gloria Sierra starred as protagonists, while

Fabián Robles Fabián Robles (born April 16, 1974 in León de los Aldama, Guanajuato, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. Robles began his career in 1994 to participate in the soap opera ''El vuelo del águila ''El vuelo del águila'' (''The Flight of the Eagle'' ...

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, Carlos Cámara Jr.,

Claudia Troyo Claudia Troyo (born June 20, 1977) is a Mexican actress known for her work in soap operas produced by Emilio Larrosa: ''Amigas y rivales'', ''Las vías del amor'', and ''Hasta que el dinero nos separe''. Troyo started her career as an actress w ...

, Jorge de Silva and

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starred as antagonists. The main theme song was performed by Spanish singer

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Plot

Elena, Isabel, Mónica and Leticia are four girls who meet at an acting school (TAES).They belong to different social classes, but for them it is not important, because their main value is friendship. Monica's mother and Elena's father have a past and it turns out that Elena and Monica are half-sisters. Federico Cantú (Fabián Robles) is Monica's cousin, he has been working for Guillermo, his uncle, who trusts him even though Federico's only interest is stealing his uncle's money. Lety lies about her financial status and pretends to be wealthy.

Cast

Main

Laura León Laura León (born Rebeca Velderrain Vera on November 24, 1952, in Comalcalco, Tabasco) is a Mexican actress and singer. Discography *2009: '' Lo Nuevo'' *2000: '' Mi Tesoro Eres Tú'' *1999: ''Mujeres Engañadas ''Mujeres engañadas'' (Engli ...

as Carmen Márquez de Barbosa The Muchachitas *

as Leticia Hernández Fernández/Herfer *

as Isabel Flores *Gabriela Carrillo as Elena Olivares *Gloria Sierra as Mónica Sánchez-Zúñiga Vásquez *Ana Isabel Torre as Olivia Villaseñor Sada The Muchachitos *

Marco Méndez Marco Méndez (born Marco Anibal Méndez Ramírez on October 1, 1976, in Uruapan, Michoacán) is a Mexican actor. Méndez began as a model and later studied acting in Televisa's CEA. He made his television debut as 'Oscar Méndez' in the teleno ...

as Joaquín Barbosa *

José Ron Édgar José Ron Vásquez (born August 6, 1981), is a Mexican television actor best known for his roles in telenovelas such as '' Juro que te amo'', '' Los exitosos Pérez'', ''La que no podía amar'', ''La mujer del Vendaval'' and '' Muchacha ...

as Jorge *

Mike Biaggio Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...

as Rodrigo Suárez *

Mauricio Barcelata Mauricio Barcelata Pinedo (born 5 January 1970 in Alvarado, Veracruz) is a Mexican actor and TV host. He currently hosts ''Sale el Sol'', the morning show of Imagen Televisión. Biography Barcelata started his professional career as member of a c ...

as Roger Guzmán *Arturo Carmona as Diego Velázquez Villains of "Muchachitas" *

as Lucy Montenegro * Fabian Robles as Federico Cantú Sánchez-Zúñiga *Elizabeth Aguilar as Virginia Vélez *

Mar Contreras Mar Contreras (born Marisela Contreras Leyva on February 8, 1981, in Culiacán, Sinaloa, México Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to ...

as Lorena *Karla Luna as Gabriela *Thelma Dorantes as Lucia * Manuela Ímaz as Raquel Ortigosa *Eduardo Liñán as El Diablo *

as Martha Sánchez-Zúñiga *Mariana Morones as Renata *Raúl Ochoa as Abel *Jorge da Silva as Valente Quintanar *Oscar Traven as Felipe Montenegro

Supporting

as Margarita Villaseñor *Erika Garcia as Mariana *Tania Ibañez as Natalia *Lucero Lander as Esperanza Fernández *Ricardo Barona as Francisco "Pancho" Hernández *Maria Isabel Benet as ''Leonor Santos'' *Sergio Reynoso as ''Alfredo Palacios Flores'' * Dulce as Esther Cervantes #1 *

Socorro Bonilla Socorro Bonilla (born María del Socorro Martínez Ortega on August 20, 1947, in Camargo, Chihuahua, México Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is b ...

as Esther Cervantes #2 *Carlos Camara Jr. as Jose "Pepe" Olivares *

Cecilia Gabriela Cecilia Gabriela Vera Sandoval ( born January 9, 1962) is a Mexican actress known best for her work in telenovelas. She was born in Mexico City. Filmography Awards and nominations Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presente ...

as Verónica Vázquez *

Roberto Blandón Roberto Blandon (born Roberto Blandon Jolly; March 8, 1961 in Mexico City) is a television actor in Mexico who starred in soap operas in that country in 1989, including the role of Henry in the soap opera "Mi segunda madre" producer Juan Osorio ...

as Guillermo Sánchez-Zúñiga *

Carlos Bracho Carlos Enrique Bracho González (born October 6, 1937) is a Mexican actor and writer. Filmography Films Television References External links * 1937 births Living people 20th-century Mexican male actors Mexican male tel ...

as Bernardo Barbosa *Lalo "El Mimo" as Héctor Suárez *Yaxkin Santa Lucia as Rolando * Ramon Valdes as Raúl *Lorena de la Garza as Laura *Dylan Obed as Claudio *Hugo Aceves as Tolomeo *Lucia Zerecero as Mercedes *Fernanda Ruizos as Dra. Gwendolin *

Lorena Velázquez Lorena Velázquez (; born December 15, 1937) is a Mexican actress and former beauty pageant titleholder. Biography Born María de la Concepción Lorena Villar in Mexico City, Velázquez debuted in 1955. She competed in Miss Mexico in 1958 and p ...

as Teresa Linares *

Danna Paola Danna Paola Rivera Munguía (born 23 June 1995) is a Mexican singer, model and actress. She gained popularity as a child actress and singer, starring in dozens of television projects throughout her early childhood and adolescence. Early life D ...

as Paola Velásquez *Alfredo Alfonso as Comandante Rubio *Mario Casillas as Luis Villaseñor *

Silvia Manríquez Silvia Manríquez (born January 27, 1953, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexicans, Mexican actress. She is known for her roles in telenovelas. Professional life Manriquez began her career in 1974, after she was named "El Rostro del Heraldo" by a ...

as Constanza de Villaseñor *Paulina Martell as Silvia Hernández Fernández *Ricardo Silva as Lic. Julio César *Zoila Quiñones as Profesor Custodia Zamarripa *Mario Sauret as Profesor Timoteo *David Rencoret as Dr. Jacobo *Marina Marín as Trinidad "Trini"

Special guests

Maribel Guardia Maribel Guardia (; born Maribel Del Rocío Fernández García on May 29, 1959, in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican-Mexican actress, model, singer and TV hostess. She was winner of Miss Costa Rica 1978 and contestant in Miss Universe 19 ...

as herself * Lorena Enriquez as herself *

Angélica María Angélica María Hartman Ortiz (born September 27, 1944), known professionally as La novia de Mexico (Mexico's sweetheart), is an American-Mexican actress and singer-songwriter. Her songs El hombre de mi vida (The man of my life) peaked at No. ...

as herself *Eduardo de la Garza Castro as himself *

Místico Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde (born December 22, 1982), better known by his ring name Místico (Spanish for "Mystic"), is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler), who currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Li ...

as himself *

Jacqueline Voltaire Jacqueline Voltaire (6 November 1948 – 8 April 2008) was a British-born Mexican actress, model and singer, known for her successful career in telenovelas, especially on Televisa. Voltaire also appeared in Mexican and international films, inclu ...

as Fashion Hostess *Jesus More as TV Producer *Victor Jiménez as Judge *Gabriel Roustand as Police *Adriano Zendejas as Patricio

Original cast returns for special appearances

For this version,

, best known as La Tia Carmen, returns to Televisa. Producer

and his team wrote a special character for her. This new character will guide the Muchachitas through their troubles.

originally played Esther in the original version of ''

''. The actor who portrays Pancho (Leticia's father) on the current version of the show acted as Abel Federico's assistant on the previous ''Muchachitas''.

Kate del Castillo Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo () is a Mexican-American actress. At the age of 19, del Castillo became known for her lead role in the telenovela ''Muchachitas'' for Televisa in 1991. Afterwards, she continued her career in film and television ...

(Leticia) and Cecilia Tijerina (Mónica) make special appearances in this telenovela, they both received their big breaks in 1991 when they appeared in the first ''

''.

Music group

At the end of this telenovela, the four Muchachitas will form a group and record an album.

Awards

References

External links

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