''Cristal'' (1985–1986) is a

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written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión. This telenovela lasted 246 episodes, and it achieved a significant amount of success inside and outside Venezuela, it was extremely successful in its airing in

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(where each advertisement that was seen during the transmission of Cristal cost more than seven million pesetas) and

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. It was distributed internationally by Coral International. Cristal has been rebroadcast more than seven times in Venezuela. ''Cristal'' has several adaptations, including a 2006

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, and two Mexican remakes, '' El Privilegio de Amar'' in 1998, and ''

Triunfo del Amor ''Triunfo del amor'' (English title: ''Triumph of Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa. It is a remake of the 1998 telenovela '' El Privilegio de Amar'', which itself is a remake of the 1985 Venezue ...

'' in 2010, both distributed by Televisa. Lupita Ferrer, Jeannette Rodríguez and Carlos Mata starred as the main protagonists with Marita Capote, Jorge Palacios and Zoe Ducós as the antagonists.

Synopsis

Victoria Ascano ( Lupita Ferrer), the beautiful and successful owner of the fashion house "Casa Victoria", decides to search for the baby she abandoned years before. At the same time, Cristina ( Jeannette Rodríguez), Victoria's daughter leaves the orphanage where she was raised and moves into an apartment with two other girls, Inocencia (Mariela Alcala) and Zoraida (Lourdes Valera), ready to pursue her dream of becoming a model. Cristina is unknowingly hired by Victoria, and she was on her way to becoming a successful model when Victoria discovers that Cristina and Luis Alfredo ( Carlos Mata), her stepson, were having an affair. Victoria fires Cristina and Luis Alfredo marries Marion (

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), his old girlfriend, because she claims to be carrying his child. Shortly after being abandoned by Luis Alfredo and fired by Victoria, Cristina discovers that she, too, is pregnant.

Cast

* Lupita Ferrer as Victoria Ascanio * Jeannette Rodríguez as Cristina Expósito, a.k.a. Cristal * Carlos Mata as Luis Alfredo Ascanio * Raul Amundaray as Alejandro Ascanio *

as Marion Bellorin *Mariela Alcala as Inocencia *Lourdes Valera as Zoraida, a.k.a. Cerebrito *Henry Zakka as Adán *

Zoe Ducós Zoe Celia Ducós Gallegos (March 6, 1928 - November 11, 2002) was an Argentine film, stage, and television actress. Biography She studied at the National Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts and upon graduation, earned the Grand Prize of H ...

as Luisa *

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as Piero *Ileana Jacket as Bertha Girot * Roberto Moll as Darío *Jorge Palacios as Gonzalo Valladares *Humberto Garcia as Padre Ángel de Jesús * Gigi Zanchetta as Eliana Ascanio *Cecilia Villarreal as Vivian Marshall *

Sonya Smith Sonya Smith ( born April 23, 1972) is an American actress best known for her roles in telenovelas. Biography Sonya was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of German-born Venezuelan actress Ileana Jacquet and Frederick S ...

as Maggie * Marlene Maseda as Marlene

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