''Ser bonita no basta'' (English title:Beauty is not enough) is a Venezuelan

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written by Perla Farías and produced by RCTV in 2005. Marjorie de Sousa and

Ricardo Álamo Nelson Ricardo Álamo Flores (born December 10, 1970) better known as Ricardo Álamo is a Venezuelan actor, television director, television producer, model and taxi driver. Personal life He married Marjorie de Sousa in May 2004. The couple d ...

star as the main protagonists while

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and Hugo Vásquez star as the main antagonists.

Plot

Coral Torres, Topacio Martínez and Esmeralda Falcón are three half-sisters who are completely unaware of each other's existence and of the fact that their father, Asdrúbal Torres, is still alive. The only thing that links them is a birthmark in the shape of a crescent. Asdrúbal, an irresponsible man, left his family years ago, and has now return to the country to look for his family and ask for their forgiveness. Coral, the only legitimate daughter of Asdrúbal, is a young woman of captivating beauty and an aspiring model. But her life has been constrained by her domineering mother Soledad who wants to fulfill her dream of dominating the fashion world through her daughter. Soledad will do anything to see her wishes come true, and she even conspires to break up Coral and the love of her life, Alejandro Mendoza, who remains unaware that Coral is expecting his child. Topacio grew up in an orphanage and has been eternally marked by the death of her brother Tomás. She rises to fame by becoming a beauty pageant winner and dreams of starting a family with Orlando, an ambitious man who uses Topacio's fame and beauty for his own gain. But when he betrays her, Topacio will discover the high price one has to pay for beauty. Esmeralda, the youngest of the sisters, is shy and awkward girl who is a victim of her evil step-sisters. Despite her step-sister's envy, she leaves her childhood home once she discovers her father is alive, and sets off to search for him and fulfill her dream of being a fashion designer. All three sisters are incredibly beautiful in their own way, but nevertheless miserable in their private life.

Cast

* Marjorie de Sousa as Coral Torres Olavarría *

as Alejandro Mendoza *

as Soledad Olavarría *

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as Asdrúbal Torres * Flávia Gleske as Topacio Martínez * Ricardo Bianchi as Julián Mendoza 'El Duque' *

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as Esmeralda Falcón * Sebastián Falco as Benjamín Eskenazi * Alejandro Otero as Francisco Arias *

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as Carmela Guerra * Hugo Vásquez as Orlando Álvarez *

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as Justo Olavarría * Juan Carlos Baena as Eduardo Márquez * Ernesto Balzi as Ezequiel Villavicencio * Beatriz Vásquez as Teresa de Mendoza * Leopoldo Regnault as Reynaldo Mantilla *

Alejandro Mata Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre (French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Rus ...

as Don Ramiro Campos * Nathalie Cortez as Etelvina Martínez * Gioia Lombardini as Doña Consuelo Rojas * Sandy Olivares as Darío Peña * Maria Antonieta Castillo as Elena 'Lala' Tirado * Ana Gabriela Barboza as Jazmín Falcón * Lolymar Sanchez as Rosa 'Rosita' Falcón * Carmen Alicia Lara as Eilín Campos * Anabella Troconis-Neri as Isabelina Villavicencio *

María Gabriela de Faría María Gabriela de Faría Chacón (born 11 September 1992), is a Venezuelan actress and singer known for appearing in television series across South America. She has starred as Isabela "Isa" Pasquali in Nickelodeon's '' Isa TKM'', as Mia Novoa ...

as Andreína Márquez * Verónica Cortez as Margot de Falcón * César Román as Ramón Seijas 'Ramsés' *

Crisol Carabal Crisol Celeste Caraballo Carreño best known as Crisol Carabal (born 11 January 1971) is a Venezuelan television and theater actress known for her roles in telenovelas. Career Crisol began her artistic career through reciting poems on a televisi ...

as Michelle *

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as Betty Marrero * Ligia Petit as Gala *

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as Leonardo

References

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{{RCTV telenovelas 2005 telenovelas Venezuelan telenovelas RCTV telenovelas 2005 Venezuelan television series debuts 2005 Venezuelan television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Caracas