Mario advises Armando to treat Betty well
I am Betty, the Ugly one - S1 - E100
Roberto and Margarita arrive, and they are very worried about the failure of the collection. Marcela tries to calm them down. Armando and Betty ask the bank manager to be cautious about the seizure.
I am Betty, the Ugly one: Season 1 - 101 Episode s
1x50 - Armando asks Betty to start a new company
January 4, 2000
Armando explains to Betty (hiding the reality a little), the conditions and the reasons why he needs to create this company, she accepts and also tells him to occupy Olarte's office but she asks him not to separate her from him. Betty tells Nicolás, and he, very happy, asks her if he can make interventions.
1x51 - Armando is very stressed by the launch
January 5, 2000
Betty proposes to Nicolás to work in the new company and present him with a new investment plan. Several days later, they register the company. Armando and Mario plan to change Hugo's designs from the launch of the collection for the same designs but with RAG-TELA fabrics without Hugo realizing it.
1x52 - Armando gives Betty broad power in the new venture
January 6, 2000
Betty and Nicolás make the consignment of the money for the new company. Hugo puts the finishing touches to the parade choreography.
1x53 - Ecomoda fashion show launch in jeopardy
January 7, 2000
Betty tells Nicolás that she has Armando's authorization to move the money as they wish.
1x54 - Marcela talks to Hugo to keep him from leaving the parade
January 10, 2000
Marcela manages to convince Hugo to do the fashion show with RAG-TELA fabrics. The fashion show is done, but the European guest designer tells Catalina that the designs of the collection are good but the materials are not, and that he thinks the collection will not work.
1x55 - Armando talks to Hugo about their discussion
January 11, 2000
When the parade is over, the singer Anasol begins her presentation. Marcela tries to get Armando to apologize to Hugo, but he tells her no. Hugo resigns and leaves Ecomoda. Don Roberto warns Armando that with these materials the situation could become very difficult. Catalina asks Armando to look for Hugo because he can publicly discredit him.
1x56 - Ugly Cartel leaves for rumba
January 12, 2000
Armando goes to look for Hugo at a bar. Betty and the Cartel go to a discotheque. Nicolás is at another disco with Román and his friends. Hugo arrives at the bar and sees Armando.
1x57 - Betty and the Cartel have too much to drink
January 13, 2000
The Cartel gets drunk and Sofía discovers her ex-husband with the promoter, she makes a scandal for him. Román and his friends cheat on Nicolás because his supposed partner makes out with Román and makes him pay the whole bill. Armando convinces Hugo and he proposes a bet where if he loses, he must dress up as Drag-Queen.
1x58 - Hermes comes to La Taberna for Betty
January 14, 2000
The whole Cartel gets drunk except Inesita, who calls Freddy to help her with all of them and he takes Betty out loaded. Don Hermes picks Betty up at the discotheque. Armando asks Betty to summon the executives to tell them that she is staying in charge of Ecomoda.
1x59 - Betty takes the helm of Ecomoda
January 17, 2000
Mario invites Aura María to lunch before the trip. Armando, Marcela and Mario leave for Miami, then Betty assumes her duties and has her first confrontation with Patricia when she becomes her boss. Armando calls Betty a few days later and she asks him to come to Colombia, because things are not going well.
1x60 - Collection sales were not as expected
January 18, 2000
Betty, upon receiving the sales reports, asks Patricia to reconfirm the return for the next day. Betty does not approve Hugo to hire models for the sizing and they rebel against her. When Armando arrives and finds the situation so serious, he asks Betty for a loan from her company for Ecomoda.
1x61 - Armando plans to use Terramoda to support Ecomoda
January 19, 2000
Nicolás takes Betty the checkbook and the company's stamp for the loan. Mario makes a rebuff to Aura María and she intends to take revenge. Armando and Mario write the check for 100 million pesos for Betty to sign.
1x62 - Episode 62
January 20, 2000
Armando and Mario convince Betty that nothing is going to happen with the loan, but that it is a preventive measure, and she signs the check. Aura María sneaks into Mario's office and when they are kissing, Patricia enters and finds them; a scandal breaks out and Mario throws Aura María out. Daniel also asks Patricia that if she is not going to be his informant then she should leave Ecomoda.
1x63 - Gutiérrez seeks to take advantage of Aura María
January 21, 2000
Armando authorizes Hugo two of the three models for sizing and orders to look for one with an ad in the newspaper. Betty intercedes for Aura María with Armando and he orders Gutiérrez to reinstate her, but Gutiérrez blackmails her and invites her out that night to negotiate her reinstatement.
1x64 - Armando locks Betty in the office all night
January 24, 2000
Freddy, upon learning that Aura María will not be fired, tries to locate her to warn her against Gutiérrez and asks Bertha, Gutiérrez's secretary, for her cell phone and home phone number. Armando receives a model in the office and asks Betty for discretion. Betty stays locked up all night in the office. Gutierrez's wife arrives at the discotheque and angrily throws him out.
1x65 - Freddy gets closer to Aura María
January 25, 2000
Freddy arrives at the discotheque and leaves the watch as collateral for the bill left unpaid by Gutiérrez. Patricia apologizes to Daniel and accepts his conditions. Armando, regretting having left Betty locked up all night, gives her the day off.
1x66 - Gutiérrez comes to Ecomoda with a bruise
January 26, 2000
Gutiérrez arrives at Ecomoda beaten, scratched and furious, and asks Bertha and Freddy to resign. The Cartel asks Armando for help and he confronts Gutiérrez. Mario presents a new sales strategy to save the company.
1x67 - Betty gives her support to Armando
January 27, 2000
Upon realizing the economic catastrophe of the sales report, Armando proposes to Betty that her company repossess Ecomoda, and, despite Betty's arguments for refusing to make this move, Armando finally convinces her. Marcela arrives from Miami and realizes the situation and becomes furious with Betty; Armando defends her.
1x68 - Jenny the lover of Sofía's ex-husband comes to Ecomoda
January 28, 2000
Armando and Mario ask Hugo for a new collection and he accepts but only if it is with first quality materials, and in passing he reminds Armando of the bet he has with him to dress as Drag-Queen. In the casting that Hugo is doing for the sizing model arrives the mistress of Sofía's husband. She makes a scandal but Hugo hires her.
1x69 - Armando is unable to help Sofía
January 31, 2000
Hugo has the promoter hired on purpose and over the entreaties of Sofía and Armando, whom she has asked for the favor. Betty gives the collateral to Armando for Ecomoda's foreclosure.
1x70 - Sofía tries to get Jenny out of Ecomoda
February 1, 2000
Marcela complains to Aura María about the scandal with Mario. Armando asks Betty to be very discreet with the transaction and that no one finds out. Sofía continues to insult the promoter and the promoter in turn mocks her.
1x71 - Betty puts her face to banks' managers
February 2, 2000
Armando manages to convince Marcela to help him with Ecomoda's problems. The banks start to harass with debts. Hugo prepares the next collection; Sofía asks the promoter to talk.
1x72 - Bertha makes 'La peliteñida' uncomfortable with her dress
February 3, 2000
Daniel shows up at Ecomoda surprising Armando who is booking the new collection, and enters Betty's office to try to get information from her about the sales failure. Bertha puts on the dress she copied from Patricia. Mariana reads Betty's cards again.
1x73 - The Cartel plans to put a tampa on 'La pupuchurra'
February 4, 2000
The Ugly Cartel proposes to Freddy that he seduces the promoter and asks her out to make her end her relationship with Efrain, Sofia's ex-husband.
1x74 - Armando is worried about money for fabrics
February 7, 2000
Mario suggests to Armando that they buy the materials from a company that brings them from Panamá. Betty is very worried about the possibility that the supplier from Panamá will be contacted. The promoter accepts Freddy's invitation to go out.
1x75 - Betty is wary of the business with Mario's supplier
February 8, 2000
Mario presents the quote from the middleman in Panamá to Armando and Betty, who is suspicious. But Armando gets excited and asks Mario to travel to Panamá without anyone knowing about it. Freddy arranges a lunchtime date with the promoter.
1x76 - The Cartel plan does not go as expected
February 9, 2000
Hugo reminds Armando that that night is the Drag-Queen party. Freddy changes the restaurant at the suggestion of Jenny, the promoter, and the Ugly Cartel loses the money and the trap because Efrain arrives at the restaurant and finds no one. Sofía keeps Jenny's paycheck and Jenny goes to complain to Gutiérrez.
1x77 - Sofía withholds Jenny's paycheck
February 10, 2000
Marcela convinces Sofía to return the check. Armando and Betty get the loan from the bank for million, but Betty is worried.
1x78 - Armando must honor his bet to Hugo
February 11, 2000
Hugo forces Armando to dress up as Drag Queen and he arrives at the discotheque where he is very well received. Marcela goes out to eat with Patricia and a model.
1x79 - Armando gets into trouble after leaving the party
February 14, 2000
Armando fulfills the bet and when he wants to leave, he is locked up by several cars and has to go out to get a cab dressed as Drag-Queen, while Marcela waits for him accompanied by Daniel, Maria Beatriz and the model he has to hire that same night, Armando desperately asks Betty to pick him up in a cab.
1x80 - Betty goes to rescue Armando
February 15, 2000
Betty picks up Armando and when he cannot enter Ecomoda because of his clothes, Betty takes him to her house and Julia tries to help him. Hermes gets up and they hide Armando, but he rings his cell phone.
1x81 - Armando makes it to his apartment
February 16, 2000
Betty and Julia manage to distract Hermes and Armando can leave for home. Patricia tells Daniel that Mario traveled to import fabrics. Armando and Marcela hire Claudia Vásquez.
1x82 - Freddy has an accident with Armando's car
February 17, 2000
Armando travels to Panamá. Bertha wears the dress she bought at Ecomoda, the same as Patricia's, who becomes furious while Hugo and Marcela laugh. Freddy crashes Armando's car while flirting with the promoter.
1x83 - Betty finds Patricia in her office
February 18, 2000
Patricia, on Daniel's orders, goes undercover to find out the names of the suppliers in New York, and Betty discovers them. Betty tries to track down Armando to fill him in on what is going on.
1x84 - Marcela learns that Patricia lied to Betty
February 21, 2000
Betty tells Armando what happened with Patricia, who calls Marcela to complain. Seeing what is happening, she decides to travel that same day while Freddy tries to solve the car problem as soon as possible. When Armando arrives, Freddy is not able to tell him about the crash.
1x85 - Patricia must confront Armando about the suppliers
February 22, 2000
Armando does not notice the car crash because of his anger against Patricia, she evades responsibility by pretending to be sick. Armando believes that the car was crashed in the garage of the apartment, Freddy is saved.
1x86 - Ecomoda in trouble again over fabrics
February 23, 2000
La Dian captures the truck drivers. Charlie Zaa arrives and the Cartel is in an uproar. Armando is left cold when he realizes that they were tricked and that the middleman disappeared and they cannot recover the fabrics.
1x87 - Armando and Mario argue over the loss of fabrics
February 24, 2000
Unable to solve the problem with La Dian for smuggling, Armando asks Betty to have Terramoda seize Ecomoda. Armando summons Marcela and Hugo to a meeting to inform them of what happened.
1x88 - Armando holds a conversation with Hermes
February 25, 2000
Armando gives Marcela an accommodating version of the supplier's deception in New York. Hermes offers to take Armando and Betty to the notary for the foreclosure. Patricia calls Armando to inform him.
1x89 - At Ecomoda, rumor has it that Patricia is pregnant
February 28, 2000
Don Hermes ends up complaining about Armando's mistreatment of Betty, and Armando, repentant, tries to dissimulate. Mario tries to get Patricia's body out of the pregnancy. Marcela asks Armando, on behalf of Daniel and herself, to call Roberto and tell him what is happening.
1x90 - Mario is very anxious about Patricia's pregnancy
February 29, 2000
Patricia begins to manipulate everyone about the pregnancy. Roberto announces to Armando that he is coming to the launch of the collection, so he and Mario are very worried. Catalina Ángel rejects Armando's call.
1x91 - Armando can no longer sleep
March 1, 2000
Daniel is convinced that the child Patricia is expecting is his. Daniel asks Patricia to leave the country since he got her a job in New York.
1x92 - Daniel and Mario imagine being fathers of the baby
March 2, 2000
Mario tries to convince Patricia not to have the baby, but she makes a show of being a victim, Mario is worried. Armando negotiates the fabrics with Claudia Helena Vásquez. Bertha's husband takes 5 million pesos to Ecomoda to buy a car.
1x93 - Bertha must decide what to do with the money
March 3, 2000
Bertha discusses with the Cartel the advantages and disadvantages of liposuction or the car. Armando and Mario go to find Catalina to help them with the collection.
1x94 - Armando and Mario seek Catalina Ángel's help
March 6, 2000
Armando and Mario convince Catalina to work with them. Claudia Helena and her partner accept the credit conditions and do the business.
1x95 - Armando could not contain Ecomoda's debts
March 7, 2000
Betty gets the loan in the name of her company and Armando asks her to continue the foreclosure proceedings against Ecomoda. The promoter begs Hugo to let her parade but he refuses. Bertha appears at Ecomoda after liposuction.
1x96 - Betty seeks lawyer to foreclose Ecomoda
March 8, 2000
Marcela announces to Armando that her parents will arrive the next day. Armando, worried about the creditors, sends Betty to find the lawyer to enforce the foreclosure. Mario and Betty negotiate with the lawyer.
1x97 - Betty agrees Ecomoda seizure with lawyer
March 9, 2000
The promoter goes out with Freddy to ask him to help her get a parade. Betty arranges with the lawyers for a lien to be placed on the property.
1x98 - The Cartel suspects Patricia's pregnancy
March 10, 2000
The Ugly Cartel discovers Patricia exercising in a gym and suspects she is pregnant. The lawyer and Nicolás file the lawsuit for the seizure.
1x99 - Bertha gets a blood test for Patricia
March 13, 2000
Bertha and Sofía manage to get the company to force Patricia to take some tests, including a blood test for pregnancy. But in the contract, she does not appear as insured.
1x100 - Mario advises Armando to treat Betty well
March 14, 2000
Roberto and Margarita arrive, and they are very worried about the failure of the collection. Marcela tries to calm them down. Armando and Betty ask the bank manager to be cautious about the seizure.
1x101 - Armando and Betty show up at the banks
March 15, 2000
Daniel arrives at the meeting at Roberto's house. Freddy tries to talk to Armando and Hugo to let Jenny parade, but Hugo rejects her. Bertha arrives home where her husband is waiting for her with the car.
1x102 - Bertha confronts husband for not buying car
March 16, 2000
Armando manages to evade the meeting requested by Roberto. Bertha calls the lab posing as Patricia to request a pregnancy test.
1x103 - Ecomoda seizure begins
March 17, 2000
Margarita and Roberto arrive for the meeting at Ecomoda, at the same time that Mr. Sanchez and the notary's official arrive to make the inventory at Ecomoda for the seizure.
1x104 - Ecomoda partners receive figures report
March 20, 2000
Armando tells Roberto and Daniel that the men they saw at the company are from the insurance company that will insure Ecomoda. Roberto is satisfied with the balance sheet presented by Betty. The lawyers continue to take inventory.
1x105 - Armando is harassed by one of Hugo's models
March 21, 2000
Hugo shows the new collection to Roberto and Margarita. Claudia, one of the models, flirts head-on with Armando, Marcela notices. Armando signs the seizure order. Claudia sneaks into Armando's office and kisses him, he responds.
1x106 - Betty saves Armando from being caught by Marcela
March 22, 2000
Betty manages to get into Armando's office and hide Claudia when Marcela enters and searches everywhere for her. Armando questions Betty about Nicolás after overhearing a phone conversation. Betty tells them that he is informed because he works with Terramoda.
1x107 - Armando learns that Betty has a boyfriend
March 23, 2000
Marcela angrily asks Armando to throw Claudia out, but he refuses because she is the main model of the fashion show for the launching that is the next day, so Marcela asks him to take Betty out. Armando suspects that Nicolás is Betty's boyfriend.
1x108 - Betty denies dating Nicolás
March 24, 2000
Armando asks Betty if she has a boyfriend, but she denies it. Marcela tells Patricia that she's going to take Betty's head off. Patricia confronts the Cartel, Marcela intervenes attacking Betty. Armando asks Bertha if Betty has a boyfriend.
1x109 - Bertha tells Armando about Betty's prediction
March 27, 2000
Bertha tells Armando what Mariana told Betty in the cards, and he becomes more concerned. Bertha calls the lab and is told that the tests are being sent today with the pregnancy tests.
1x110 - Mario advises Armando to compete with Nicolás
March 28, 2000
The envelope with Patricia's tests arrives and Gutiérrez takes it without Bertha being able to look at it. Claudia, the model, is getting drunk in the preparations for the fashion show. Mario suggests to Armando that they have to make Betty fall in love to get Nicolás out.
1x111 - The Cartel finally receives Patricia's tests
March 29, 2000
Claudia gets drunk and Armando fires her. Bertha retrieves Patricia's tests, and they discover, from the results, that she is falsely pregnant. She decides to go to the hotel to tell Mario. Armando calls Jenny to replace Claudia.
1x112 - Mario and Daniel make proposals to Patricia
March 30, 2000
Mario and Daniel, each on his own, try to negotiate with Patricia to vouch for the son without compromising themselves. The Ugly Cartel arrives at the hotel but the doorman prevents them from entering. Freddy arrives with Jenny to the surprise of the Cartel.
1x113 - Ecomoda fashion show launch begins
March 31, 2000
To the surprise of the Ugly Cartel, Mario tells Armando to let Betty and her friends in. The promoter is confused by Sofía, who writes insults to her in a letter, stumbles on the catwalk and Hugo pulls her out.
1x114 - Patricia threatens Bertha to keep her quiet
April 3, 2000
The parade ends with great success. The Ugly Cartel waits for Mario to give him the news of Patricia's test, but when Patricia finds out, she complains to Bertha and threatens to report her for asking for the test. Patricia has to tell Mario and Daniel that she is not pregnant. Nicolás and Hermes arrive at the hotel for Betty.
1x115 - Fashion show a success for Ecomoda
April 4, 2000
When Freddy is about to go out with the promoter, Aura Maria seduces him, and he dumps Jenny. Armando is more worried when he realizes that Nicolás Mora has a business card as manager of Terramoda.
1x116 - Armando starts having dreams about Betty
April 5, 2000
Freddy and Aura Maria party all night long. Armando and Betty dream of their romance. Daniel demands Betty's resignation.
1x117 - Mario proves to Armando that Betty loves him
April 6, 2000
Mario is about to convince Armando to fall in love with Betty. Daniel calls Patricia to tell her that she is traveling at 5:00 p.m. and that he is waiting for the resignation letter. Patricia is writing a letter denouncing Daniel and his sexual harassment. He gets scared and asks her to stay.
1x118 - Patricia decides not to leave Ecomoda
April 7, 2000
Patricia keeps the letter of resignation to protect herself from Daniel. The Ugly Cartel goes to lunch to read the letters. Mario tells Armando that the seduction of Betty has to begin that night.
1x119 - Armando starts to win Betty's heart
April 10, 2000
Mariana reads the cards to Betty and tells her that all her dreams will come true. Bertha tells Armando that the letters tell Betty that her romance with Nicolás will come true. He and Mario plan the night.
1x120 - Mario and Armando take Betty to a bar
April 11, 2000
Nicolás meets with Mr. Sanchez. Betty and Armando go to a cheap coffee shop and Armando gets drunk. Mario leaves and leaves them alone.
1x121 - Armando and Betty are left alone
April 12, 2000
Armando asks Betty to dance a bolero and tries to seduce her. Armando, who has continued drinking, tells Betty that he is fascinated by her and kisses her. Betty, frightened, runs away.
1x122 - Betty writes in her diary about what happened with Armando
April 13, 2000
Armando, very angry and repentant, is convinced by Mario to confirm to Betty what happened the night before, and Mario promises him that he will do it that night.
1x123 - Betty feels guilty about what happened with Armando
April 14, 2000
Sofía damages the cell phone of the promoter. Armando feels guilty about what happened with Betty and doesn't talk about it. Patricia and Marcela make fun of Betty and Betty hears them.
1x124 - The Cartel sympathizes with Sofía
April 17, 2000
Gutiérrez asks Sofía to resign because of the fight with the promoter, and the Cartel, on Mariana's idea, tells her that if they fire Sofía they will fire all of them. Marcela gives Sofia a lawyer's card to sue Efrain. Armando tells Betty that he is taking her home.
1x125 - Armando confesses to Betty that he likes her
April 18, 2000
Mario runs away from Patricia and goes out with one of the models. Armando takes Betty home and tells her of his love for her, they kiss passionately.
1x126 - Betty accepts a relationship with Armando
April 19, 2000
Armando kisses Betty again and talks to her about a relationship, but also warns her that no one can know, not even those from the Cartel.
1x127 - Armando tells Mario what happened with Betty
April 20, 2000
Patricia is out of gasoline and makes a fuss because she hasn't been paid her salary. Armando asks Betty for a loan in dollars to send to his parents in London.
1x128 - Ecomoda learns that Betty has a boyfriend
April 21, 2000
The Cartel, to annoy Patricia, tell her that Betty has no financial worries because she has a rich boyfriend. She tells Hugo, Marcela, and Armando. Armando is furious with Betty. Betty asks the Cartel to stop bothering her with Nicolás.
1x129 - Mario offers Armando seduction tools
April 24, 2000
Armando complains to Betty about the rich boyfriend, who reiterates that she is not the one who said it. Mario brings Armando a whole paraphernalia of cheesy details for love, such as cards, chocolates, etc., to give to Betty.
1x130 - Episode 130
April 25, 2000
Daniel arrives at Ecomoda to claim his money for the month, he talks to Betty, Armando and Marcela. Daniel proposes an agreement to Patricia to become a lover and solve her economic problems with him or with a friend. Armando and Mario leave Betty a love card. Betty is moved.
1x131 - Betty and Armando will have another date
April 26, 2000
Betty, very grateful to Armando, pokes him in the eye and flirts with him, who asks her to wait for him to take her home. Mario suggests Armando to go to Colorin's cocktail party to throw Marcela off the scent. Armando leaves Betty at a disco to wait for him while he goes to the cocktail party.
1x132 - Marcela goes to the cocktail party where Armando is
April 27, 2000
Marcela shows up at the Color-in cocktail party, but Armando manages to get away and make Marcela leave, helped by the Color-in manager. Armando arrives at the disco where Betty has been waiting for him.
1x133 - Armando keeps his date with Betty
April 28, 2000
Armando passionately kisses Betty in the discotheque where the karaoke contest is happening and the entertainer, seeing them so in love, lights them up and forces them to sing and kiss in front of everyone. Armando pays the bill and rushes Betty out, on the way out they see Aura Maria coming in, and they hide.
1x134 - Freddy finds Aura María with another man
May 1, 2000
Armando and Betty run out of the discotheque before Aura Maria discovers them. Armando, quite angry, does not kiss Betty goodbye. Nicolás is robbed of his cell phone by one of the girls in the bar.
1x135 - Armando must face Marcela at Ecomoda
May 2, 2000
Marcela complains to Armando about the woman who disappeared the night before. Betty has left a poem on his desk. Marcela, in the fight, mistakenly takes the poem.
1x136 - Betty decides to end her relationship with Armando
May 3, 2000
Marcela discovers and reads the poem that Betty has left for Armando, she is convinced that Armando's lover is the one who signed the poem. Betty, frightened, asks Armando to end the affair. Marcela asks Hugo to investigate who is Delmira Agustini, the person who signs the poem.
1x137 - Armando plans to reconcile with Betty
May 4, 2000
Hugo informs Marcela that Armando's supposed lover is a poet who died in 1914. Nicolás' friend returns his cell phone. Mario convinces Armando not to leave Betty. Marcela continues to investigate who Armando's lover is.
1x138 - Armando goes to Betty's home
May 5, 2000
Patricia tries to instigate Marcela to pursue Armando, but she rejects the offer. Armando arrives that night at Betty's house and begs her to hear him, she agrees.
1x139 - Armando confronts Román and his friends
May 8, 2000
Armando convinces Betty to reconcile, but in the utmost secrecy, and kisses her. Román and his friends discover them and make fun of Betty, Armando fist fights with them. Betty decides to change, to become a new woman.
1x140 - Betty decides to have a makeover
May 9, 2000
Betty decides to change her look and asks Armando for permission to arrive late to Ecomoda. Patricia accuses Aura María to Gutiérrez for her late arrival, who, pressured by Marcela, decides to fire her. Armando asks Patricia to take Aura María's place at the reception desk. Betty arrives at a clothing store to buy a dress.
1x141 - Aura María is fired from Ecomoda
May 10, 2000
Betty went into a hairdresser to have her hairstyle changed.
1x142 - Episode 142
May 11, 2000
The entire Cartel sympathizes with Aura María and sees that she was kicked out of the house and out of Ecomoda. Marcela talks to her.
1x143 - Aura María talks to Betty about her intimate dates
May 12, 2000
Betty, obeying Armando, tells those from the Cartel that she has an affair with Nicolás Mora. Mario shows Armando that the next step is to sleep with Betty. The Cartel is very worried about how ugly Betty has become and they think about how to tell her.
1x144 - The Cartel does not open up to Betty about her makeover
May 15, 2000
Those from the Cartel are not able to say anything to Betty, when they see her convinced that she is very well. Patricia answers a call from Nicolás in which he disrespects her as a millionaire. Daniel confronts Betty about her look.
1x145 - Armando has an argument with Daniel Valencia
May 16, 2000
Armando talks to Betty and tells her not to pay attention to the others, but that he prefers her as before. Betty informs Nicolás that he and she are dating. Patricia asks Mario and Hugo to borrow 5 million pesos; when she gets nothing, she plans to ask Daniel for it.
1x146 - Nicolás and Betty mock her beauty
May 17, 2000
Daniel rejects Patricia and denies her the loan. A few days go by, and Armando and Betty are at a discotheque.
1x147 - Armando forgets Betty's birthday
May 18, 2000
The Cartel sings Betty's birthday. Armando and Mario get to celebrate and give her a kiss. Sofía prepares to confront her ex-husband in a reconciliation. Armando complains to Betty for not telling him about her birthday.
1x148 - Hugo learns that Inés lent a suit to Sofía
May 19, 2000
Armando invites Betty to a night out to celebrate her birthday. Marcela saves Catalina Ángel from a ,500 fraud that she is going to lend to Patricia.
1x149 - Marcela plans to follow Armando
May 22, 2000
Sofía ends the conciliation meeting with her ex-husband very badly. Nicolás calls Betty to congratulate her and invite her to lunch, but she invents that she is going to celebrate with the Cartel. Hermes tells Nicolás and Julia to throw Betty a surprise party at the house. Patricia and Marcela plan to follow Armando that night to see him with his lover.
1x150 - Betty and Armando's plan gets complicated
May 23, 2000
Julia calls Bertha to invite her to celebrate Betty's birthday. Patricia gets a car, hats and glasses to camouflage herself and follow Armando. Armando agrees to pick Betty up at 10 o'clock when the party is over.