Seasons & episodes
S1 · E49Chapter 49 2000-01-03 · 22 min
Armando raises Betty's salary and calls RAG-TELA to uncover the mess he's been having with her, also demanding a 5% discount. Catalina Ángel, who will handle public relations for the new collection, arrives at Ecomoda. Mario and Armando propose that Betty design the new company, which will have only one owner: her.
S1 · E50Chapter 50 2000-01-04 · 24 min
Armando explains to Betty (hiding the truth a bit) the conditions and reasons why he needs to create this company. She accepts and also tells him to use Olarte's office, but she asks him not to separate her from him. Betty tells Nicolás, and he, very happy, asks if he can do interventions.
S1 · E51Chapter 51 2000-01-05 · 21 min
Betty suggests that Nicolás work for the new company and present a new investment plan. Several days later, they register the company. Armando and Mario plan to replace Hugo's designs from the collection launch with the same designs but using RAG-TELA fabrics, without Hugo noticing.
S1 · E52Chapter 52 2000-01-06 · 21 min
Betty and Nicolás make the deposit for the new venture. Hugo puts the finishing touches on the choreography for the fashion show.
S1 · E53Chapter 53 2000-01-07 · 23 min
Betty tells Nicolás that she has authorization from Armando to move the money however they want.
S1 · E54Chapter 54 2000-01-10 · 22 min
Marcela manages to convince Hugo to do the fashion show with RAG-TELA fabrics. The show goes ahead, but the visiting European designer tells Catalina that the collection's designs are good but the materials are not, and that he believes the collection won't work.
S1 · E55Chapter 55 2000-01-11 · 23 min
When the parade ends, the singer Anasol begins her performance. Marcela tries to get Armando to apologize to Hugo, but he refuses. Hugo resigns and leaves Ecomoda. Don Roberto warns Armando that with those materials, the situation could become very difficult. Catalina asks Armando to look for Hugo because he could publicly discredit him.
S1 · E56Chapter 56 2000-01-12 · 22 min
Armando goes to a bar to find Hugo. Betty and the barracks go to a nightclub. Nicolás is at another nightclub with Román and his friends. Hugo arrives at the bar and sees Armando.
S1 · E57Chapter 57 2000-01-13 · 23 min
The ugly girls get drunk, and Sofía catches her ex-husband with the promoter, who makes a scene. Roman and his friends trick Nicolás, who's supposedly making out with Román and making him pay the entire bill. Armando convinces Hugo, who proposes a bet that if he loses, he'll have to dress up as a drag queen.
S1 · E58Chapter 58 2000-01-14 · 21 min
The entire headquarters gets drunk except for Inesita, who calls Fredy for help with everything, and he takes Betty out, carrying her. Don Hermes picks Betty up at the nightclub. Armando asks Betty to call the executives to let them know she's taking over Ecomoda.
S1 · E59Chapter 59 2000-01-17 · 23 min
Mario invites Aura María to lunch before the trip. Armando, Marcela, and Mario leave for Miami, where Betty takes over 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 aren't going well.
S1 · E60Chapter 60 2000-01-18 · 21 min
Upon receiving the sales reports, Betty asks Patricia to reconfirm her return for the next day. Betty doesn't approve Hugo's hiring of models for sizing, and they rebel against her. When Armando arrives and finds the situation so dire, he asks Betty for a loan from her company for Ecomoda.
S1 · E61Chapter 61 2000-01-19 · 22 min
Nicolás brings Betty the checkbook and the company stamp for the loan. Mario snubs Aura María, and she tries to get revenge. Armando and Mario write the check for 100 million pesos for Betty to sign.
S1 · E62Chapter 62 2000-01-20 · 23 min
Armando and Mario convince Betty that nothing will happen to the loan, but that it's just a precautionary measure, and she signs the check. Aura María sneaks into Mario's office, and as they're kissing, Patricia walks in and finds them; a scandal breaks out, and Mario kicks Aura María out. Daniel also asks Patricia that if she's not going to be his informant, then she should leave Ecomoda.
S1 · E63Chapter 63 2000-01-21 · 24 min
Armando authorizes Hugo to sizing two of the three models and orders him to find one with a newspaper ad. Betty intercedes with Armando on Aura María's behalf, and he orders Gutiérrez to reinstate her, but he blackmails her and invites her out that night to negotiate her reinstatement.
S1 · E64Chapter 64 2000-01-24 · 24 min
Fredy, upon learning that Aura María isn't going to be fired, tries to locate her to warn her against Gutiérrez and asks Bertha, Gutiérrez's secretary, for her cell phone and home phone numbers. Armando receives a model at the office and asks Betty to be discreet. She stays locked in the office all night. Gutiérrez's wife arrives at the nightclub and angrily throws him out.
S1 · E65Chapter 65 2000-01-25 · 22 min
Fredy arrives at the nightclub and leaves the watch as collateral for the bill Gutiérrez left unpaid. Patricia apologizes to Daniel and accepts his terms. Armando, regretting leaving Betty locked up all night, gives her the day off.
S1 · E66Chapter 66 2000-01-26 · 23 min
Gutiérrez arrives at Ecomoda, battered, scratched, and furious, and demands Bertha and Fredy's resignation. The headquarters asks Armando for help, and he confronts Gutiérrez. Mario presents a new sales strategy to save the company.
S1 · E67Chapter 67 2000-01-27 · 22 min
Realizing the economic catastrophe of the sales report, Armando proposes to Betty that her company seize Ecomoda, and despite Betty's arguments against it, Armando ends up convincing her. Marcela arrives from Miami and, upon realizing the situation, becomes furious with Betty; Armando defends her.
S1 · E68Chapter 68 2000-01-28 · 21 min
Armando and Mario ask Hugo for a new collection, and he agrees, but only if it's made with top-quality materials. He also reminds Armando of the promise he has made to dress as a drag queen. At Hugo's casting call for a size model, Sofía's husband's mistress arrives. She creates a scene, but Hugo hires her.
S1 · E69Chapter 69 2000-01-31 · 21 min
Hugo deliberately hires the promoter, despite the pleas of Sofía and Armando, whom she has asked for the favor. Betty gives Armando the pledge as collateral for the seizure of Ecomoda.
S1 · E70Chapter 70 2000-02-01 · 22 min
Marcela complains to Aura María about the scandal with Mario. Armando asks Betty to be very discreet about the transaction and to ensure that no one finds out. Sofía continues insulting the sponsor, and she, in turn, mocks her.
S1 · E71Chapter 71 2000-02-02 · 24 min
Armando manages to convince Marcela to support him with Ecomoda's problems. The banks begin to harass him with debts. Hugo prepares the next collection; Sofía asks the promoter to talk.
S1 · E72Chapter 72 2000-02-03 · 23 min
Daniel shows up at Ecomoda, surprising Armando, who's reserving the new collection, and enters Betty's office to try to get information about the sales slump. Bertha puts on the dress she copied from Patricia. Mariana reads Betty's letters again.