Betty La "Bea"

ABS-CBN finally revealed their choice actress to play the lead role for the pinoy adaptation of Betty La Fea, and it's Bea Alonzo. Many people became curious on who will be the lucky one to play the said role and it became a controversial one when Regine Velasquez planned to tranfer to ABS and showed interest in doing the role. There were even write ups that Valerie Concepcion was considered by ABS-CBN choice for the role. Until finally ABS announced their choice and it was Bea Alonzo. According to the creative team of ABS, the choice was made based on the surveys they conducted on who will fit the role.

It could be the biggest break for Bea Alonzo and also a challenging one. Because if you remember Betty La Fea was a Telenovela from South America about an intelligent but ugly girl named Betty who worked in a Fashion company named "Eco Moda" as a secretary and later falls for her boss "Armando", but their affair was condemned by many people around them. But a twist happened in the story, Betty became beautiful and as they say, the rest is history. It is Challenging for Bea because it means she will have to prosthetics to turn her lovely face into an ugly one, and she will finally do a different role compare to what she usually does, because Betty La Fea's character is a comic one unlike the usual Bea Alonzo who was known for doing heavy drama series.

The original Betty La Fea series was aired on GMA-7 but ABS-CBN now owns the rights for the show since they also own it's US adaptation "Ugly Betty" on ABS-CBN's sister company Studio 23.