Muchachitas como tú

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Genre	Teen Telenovela
Created by	Emilio Larrosa Verónica Suárez Alejandro Pohlenz
Written by	Verónica Suárez Ricardo Barona Emilio Larrosa Ramón Larrosa Saúl Pérez Santana Lorena Medina
Directed by	José Ángel García Claudio Reyes Rubio Víctor Manuel Fouilloux
Starring	Ariadne Díaz Gloria Sierra Gabriela Carrillo Begoña Narváez
Theme music composer	Yesou Godinez
Opening theme	Muchachitas by Belinda Vuelen alto by Ariadne Díaz, Gabriela Carrillo, Begoña Narváez and Gloria Sierra
Ending theme	El amarre by Laura León
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	145
Production
Executive producer(s)	Emilio Larrosa
Producer(s)	Arturo Pedraza Loera
Location(s)	Filming Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico Locations Mexico City, Mexico
Cinematography	Gerardo Gómez Lapena Luis Monroy
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	41-44 minutes
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa
Release
Original network	Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format	480i SDTV 1080i HDTV
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	April 23 – November 9, 2007
Chronology
Preceded by	Amar Sin Límites
Followed by	Tormenta en el paraíso
Related shows	Muchachitas (1991)

Muchachitas como tú (English title: Teenage Girls Like You) is a teen Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 2007.^[1] Telenovela is a remake of the hit Muchachitas, a telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa in 1991 for Televisa.

This telenovela tells the story of four girls: Elena Olivares, Isabel Flores, Leticia Hernández and Monica Sánchez Zuñiga. The villain is Federico Cantú, a psycho killer who will stop at nothing until he gets Guillermo's fortune (Monica's dad). Muchachitas como tú, although being strongly criticized in Mexico, was a great success; in its final episodes it was the most watched telenovela in Mexico, surpassing Pasión, the most watched telenovela in Mexico at that time.

On April 23, 2007, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Muchachitas como tú weekdays at 7:00pm, replacing Amar Sin Límites. The last episode was broadcast on November 9, 2007 with Tormenta en el paraíso replacing it the following day.

Ariadne Díaz, Begoña Narváez, Gabriela Carrillo and Gloria Sierra starred as protagonists, while Fabián Robles starred as antagonist.

The main theme song was performed by Spanish singer Belinda.

Plot

Elena, Isabel, Mónica and Leticia are four girls who meet at an acting school (TAES). They belong to different social classes, but for them it is not important, because their main value is friendship. Federico Cantú (Fabián Robles) is Monica's cousin, he has been working for Guillermo, his uncle, who trusts him even though Federico's only interest is stealing his uncle's money.

Cast

Main

Villains of "Muchachitas"

• Claudia Troyo as Lucy Montenegro
• Fabian Robles as Federico Cantú Sánchez-Zúñiga
• Elizabeth Aguilar as Virginia Vélez
• Mar Contreras as Lorena
• Karla Luna as Gabriela
• Thelma Dorantes as Lucia
• Manuela Ímaz as Raquel Ortigosa
• Eduardo Liñán as El Diablo
• Silvia Mariscal as Martha Sánchez-Zúñiga
• Mariana Morones as Renata
• Raúl Ochoa as Abel
• Jorge da Silva as Valente Quintanar
• Oscar Traven as Felipe Montenegro

Supporting

Special participation

• Maribel Guardia as Herself
• Lorena Enriquez as Herself
• Angélica María as Herself
• Eduardo de la Garza Castro as Himself
• Místico as Himself
• Jacqueline Voltaire as Fashion Hostess
• Jesus More as TV Producer
• Victor Jiménez as Judge
• Gabriel Roustand as Police
• Adriano Zendejas as Patricio

Original cast returns for special appearances

For this version, Laura León, best known as "La Tia carmen" returns to Televisa. Producer Emilio larrosa and his team, wrote a special character for her. This new character will guide the Muchachitas through their troubles. Laura León originally played Esther in the original version of Muchachitas.

The actor who portrays Pancho (Leticia's father) on the current version of the show acted as Abel Federico's assistant on the previous Muchachitas.

Kate del Castillo (Leticia) and Cecilia Tijerina (Mónica) make special appearances in this telenovela, they both received their big breaks in 1991 when they appeared in the first "Muchachitas".

Music group

At the end of this Telenovela, the four Muchachitas will form a group and record an album.

Awards

References

External links

• Muchachitas como tú on IMDb
• Official website at esmas.com (in Spanish)
• Logo image of Muchachitas como tú