{{Short description|2000-2001 Mexican telenovela}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = | creator = | developer = | writer = | director = Antulio Jiménez Pons | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = Vanessa Acosta<br />Héctor Soberón<br />Arturo Beristáin<br />Gina Romand<br />Víctor González Reynoso<br />Sergio Klainer | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = ''Reina de las diosas'' by Marcos Llunas | end_theme = | music = | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | num_seasons = | num_episodes = 175 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Juan David Burns<br />Elisa Salinas | editor = | location = Mexico | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 42 minutes | company = TV Azteca | channel = Azteca Trece | first_aired = {{Start date|2000|8|28}} | last_aired = {{End date|2001|4|27}} | related = {{Plainlist| * ''Elias, inocentes y culpales'' (2000) * ''Como en el cine'' (2001-2002) }} }} '''''El amor no es como lo pintan''''' (transl. ''Love is not as it looks'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan David Burns and Elisa Salinas for TV Azteca. It was broadcast on Azteca Trece (now Azteca Uno) from Monday August 28, 2000 to Friday April 27, 2001 for 175 episodes. Contrary to popular belief, it was not an official remake of the popular Colombian telenovela, ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'', but was merely an unauthorized ripoff created to capitalize on the popularity of the Colombian cultural phenomenon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-28 |title=“El Amor no es como lo Pintan”: la telenovela acusada de plagiar a “Yo Soy Betty, la Fea” |url=https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/entretenimiento/2021/04/28/betty-la-fea-mexico.html |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Publimetro México |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mag |first=Redacción |date=2021-04-30 |title=“El amor no es como lo pintan”, la telenovela que fue acusada de plagiar a “Yo soy Betty la fea” |url=https://mag.elcomercio.pe/fama/el-amor-no-es-como-lo-pintan-la-telenovela-mexicana-que-fue-acusada-de-plagiar-a-yo-soy-betty-la-fea-tv-azteca-mexico-mx-nnda-nnlt-noticia/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Mag. |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-12-12 |title=El amor no es como lo pintan |url=https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/noticias/amor-pintan_1_7787086.html |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Vertele |language=es}}</ref>
==Cast== * Vanessa Acosta .... Alicia "Licha" Ramírez Campos/Desiree Campos * Héctor Soberón .... César Segovia / Felipe Sabatié * Arturo Beristáin .... Gerardo Ramírez * Rosenda Monteros .... María Elena Ramírez "Mamá Nena" * Manuel Francisco Valdez .... Juanito Ramírez Campos * José Loza .... Rolando Segovia * Gina Romand .... Dunia Sabatié de Segovia, villain, but turns good * Víctor González Reynoso .... Alberto Segovia, villain * Sergio Klainer .... Manuel Segovia * Aarón Beas .... Jorge Segovia * Eva Prado .... Silvia Segovia * Gina Moret .... Clotilda Campos/Clotilda Silva de Napoli * Vanessa Villela .... Cynthia Rico * Rodolfo Arias .... Pablo Rico * Elizabeth Guindi .... Martha de Rico * Kenya Mori .... Alma de Galán * Andrés Palacios .... Jaime Galán Valdés * Regina Torné .... Engracia Perez Ovando * Miguel Couturier .... Enrique Alvarado * Nubia Martí .... Carolina Alvarado * Betty Monroe .... Marisela Aguilera, villain, turns good * Carmen del Valle .... Sonia de Aguilera * Nur .... Susana "Susy" Oviedo * Rodrigo Cachero .... Javier Batres * Bárbara Eibenshutz .... Cecilia Batres * Rodrigo Mejía .... José González * Roberto Medina .... Rafael Ávila * Mercedes Olea .... Carmen * Ana La Salvia .... Lena * Dunia Saldívar .... Nana Paquita * René Campero .... Padre Adriano * Germán Valdés III .... Mariano * Joanydka Mariel .... Luciana * Enoc Leaño .... Mario * Guillermo Murray .... Jose Maria, villain * Carlos East Jr. .... Andrés * Pablo Azar .... Popo * Susana Alexander .... Daniela * Martha Itzel....Chayito
== Legacy == ''Esti HaMekho'eret,'' an Israeli series (2003-2006, Channel 2), has been said to be based on ''El amor no es como lo pintan''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=בקרוב: הפיילוט ל"אני אסתי המכוערת" |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-1910114,00.html |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=ynet |language=he}}</ref>
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{{TV Azteca telenovelas in 1993-2009}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amor no es como lo pintan}} Category:2000 telenovelas Category:2000 Mexican television series debuts Category:2001 Mexican television series endings Category:TV Azteca telenovelas Category:Spanish-language telenovelas