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THE SHOW ABC's Salma Hayek-produced Ugly Betty, which debuted to high ratings on Sept. 28 and has been called one of the season's best new shows.
THE STAR America Ferrera, who's played memorably touching characters in movies like Real Women Have Curves and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, makes fashion-challenged Queens girl Betty Suarez a joy to watch. Will this sassy, independent Betty, like a few of her foreign counterparts, eventually get a miraculous makeover? ''I've been asked a lot when she's going to get pretty,'' Ferrera told EW, ''but it's so not the point of the show.''
