Beatriz U. Suarez is the main protagonist and titular character of the ABC comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty. She lives in Queens with her widowed father Ignacio, older sister Hilda and nephew Justin, and works as an assistant to the Editor In Chief at Mode Magazine
She is portrayed by America Ferrera.
Story[]
Betty Suarez is a sweet but dowdy young woman from Queens, who hopes to one day run her own magazine. Despite her lack of experience, and her appalling fashion sense, Betty ends up hired at the high-end fashion magazine MODE, as the personal assistant to the editor-in-chief Daniel Meade. However, it's quickly revealed that Betty was only hired for her lack of sex appeal, so the infamous womanizer Daniel wouldn't be tempted to sleep with her. Unable to fire Betty, Daniel instead tries to humiliate her so that she'll quit on her own terms, leaving him free to hire a personal assistant of his own choosing.
Daniel realizes he's gone too far when a devastated Betty does quit, especially on realizing how hard she worked during her short time with him, and ends up begging for her to return. Betty accepts, and the two form a close working relationship, and eventual friendship.
Personality[]
Betty quickly learns that working at Mode will test the very fibers of her character, yet she remains resilient and excited in spite of all the conspiracies, drama and heartbreak she suffers. She hopes to be a journalist someday and will often take the chance to pursue her ambition. She starts out with a dowdy style that earns sneers from co-workers who are more fashionable and thinner than her, she works her way up and stands up for herself many times, earning respect or knowing how to deflect her co-workers' cruel insults.