Bella Calamidades
Format	Telenovela, Drama
Created by	Julio Jiménez
Developed by	Telemundo Studios RTI Colombia
Directed by	Mauricio Cruz Agustin Restrepo
Starring	Danna García Segundo Cernadas
Theme music composer	Nicolas Uribe Oliver Camargo Jose Carlos Maria
Opening theme	Paola Vargas y David Castro - No me dejes
Country of origin	United States Colombia
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	140
Production
Executive producer(s)	Hugo León Ferrer
Editor(s)	Jose Luis Varon
Location(s)	Bogotá, Subachoque, Simijacá, Villa de Leyva
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	42-45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Telemundo
Picture format	HDTV, 1080i
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original run	February 24, 2010 (2010-02-24) – July 28, 2010 (2010-07-28)

Bella Calamidades (Beautiful But Unlucky) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Colombia for Telemundo.^[1] A tongue-in-cheek romance story, it features a ravishing beauty plagued by bad luck.^[2] The tentative stars are Danna Garcia and Segundo Cernadas.

Plot [edit]

The story involves a beautiful, passionate woman named Lola, who is an outcast in a town dominated by superstition. Convinced that she brings misfortune to everyone, Lola shies away from other people. When her hiding place is discovered, she returns to her home town, when a series of freakish events inevitably lead to tragedy. Heartbroken and fearing for her life at the hands of the villagers, Lola loves hope one man's love and another's generosity change her life. No one trusts her except for the man who truly loves her.^[3]

Cast [edit]

Main Cast in Order of Appearance

Production [edit]

This show was originally planned for the 2008–2009 season.^[2] The first pilot, titled "Lola Calamidades", was filmed in 2008 with Christian Meier, Danna Garcia, Kristina Lilley and Andrea Lopez. Meier eventually left Telemundo to pursue other things. From the pilot's cast only Garcia, Maria Helena Doering, and Tiberio Cruz will appear in the series. When the filming began on August 17, 2009 Telemundo had not yet cast the male lead. Martin Karpan was suggested, but due to the lack of chemistry between two leads his participation was reconsidered. At the end was the argentinian actor Segundo Cernadas ("Muñeca brava" leading man) who got the role. And they look very believable together too.

Also, Elizabeth Gutiérrez was to play at first Priscila, but refused the role in favour of other production. The role was eventually taken by Adriana Campos.

Broadcasting [edit]

Country	TV network(s)	Series premiere	Series ending
Spain	TVE 1	February 24, 2010	July 28, 2010
Bulgaria	bTV	March 8, 2010	September 28, 2010
Croatia	RTL Televizija	March 29, 2010	August 18, 2010
Croatia	RTL 2	July 4, 2011	December 30, 2011
Serbia	RTV Pink	June 16, 2010	November 12, 2010
Lithuania	LNK	June 23, 2010	December 30, 2010
Armenia	Shant TV	Septembre 14, 2010	March 26, 2011
Montenegro	Pink M	June 28, 2010	January 7, 2011
Slovenia	Pink SI	September 30, 2010	April 13, 2011
Slovenia	Pink SI	September 27, 2011	February 29, 2012
Iran	Farsi1	October 16, 2010	April 27, 2011
Georgia		October 18, 2010	April 29, 2011
Russia	VKT	November 22, 2010	June 27, 2011
Russia	Mnogo TV	August 27, 2011	January 23, 2012
Bosnia	Pink BH	January 26, 2011	August 11, 2011
Romania	Acasa TV	February 26, 2011	July 15, 2011
Vietnam	VBC	November 28, 2010	June 10, 2011
Argentina	Canal 9	September 27, 2010	March 28, 2011
Malaysia	TV3	July 19, 2011	April 5, 2012
Honduras	HTV	November 7, 2011	February 24, 2012
Kenya	NTV-Kenya	January 16, 2012	July 27, 2012
Latvia	LNT	January 16, 2012	July 27, 2012
Spain	Nova	August 6, 2012	January 2, 2013
Iraq	Sharqiya Drama	August 23, 2012	January 18, 2013
Lebanon	OTV	December 13, 2012	June 26, 2013
UAE	Dubai One	September 30, 2012	April 12, 2013
Estonia	TV3 Estonia	September 3, 2012	March 22, 2013
Serbia	K::CN 3	September 3, 2012	February 13, 2013
Serbia	Local TV stations	June 11, 2012	December 21, 2012
Mexico	Gala TV	May 6, 2013	present

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official website