Holds the Guinness World record of the most successful telenovela in television history, and is also one of the longest running telenovelas with two years on the air.
In 2010, this "Telenovela" is granted the Guiness World Record as the most successful soap opera of all times.
Fearing competition and high ratings, prominent Brazilian channel Rede Globo bought the rights to this series only to prevent SBT from airing it in 2000. Globo also considered remaking it, which is unusual for the channel since the 60s. The series was, however, bought and aired by RedeTV! in 2003, while SBT later aired the Mexican remake La fea más bella (2006).
Brazilian actress Taís Araújo guest stars in an episode mostly because her telenovela Xica da Silva (1996) became a huge hit in Colombia.