Maria La Del Barrio/YMMV


 * Complete Monster: Soraya Montenegro initially seemed like an ordinary Rich Bitch, but turns into something far worse upon Maria's arrival. Obsessed with Luis Fernando, she tried to seduce him with her Nana Calixta's black magic, taking advantage of him while drunk, and forcing him to marry her. She tried to poison Maria and shot her lover Osvaldo to prevent him from revealing her plans. After surviving her fall, she murders her husband and caretaker Óscar for his money, and starts abusing her stepdaughter Alicia and her godmother Esperanza in horrifying ways. She uses Maria's son Nandito to get revenge, but upon discovering Nandito has fallen for Alicia, she tries to kill them both. She ends up murdering her mother Nana Calixta, framing Nandito for her crime and getting Maria imprisoned. Finally, after Maria survives the prison fire, she kidnaps her and tries to burn her to death. Ruthless, uncaring, and completely unwilling to take responsibility, Soraya proved to be the most irredeemably evil character of the series.
 * Designated Hero: We're supposed to root for Luis Fernando even though he treats Maria horribly, At least Soraya and Penélope were meant to be villains. Granted, this trope was because of Values Dissonance kicking in in the New Tens, but still...
 * Fountain of Memes: Soraya, Soraya, a thousand times Soraya.
 * Germans Love David Hasselhoff - Naturally, in the US, since Spanish telenovelas are quite popular, but Thalia was also popular in the Philippines. She even recorded songs in Tagalog.
 * Iron Woobie: Maria.
 * Jerkass Woobie: Believe it or not, Soraya can come off as this (though she isn't subjected to Draco in Leather Pants nearly as much as you'd expect). Yes, she's a horrible person who doesn't regret her monstrous deeds in the slightest, but her all too frequent breakdowns makes some people feel pity towards her, if only because of how pathetic she ultimately is.
 * Love to Hate: Soraya may be rotten to the core, but damn isn't she entertaining! (both for the right and wrong reasons)
 * Magnificent Bitch: Soraya. Penelope as well, to a much lesser extent.
 * Mean Character, Nice Actress: Itatí Cantoral, who plays the completely evil (and memetic) Soraya, is very friendly and gracious to her fans, completely embracing her breakout role (even reprising it for the Orange Is the New Black trailers)
 * Memetic Mutation: Soraya's infamous "MALDITA LISIADA!" shitfit is so hammy that people love it.
 * Narm Charm
 * Seinfeld Is Unfunny - The novela was wildly popular in its heyday and catapulted Thalia to international stardom, but nowadays it's seen as heavily clichéd, even by novela standards. Then again, some people love it for those very same reasons.
 * The Woobie: Poor, poor Alicia.