'' is a , as it went on the air on
July 30 ,
2007 . It replaced
1999 's
Mujeres Engañadas . The telenovela has also been seen in
Poland on
TVN and
TVN Siedem in Polish translation. In Mexico, it was also seen on
TL Novelas . Elsewhere in the world, ''Amigas y rivales'' had at one point, also been seen in
Venezuela on
Venevisión and in
Brazil translated into Portuguese on
SBT .
'' tells the story of four 21 year old women that come from different social backgrounds. The first one of them, ''Laura'', is a studious, sensitive and serious girl from a middle class family; she studies data processing in a private university because she received a scholarship.
''Jimena'' is the typical rich girl, dissipated and irresponsible, for whom sex is only another way to be entertained.
''Ofelia'' is the Jimena's best friend. Like Jimena, she is rich and carries a way of life of diversion and frivolous pleasures. It's not until Ofelia gets infected with
HIV that she and ''Jimena'' learn not to get involved with "any guy."
The fourth protagonist is a girl that comes from a humble background, ''Nayeli'', who works as a maid in Jimena's home. Nayeli's dream is to be become a
Hollywood Actress , like her idol,
Salma Hayek . This dream takes her to the United States illegally, and leads to a bad experience.
''Roberto'', the older brother of ''Jimena'', who attends the same university as Jimena and Laura, studies
Law .
''Laura's'' emotional feelings get divided between ''Roberto'' and his father, ''Don Roberto de la O'', who hired ''Laura'' as an instructor in how to use his firm's new computers. ''Don Roberto de la O'' becomes determined to attract ''Laura'', who unconsciously compares him with her own father, a weak man without character.
''Laura'' and ''Don Roberto de la O'' dated for a while; their relationship ended when Laura's mother lied to ''Don Roberto de la O'', telling him that'' Laura'' was his daughter.
''Roxana'', the second wife of ''Don Roberto de la O'', is an extremely beautiful woman, hiding an unscrupulous criminal soul under the mask of an ideal wife. ''Roxana'' secretly desired her husband's son, ''Roberto'', which turned her into a criminal, having killed Roberto's former
Fiancée to have a chance of having a relationship with him. Both eventually become romantically involved, but the romance is ended when ''Roberto'' realizes how much he loves ''Laura''. This realization angers Roxana; she tried killing ''Laura'' at a
Halloween party, but failed to do so she killed Monica, Laura's friend, who had the same costume as Laura.
In the end, ''Ofelia'', after having been unwilling to continue to live on, chooses to fight for her life. ''Laura'' receives a marriage proposal from ''Roberto''; ''Jimena'' fixes up her bad habits; and ''Nayeli'' manages to carry on a successful career in acting.
