Esti HaMekho'eret

Esti HaMekho'eret ( אסתי המכוערת; lit. The Ugly Esti) is an Israeli television comedy-drama series starring Riki Blich. The series premiered on 3 July 2003 on Channel 2 in Israel and was created by Shlomo Moshiah.

This series is based on the Mexican telenovela El amor no es como lo pintan, despite reports that it is based on the Colombian novela Yo soy Betty, la fea.^[1] A report to the stockholders of Dori Media shows that the company was threatened with a lawsuit because of their show's similarities to Betty la fea.^[2] Because of potential legal action, the show's premise was changed, as was its title, "Elvis, Rosenthal, VeHaIsha Hamistorit" .

Cast

Actor/Actress	Character
Riki Blich	Esti Ben-David
Shaike Levi	Elvis Ben-David
Oded Kotler	Zvi Rosenthal
Liora Rivlin	Dina Rosenthal

References

1. Segev, Noam (May 26, 2002). "The pilot episode of "I am Esti, the ugly one" will be shot soon" (in Hebrew). ynet. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
2. "Report to Dori Media stockholders" (PDF).