Muchachitas como tú

Muchachitas como tú
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Emilio Larrosa Verónica Suárez Alejandro Pohlenz
Based on	Muchachitas by Emilio Larrosa
Written by	Verónica Suárez Ricardo Barona Emilio Larrosa Ramón Larrosa Saúl Pérez Santana Lorena Medina
Directed by	José Ángel García Claudio Reyes Rubio Víctor Manuel Fouilloux
Starring	Ariadne Díaz Gloria Sierra Gabriela Carrillo Begoña Narváez
Opening theme	"Muchachitas" by Belinda "Vuelen alto" by Ariadne Díaz, Gabriela Carrillo, Begoña Narváez and Gloria Sierra
Ending theme	"El amarre" by Laura León
Composer	Yesou Godinez
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	145
Production
Executive producer	Emilio Larrosa
Producer	Arturo Pedraza Loera
Production locations	Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico
Cinematography	Gerardo Gómez Lapena Luis Monroy
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	41-44 minutes
Production company	Televisa
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	April 23 (2007-04-23) – November 9, 2007 (2007-11-09)

Muchachitas como tú (English title: Young Girls Like You) is a teen Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 2007.^[1] It is an adaption of the Mexican telenovela Muchachitas, also produced by Emilio Larrosa. It premiered on April 23, 2007 and ended on November 9, 2007.

This telenovela tells the story of four girls: Elena Olivares, Isabel Flores, Leticia Hernández and Monica Sánchez Zuñiga. The villain is Federico Cantú, a psycho killer who will stop at nothing until he gets Guillermo's fortune (Monica's dad). Muchachitas como tú, although being strongly criticized in Mexico, was a great success; in its final episodes it was the most watched telenovela in Mexico, surpassing Pasión, the most watched telenovela in Mexico at that time.

Ariadne Díaz, Begoña Narváez, Gabriela Carrillo and Gloria Sierra starred as protagonists, while Fabián Robles, Silvia Mariscal, Angelique Boyer, Carlos Cámara Jr., Claudia Troyo, Jorge de Silva and Manuela Imaz starred as antagonists.

The main theme song was performed by Spanish singer Belinda.^[2]

Elena, Isabel, Mónica and Leticia are four girls who meet at an acting school (TAES).They belong to different social classes, but for them it is not important, because their main value is friendship. Monica's mother and Elena's father have a past and it turns out that Elena and Monica are half-sisters. Federico Cantú (Fabián Robles) is Monica's cousin, he has been working for Guillermo, his uncle, who trusts him even though Federico's only interest is stealing his uncle's money. Lety lies about her financial status and pretends to be wealthy.

• Maribel Guardia as herself
• Lorena Enriquez as herself
• Angélica María as herself
• Eduardo de la Garza Castro as himself
• Místico as himself
• Jacqueline Voltaire as Fashion Hostess
• Jesus More as TV Producer
• Victor Jiménez as Judge
• Gabriel Roustand as Police
• Adriano Zendejas as Patricio

For this version, Laura León, best known as La Tia Carmen, returns to Televisa. Producer Emilio Larrosa and his team wrote a special character for her. This new character will guide the Muchachitas through their troubles. Laura León originally played Esther in the original version of Muchachitas.

The actor who portrays Pancho (Leticia's father) on the current version of the show acted as Abel Federico's assistant on the previous Muchachitas.

At the end of this telenovela, the four Muchachitas will form a group and record an album.

• Muchachitas como tú at IMDb
• Official website at esmas.com (in Spanish)
• Logo image of Muchachitas como tú