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It was, of course, a dream. But the shot of Betty Suarez (America Ferrera) sans brace and avec pretty teeth surely raised all spirits. It is hard to exaggerate the joy that Ugly Betty (E4) has given us over the last four years. For all the just-so cutting-edge modishness of Mode magazine, the fashion modernity that leaves you gasping to catch up every passing second with outré hemlines (that's what some girls in the office say anyway), this series and its success has actually been incredibly old-fashioned.

It's the story of virtue beating confection, of backbone beating spun dust, while still loving the game. Betty could have been Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell. I doubt, however, whether either of those silver-screen houris would have had the guts to "go braces", to ugly themselves for even one film, let alone four series, let alone when starring opposite Becki Newton (who plays Amanda), my next dream wife. Ms Ferrera is an incredibly foxy actress who chose to go coyote-ugly – ventured, in fact, to have the entire series named after her character's looks, as if British TV had rechristened This Morning "Fat Eamonn".

God bless America.

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