Amigas y rivales
2001 Mexican TV series
Amigas y rivales (English: Friends and Rivals) is a Mexican juvenile telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 2001. On Monday, February 26, 2001, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Amigas y rivales weekdays at 7:00pm, replacing Primer amor, a mil por hora. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, November 9, 2001, with El juego de la vida replacing it the following Monday.
It stars Michelle Vieth, Arath de la Torre, Angélica Vale, Johnny Lozada, Ludwika Paleta, Rodrigo Vidal, Adamari López and Gabriel Soto.
In 2025, the entire series was remastered and exclusively premiered on the TelevisaUnivision-owned Tlnovelas channel.
Plot
Amigas y Rivales tells the story of four women from different social backgrounds. The first is Laura, a studious, sensitive, 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 just another amusement. At one point she is kidnapped although she doesn't realize it. She lives with Sebastián, a drug dealer who gives her drugs in exchange for her having sex with men in his home.
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