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In June 2008 it premiered on Telemundo “Without breasts there is no paradise”, A successful American soap opera that was the adaptation of the book of the same name by Gustavo Bolívar and starred Carmen Villalobos, who played Catalina Santana, a beautiful young woman who is dazzled by the luxuries has in the world of drug trafficking, which her friends access because they provide their sexual services, which she can not do because she is not as voluptuous as her partners, so she decides to look for someone who can pay him her breast implant surgery.
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As in any good production, the antagonist plays a very important role and on that occasion the actress Maria Fernanda Yepes was in charge to give life to Yésica Beltrán, more well-known like “the Devil”. She was Catherine’s best friend and entered this world with her own business: selecting and recruiting groups of women for whom drug traffickers paid in advance to receive sexual services. This young woman is the one who induces ‘Tast’ to engage in prostitution, convincing her that this is the only way out of poverty.
How to forget this red-haired woman who after seeing how her friend thrives, gets to mess with her husband Martial. Definitely a role that is remembered by those who enjoyed this soap opera.
Although Yepes managed to take off his acting career with this antagonistic character, the actress was the big absentee when Telemundo decided to resume the story, This time under the title “Without sin there is paradise”.
WHAT WAS OF YOUR LIFE AFTER “WITHOUT BREASTS THERE IS NO PARADISE?”
After the end of “Without breasts there is no paradise” in 2009, María Fernanda Yepes continued in the world of acting and show getting to reach a paper in the successful Colombian production “Rosario Tijeras” where it interpreted to Maria of the Rosary.
In 2011, he participated in “Minds in Shock” produced by FOX and in “Lynch” production of Moviecity. The following year, he starred in the Mexican series “La Tinent”. In 2013, she received recognition from journalists in Mexico for being one of the most prominent actresses in Latin America due to her international projection. That same year participated in the reality show of dance “Mexico balla”.
In 2014, she participated in the American series “Criminal Dementia”, in 2016 in “The Black Widow” and in the web series “White” playing Alexandra. In 2017, she participated in the series “The Pilot”, in which she played Zulima, the main antagonist. Also, she was presenter of the Colombian reality show “Soldiers 1.0”.
In 2018, she participated in the series “José José, the prince of song”, where she played Anel Noreña, who was the singer’s wife for more than 20 years and the mother of her two children.
In 2018-2019 she starred in the biographical series “Mary Magdalene” and in 2020 she participated in “Dark Desire” playing Brenda.
WHY DIDN’T HE APPEAR MORE LIKE ‘THE DEVIL’?
After the success that brought her the role of Yésica Beltrán in “Without breasts there is no paradise”, to the sadness of many, the actress no longer played ‘La Diabla’, although Telemundo went make the sequels to this production. In an interview with People in Spanish he said that he could not participate in “Sense sins yes there is paradise” because he already had other work commitments. “It was a very hard blow for me not to have been here continuing with my character”.
María Fernanda Yepes also explained that she received the proposal again to put herself under the skin of ‘La Diabla’ again, after Majida Issa, who replaced her as Yésica Beltrán, decided to retire, but once again she was busy and was not at “the end of paradise.”
“Then by chance of fate, the opportunity comes to me again to return to the series, when Maji decides not to continue with his character. And here goes the reason for my TBT and this post. Many of you ask me every day if I go back to season 4. I’m sorry to tell you guys that this won’t be possible.Some personal decisions led me to make that final decision (sorry, guys). NO and the guava is still in my heart, as this ‘devil’ gave me a lot of joy “, He indicated.
He ended by thanking Gustavo Bolívar. “This time it couldn’t be (you know why), but I know that one day we will make up for it (…). To my wonderful and fantastic Carmen Villalobos, who I adore with my soul, to tell her that she always I will miss you and I hope that one day life will bring us back together in a project. To my neighborhood girls, I miss them forever. “.