Betty Suarez
A graduate of Mid-County College and Queenstown North High School, Betty is a fish out of water at Mode Magazine. She wants to be a credible journalist, but she's hired purely on the basis her boss Daniel won't sleep with her.

Sporting thick glasses, braces and a style that gives a non-ironic nod to the 70s, who can blame him? But whilst the staff at the fashionista bible sneer at her Guadalajara poncho and clumpy shoes, Betty's got a heart of gold, and is always there to help Daniel rescue his career, often at the expense of her own.

Her home life isn't any better. It turns out her father Ignacio is an illegal immigrant, who murdered a love rival in Mexico, her nephew Justin is as camp as a row of tents, her sister is out of work, and to cap it all, her love life is a mess. Does she stick with long-time boyfriend and King of the electrical retail world, Walter, or is office geek Henry the one for her?