Yo Soy Betty la Gordita!

The funny Univision telenovela "Yo Soy Betty La Fea" is coming to ABC--or, as executive producer Salma Hayeck calls it, "America"! Even better: the new version, in English, won't star Salma. Unsurprisingly, Mexico's Sandra Bullock has chosen to go with a literal translation and call her show "Ugly Betty," and it sounds like she's selling it as "Hairspray" meets "The Devil Wears Prada":

Hayek is one of six executive producers on "Ugly Betty," debuting Sept. 22 on ABC. America Ferrera plays Betty Suarez, a plump, decidedly unhip girl from New York City's borough of Queens who works as an assistant to a fashion magazine publisher....

"I'm sure that the American audience is very thirsty for something like this and they're just going to love it," Hayek said Tuesday at the Television Critics Association's summer meeting.

"It's causing a lot of excitement in the Latin community. They will definitely not be able to get enough of this Betty."

Ferrera, a 22-year-old who gained notice as a plump girl in the 2002 independent movie "Real Women Have Curves," sees Betty as representative of real women.

Remeber to watch, because if it gets good ratings and makes Salma get richer, that'll obviously mean an end to all discrimination and prejuice, forever!