#Wilhemina Slater

[fadedsaturated]

This really was THE show, you guys. It never got better than this four season warm blanket.

#Ugly Betty #Betty Suarez #Daniel Meade #Amanda Tanen #Marc St. James #Hilda Suarez #Justin Suarez #Ignacio Suarez #Claire Meade #Alexis Meade #Wilhemina Slater

[murcielagatito]

betty: so what are you saying? wilhelmina: ugh. come on, girl. i am black, youre mexican, lets not talk around it like a couple of dull white people

#wilhemina slater #betty suarez #ugly betty

[theconfusedhyena]

Listen, Wilhemina is absolutely terrible and I love her for it, but she 100% should've been promoted to Editor-in-Chief over Daniel

#this show is so good #i love it #i love her #wilhemina slater #ugly betty

[emilypemily]

it’s not really a laughing matter and people are right to be upset, but that controversial balenciaga photoshoot is like, deeply humorously bad taste

#like it's so bad taste that it would be a storyline on ugly betty where wilhemina slater is trying to underhandedly tarnish daniel mead's #reputation by convincing him to do a deeply offensive ad campaign idea #like the photoshoot is so absurdly a bad idea that the fact that it got that far is funny in a bonkers way

[nuttypenguintyphoon]

Wilhemina is furious when she discovers she has a drag queen impersonator - Wilhediva Hater.

Episode of Ugly Betty, Vanessa Williams' real-life brother will guest as a drag queen version of Wilhelmina Slater.

#Ugly Betty #Wilhelmina

[nysocboy]

Glamorous: Be as femme as you wanna be, especially when you are surrounded by mega-hunks

Glamorous, on Netflix: Make-up obsessed Marco gets a dream job at a glamour firm, starts a journey of self-discovery, and falls in love with a man. The episode descriptions use "he/him" pronouns, but Marco is played by  -- and based on the experiences of -- trans actress Miss Benny.  So maybe he'll be coming out as trans at some point.

Scene 1: Marco awakens.  He's a boy with a femme girl hairstyle and a room decorated with pictures of high-heel shoes.  Asking himself if "the struggle to be a grown-up is realer than real," he puts on his frilly pink gown and heads for the makeup table -- well, more like a makeup warehouse, puts on his face, and starts talking to his internet followers: "I am a makeup artist and beauty industry professional who works with all the major brands, including Glamorous by Madolyn."  Looks like he's already pretty self-discovered.

But in real life, he has a part-time job behind the make-up counter at a department store, he has minimal followers, and his Mom, whom he claims "helps with my content," could not be less interested. But does that stop the dynamo make-up artist?  Nope. "We're going places!"

Scene 2: Mom has called in some favors and enrolled Marco in a paralegal training program.  Do you need to call in favors for that?  Can't anyone enroll? "But Mom, I already have a job!"  "It doesn't pay anything.  You're 22 years old: start taking your life seriously, and start paying me rent!"   Settle, dude.  You know how many famous make-up artists there are out there?  

Scene 3: At the mall, Marco sees his idol, Madolyn, looking at a display of her own products. She explains that she's doing important research in her customers' buying habits.  It's not just about the make-up, dude.  "I'm a customer!"  "Ok, let's see what you got.  Give me a makeover."  

Marco goes to work, while criticizing his idol's make-up! Smooth move, dude. It's not selling.  Customers consider it safe and banal.  They want fantasy.  "When I do my makeup in the morning, I want magic!  I want to feel like a star!"  

Madolyn is mesmerized.  No one has criticized her for 20 years. "You have some important things to say about makeup.  Want a job?" 

Scene 4:  Marco going to work in a glass-and-steel skyscraper.  At least he gets to wear his high heels and a totally femme hairstyle.  The first assistant, Venetia, introduces him to Madolyn's son Chad (Zayne Phillips, top photo), who is in a meeting while running on a treadmill....with his shirt off....um, his muscles gleaming....um...does he need a personal assistant?  

"Is this the superstar Mom hired from the mall?" Chad asks. Superstar?  I thought he was just opinionated.  Then he criticized Marco for wearing heels: "I'm gay, but I'm not...gay."  The word you're looking for is "femme," as in the Grindr ads: "No femmes, no fats."

Next on the tour: Product Design, and another gay guy, Ben (Michael Hsu Rosen, left), who trips all over his tongue while trying ineptly to flirt.  "He gets like this when he's excited," his coworker explains.  "I don't get like anything when I'm excited, which I'm not," he stammers.  "But I could be."  Dude, are you talking about your penis?

Next up: Social Media Influencer Alyssa, and her assistant Nowhere, a 1960s hippie.  "I'm an influencer, too!" Marco exclaims.  "Yes, but you just have 1,000 followers, and half of them are bots."

Finally Madolyn's office, with all of her awards, magazine covers, mirrors, and make-up.  I'm getting flashbacks to Wilhemina Slater on Ugly Betty. except Madolyn seems much nicer.  Marco the Dope criticizes her again: "You seem very...comfortable!"  "I beg your pardon?  I take chances!  I'm cutting-edge!"

Scene 5: Marco telling his followers about his first week, sugar-coating the slapstick mishaps that we see in a montage.  The First Assistant Venetia discusses with her friend: "He's flopping like a Katy Perry single."  "Good -- then our jobs are secure. If he were doing a good job, we'd have to sabotage him."

Left: Michael Rosen's rear

Scene 6:Madolyn criticizing Super Hunk Chad's ideas for the new line.  "This is exactly what we send to Sephora every year.  We need to be bold -- take chances." 

Chad: "Or we could just sell the company to World-Famous Make-Up Company and be rich(er).  You could even stay on as Creative Director, and I could do something besides sell...ugh...makeup."  Chad's going to be the Big Bad.

More mega-hunks after the break

Scene 7: Marco has the job of picking up the super-important product prototypes and bringing them to the office for the Big Presentation.  He gets into the wrong Uber, and complains to the real passenger, a very muscular Straight Guy (Graham Parkhurst), who takes an Uber to the gym every day, about his various job mishaps.  Straight Guy consoles him.  

Whoops, he left the very important prototypes in the Uber.  There's no way to track them down, since he got in the wrong Uber. Wait -- wouldn't the Uber driver have turned them in at the company office?   Madolyn wants to forgive him, but Super-muscular Chad insists on firing him. 

Scene 8:  Ben, the coworker with the huge crush on Marco, talks to his friend: "Now that he's fired, I could ask him out, but I won't because it would be weird and creepy.  But just in case, do you have his number?"  This is definitely like Ugly Betty, where every straight guy working in an office full of supermodels fell instantly in love with the "ugly" girl.  Well, not Daniel, but they had a "will they or won't they" thing going on for several years.

Meanwhile, Mom tells Marco to fight to get his job back.  The Straight Guy probably picked up the prototypes.  You know what gym he goes to, and the time of day: go find him!  

Left: Straight Guy butt

Scene 9:  Pretending to be a rich white guy, Marco buys a gym membership, with the proviso that he can back out if he's dissatisfied.   Girl, high heels to the gym?  He pretends to work out forever, but Straight Guy never shows up, so he hits the locker room (actually, a lot of semi-private dressing rooms).  And there he is, dawdling at the mirror, wearing only a towel! 

Straight Guy gazes at Marco like he's a pork chop.  "I...um...left something in the Uber yesterday." "I've got something for you right here."  He fumbles with his towel.  Psych!  He's actually heading to his locker to retrieve the prototypes.

"And, by the way, I'm not straight. And here's my number. Bye."  He takes off his towel, flashes his butt, and heads for the showers. 

Scene 9:  Everyone stares as super-fired Marco marches through the office and into Madolyn's meeting to present the prototypes.  Chad scoffs, but Madolyn wants to hear his speech: "I'm not perfect.  I'm bad at math, the oldest movie I've seen is Titanic, and I don't know who Cher is.  But I can learn.  I can grow.  The question is, can you?"  He then criticizes the prototypes as garbage.  Madolyn is impressed; he's re-hired If you want him to advise you on make-up, hire him as a consultant, not a gopher. 

Chad scoffs.  "Curses! Foiled again!" 

Left: Nick Fink, who appears in the cast list but is not in this episodeScene 10:  His first job: fetching coffee and a Vogue for Madolyn and First Assistant Venetia.  Uh-oh, he's sharing an elevator with Ben, the guy with the major crush on him!  He fumbles and stutters until Marco takes pity and asks him out.  Ben melts in ecstasy, then catches himself: "Um..yeah, I guess that'd be cool.  Hit me up." 

Cut to First Assistant Venetia running into Chad in the bathroom.  Venetia is worried that he'll take her job, and Chad, that he'll tank the company with his newfangled ideas. They come up with a plan to "ruin that twink." The end.

Beefcake:  Chad and Parker (Straight Guy), plus a few gym hunks.

LGBTQ Characters: Marco, Chad, Parker, Ben, and -- well, just about everyone.

Femme: No one is bothered in the least by Marco's femme gender presentation.  In fact, it appears to be something of a turn-on to the more masculine-presenting guys. 

Make-Up:  There are a lot of "make-up is the most important thing in the world" manifestos, but we don't actually learn much about make-up.  Why is Madolyn's brand outdated?  What the heck is a gondola?  At least in Ugly Betty, we were told the difference between bad and good fashion.

My Grade: It's rather fun watching a boy be as femme as he wants to be with no kickback, and the hunks competing for his attention are stunning.  I'm just worried that the office-politics plotlines will be a bit old-fashioned.  A-

#Glamorous #Miss Benny #Zayne Phillips

[lovergirl]

Lol i wish they didnt make henry such a pathetic loser in ugly betty bc he wouldve been so perfect and like the pregnancy plot is so annoying too anyway i'm only watching for wilhemina slater <3 i hope she wins

[kickmag]

Vanessa Williams Returns With (Legs) Keep Dancing

Vanessa Williams returns to music after 15 years with the single "Legs (Keep Dancing)." Williams' music in the '80s and '90s produced classic stuff like "Dreamin'" "Save The Best For Last" and the sexy swag of "The Comfort Zone." It was 2009 when she released her last album, The Real Thing. Fans have kept track of her television, theatre and film roles and have missed her from music. "Legs (Keep Dancing)" is inspired by Diahann Carroll's book, The Legs Are Last To Go. Songwriter Kipper Jones, who wrote her debut single "The Right Stuff," Chantry Johnson and Kjersti Long wrote the single which is on Williams' Mellian Music label.  In the video, Williams dances with her crew at a studio, warehouse and the club. She also hangs out with people in her car after a night of fun.

Williams told the New York Times that her several changes of clothing were inspired by various characters from her long acting career. The shots of her in the Adrienne Landau matching green colored cargo pants and shiny bodice are a tribute to her days as Wilhemina Slater on the TV show Ugly Betty. The looks she put together with stylist Alison Hernon also served the purpose of the song's title to show off her legs. Williams plans on releasing a full-length album in 2024 and is producing a musical about jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong that will open on Broadway in the fall at the same time she will be in London performing The Devil Wears Prada. 

#vanessa williams #Youtube

[ad1thi]

okay so im watching Ugly Betty and i know Wilhelmina is a conniving bitch but honestly she deserves the Editor-In-Chief position and im actually rly pissed on her behalf that she hasn't gotten it yet

#adi watches tv shows #ugly betty #wilhemina slater #im still in s1 so hopefully she finally gets it

[alienclit]

Maaaaaaarc!

#wilhemina slater #ugly betty #artists on tumblr #art #mine

[kuheli93]

Where is season 5????

I finished Ugly Betty and am not okay 😭😭😩

#ugly betty #betty suarez #daniel meade #hilda suarez #ignacio suarez #amanda tannen #justin suarez #marc st james #wilhemina slater #claire meade #christina mckinney #mode

[theultimatefandomnerd]

Hey there! So I’m a twenty two year old female writer hoping to find those of you 18+ willing to write in a new fandom I’ve discovered. I’m looking for fans of Ugly Betty. Although the show itself is not new I’m new to this verse and desperately seeking writing partners! If you dm please be knowledgable on the plot and characters. I’m looking for literate/adv partners who use third person and past tense. I seek oc x canon pairings that are bxg with me as the oc. I’m hoping to find someone able to play Daniel Meade! But I’m happy to do doubles as well. Please dm me if interested i’m desperate for this fandom! Doubles are welcome!

#ugly betty #betty suarez #Daniel Meade x oc #mode magazine #Wilhemina Slater #oc x canon #literate rp #advanced rp #long term only

[murcielagatito]

wilhelmina: please, do you really think i enjoy scheming lying and scurrying about like some rat with great cheekbones?

betty: yes, i think you do

wilhelmina: mm maybe a little

#the way they would be so fantastic for eachother #yknow like as lesbians #with eachoter #betty suarez #wilhemina slater

[devitalise]

this scene is so fucking funny

#ugly betty #wilhemina slater is the best character in this show vanessa's comedic timing is so good

[werealllearning]

Bought so many white and beige clothes recently. Going to be on these streets looking like LisaRaye and Wilhemina Slater

[danielmeadeatmode]

Daniel Meade- Character Development 1

Season One Episode One- The Pilot

Daniel starts his journey at Mode at the same time as Betty after he is made Editor in Chief by his, Father Bradford Meade. This creates the drama for the whole run of the show by giving the job to Daniel, who has no experience, over Wilhemina Slater.

Daniel is described as a ‘notorious man-whore’ by Fashion News.  Daniel’s first assistant is Charmaine, who he picked because he wanted to sleep with her. Bradford catches them in a compromising position and hires Betty instead as Daniel’s assistant. 

Daniel shows genuine concern when Betty walks into the glass during his first meeting. 

When Wilhemina presents Daniel with a gift during the first meeting, she gives him a crystal flower engraved with his name and position but has ‘Danny Meade’ on it. he corrects her that it’s Daniel and not Danny. 

Filipe tells Daniel he is like a brother to him, but he betrays him (a running theme with Daniel’s friends) to help Wilhemina try and sabotage Daniel’s first photoshoot for Fabia. 

Although he goes along with it, Filipe is the one who comes up with the idea to degrade Betty to make her quit, although clearly, this is what Wilhemina is ultimately behind. 

Some of the degrading things Daniel gets Betty to do when he’s trying to make her quit are removing the cabbage from his coleslaw *before* it gets to room temperature, walking a large untrained dog, pulling gum off his shoe, calling her at 3am and making her wait outside his apartment and tell him when the next woman is coming so he can get rid of the current one. 

During the stake out of his apartment, we see Daniel looking out at Betty and it does seem like he feels bad about hos he’s treating her momentarily before he’s distracted by the latest arrival. Betty also misses her Dad’s birthday party because she’s working which is the first time since their Mother died that they haven't all been together for it. 

Daniel is messing around with Amanda and it appears he has offered her the assistants job when he gets rid of Betty. At this point, he’s very very keen to get rid of her even though he had said that she seemed very competent at her job. 

Daniel lets Betty carry all his stuff to the car and is dismissive and rude to her. Betty tells Christine that Daniel treats her like dirt and ‘bit her head off’ when she tried to show him an idea she had. 

Filipe comes up with the idea of having Betty stand in as a model and says he bets Betty will quit before she does it. Although it’s clear that Daniel happily goes along with this, it does appear that he believes that Betty would quit first and when he tells Filipe that she’s gone, he doesn’t seem that happy about it. 

Daniel is the only person who looks uncomfortable during Betty’s photoshoot and doesn’t laugh at her. He tells Filipe to stop the shoot and does go after Betty when she leaves, upset. 

After the fiasco with Fabia, Bradford tells Daniel ‘I’m sorry I keep hoping your something you’re clearly not’. Ouch!

Daniel visits Betty at her home in Queens and apologises for what he did. When Betty says that Daniel’s problems are insignificant to her own, Daniel says that although he can’t compare their problems, they are still his problems. 

Daniel mentions that he lost a brother and that the brother was always ‘the good one’. 

Daniel compliments Betty's idea for Fabia as smart and beautiful and says that he wants to use her ideas and give her credit for them. 

Daniel offers Betty her job back. When she says she needs to think about it, he says she has until the morning as otherwise, he will probably lose his job as well. 

When Fabia asks Daniel why he thinks that her customer will like the concept, Daniel has no response for her (as it’s not his concept) and Betty steps in and saves the day. 

After Fabia agrees to the new concept, Bradford compliments Daniel on his idea, he goes to tell his father it was Betty’s, only for her to make sure that daniel gets the praise for it. 

Daniel watched Betty walk off into the city, which mirrors the very last scene of the very last episode. 

Daniel & Betty’s stories tend to compliment one another with them going through the same things at the same time.  Betty wants to prove she can make it in a magazine which isn’t her first choice but is an amazing opportunity.  Daniel wants to prove to his father that he isn’t the screw up that everyone thinks he is. 

#Ugly Betty #Daniel Meade