Random House Children’s Books has won the license to publish the official tie-in to the television series Ugly Betty. The multi award winning series from ABC Television stars Golden Globe winner America Ferrara as the sweet, smart and hard-working, but fashion challenged, Betty Suarez. Ugly Betty: The Book will be formatted as if it were a magazine created by Betty. It will be full of behind-the-scenes photos, fashion spreads and parodies of advertisements.

 In the superficial world of high fashion, image is everything. Styles come and go, and the only constants are the super thin beauties who wear them. How can an ordinary girl – a slightly plump plain-Jane from Queens – possibly fit in? If you took a moment to get to know Betty Suarez, you’d see how sweet, intelligent and hard-working she is. But few people do because in the world of high fashion, Betty is the oversized peg in the petite round hole.