# 17th TVyNovelas Awards

The 17th TVyNovelas Awards were an academy of special awards to the best soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place on March 28, 1999 in Mexico D.F. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by Canal de las Estrellas.
Daniela Romo and Marco Antonio Regil hosted the show. El privilegio de amar won 12 awards, the most for the evening, including Best Telenovela. Other winners La mentira won 4 awards and La usurpadora, Mi pequeña traviesa, Preciosa and Soñadoras won 1 each.

## Summary of awards and nominations

| Telenovela | Nominations | Awards |
| El privilegio de amar | 13 | 12 |
| La mentira | 12 | 4 |
| La usurpadora | 9 | 1 |
| Preciosa | 3 | 1 |
| Soñadoras | 3 | 1 |
| Vivo por Elena | 2 | 0 |
| Mi pequeña traviesa | 1 | 1 |
| Camila | 1 | 0 |

## Winners and nominees
### Telenovelas

| Best Telenovela | Best Original Story or Adaptation |
| El privilegio de amar La mentira La usurpadora | Nora Alemán – La mentira |
| Best Actress | Best Actor |
| Helena Rojo – El privilegio de amar Gabriela Spanic – La usurpadora Victoria Ruffo – Vivo por Elena | Andrés García – El privilegio de amar Fernando Colunga – La usurpadora Guy Ecker – La mentira |
| Best Antagonist Actress | Best Antagonist Actor |
| Cynthia Klitbo – El privilegio de amar Gabriela Spanic – La usurpadora Karla Álvarez – La mentira | Enrique Rocha – El privilegio de amar Juan Pablo Gamboa – La usurpadora Luis Gatica – La mentira |
| Best Leading Actress | Best Leading Actor |
| Marga López – El privilegio de amar Libertad Lamarque – La usurpadora Rosa María Bianchi – La mentira | José Carlos Ruiz – Soñadoras Enrique Lizalde – Camila Eric del Castillo – La mentira |
| Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actor |
| Carmen Salinas – Preciosa Cecilia Gabriela – Vivo por Elena Chantal Andere – La usurpadora | César Évora – El privilegio de amar Marcelo Buquet – La usurpadora Sergio Basáñez – La mentira |
| Best Young Lead Actress | Best Young Lead Actor |
| Adela Noriega – El privilegio de amar Irán Castillo – Preciosa Kate del Castillo – La mentira | Guy Ecker – La mentira Mauricio Islas – Preciosa René Strickler – El privilegio de amar |
| Best Revelation | Best Debut Actress |
| Sabine Moussier – El privilegio de amar Aracely Arámbula – Soñadoras Arath de la Torre – Soñadoras | Michelle Vieth – Mi pequeña traviesa |

### Others

| Best Musical Theme | Best Musical Theme Composer |
| "El privilegio de amar" — Mijares and Lucero – El privilegio de amar | Jorge Avendaño — "El privilegio de amar" – El privilegio de amar |
| Best Direction | Best Direction of the Cameras |
| Miguel Córcega and Mónica Miguel – El privilegio de amar | Jesús Nájera Saro and Manuel Barajas – La usurpadora |
| Best Art Design | Best Decor |
| Rocío Vélez – La mentira | Rosalba Santoyo – La mentira |
| Best Comedic Performance | Youth Band of the Year |
| Eugenio Derbez – Derbez en cuando | Mercurio |

### Special Awards

* Award for Career: Elsa Aguirre
* Award for Career: Gaspar Henaine "Capulina"
* 20 Years of Career: Lucero
* International Artist: Thalía
* International Projection in Music: Rocío Dúrcal
* Most Successful Children's Musical Phenomenon of the Decade: Tatiana
* Best Television Production: Miguel Ángel Herros for Coverage of Pope John Paul II's Visit to Mexico
* Excellence in Transmission of Generational Encounter with the Pope: Luis de Llano Macedo and Marco Flavio Cruz
* Recognition for 10 Years of Continued Success: Cristina Saralegui for El Show de Cristina

### Commercial Awards

* Most Beautiful Figure: Michelle Vieth awarded for Jeans Oggi

### Absent

People who did not attend the ceremony and were nominated in the shortlist in each category:
* Luis de Llano Macedo
* Marga López (Her son, Carlos Amador Jr., received the award in her place)
* Tatiana