Vero

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Cebollitas

**Veronica "Vero" Cisneros**, portrayed by Solange Verina, is a main character of the First Story (season 1, and 2) of *Chiquititas*. She does a quick participation on the third season, appearing as a character in Mili's story.

## History

### Backstory

When Vero and her younger sister Maru's mother passed away, her father became a depressed alcoholic who neglected the girls and constantly got in trouble until he got arrested. They arrived at Rincón de Luz 6 years before the story begins, when Vero was 5/6 years old and Maru was only 2 years old.

### Season 1

When the show begins, Vero is amongst the oldest kids at Rincón de Luz. She's very good friends with Mili and Georgina. For instance, she helps Mili to investigate her past, and deeply cares about her wellbeing when she gets sad, calling Belén to come visit when she thinks her friend is not well and always loyal and looking out for each other's.

When there's a chess competition, Vero and Mili are chosen to represent Rincón de Luz, as they are the best chess players amongst the orphans, as well as the most accomplished students. They play against Pablo and Lucio, two orphan boys visiting from another institution. The four end up as finalists in the competition. When Mili loses to Pablo, and Vero beats Lucio, the boys make a plan to fool Vero into thinking Pablo is in love with her. He tells Vero that if he doesn't win the competition, the abusive director of his institution will punish him, so she decides to lose on purpose to protect the boy. After the game, she overhears them and finds out she's been played. An enraged Mili come to Vero's defense and lectures the boys on being dishonest. Later on, they regret their misdeeds and confess that they cheated, giving Vero the prize.

When Emilia is fired accused of stealing Ginette's donation money, Mili enlists Vero and Jime in helping proving her innocence. As Emilia leaves her position, the girls are faced with choosing between Ginette and Belén as the new director, and we see a natural division between the group of girls that remains consistent during the first season of the show. On one side, voting for Belén is Mili, Georgina, Vero, and Maru, on the other side voting for Ginette, there's Cinthia, Laura, Romina and Michele (who Ginette fools and wins over to her side). Eventually, Jimena, who only voted for Ginette because she was angry at Mili, joins the first group, as they have more affinity.

When Mili and Jime are on a fight, it is Vero and Georgina who plan for a reconciliation, by pretending to write letter in the girls' names for one another.

#### The theme of Maru and Vero's father

On **S01\_E017**, Vero tells Maru, who longs to have a family, that their father doesn't want to see them, which Maru doesn't believe. Vero resists in withholding information regarding their lives with their father to Maru, as Maru was still a baby to have vivid memories of that time. Ginette, wanting to get rid of the girls, asks Ramiro to hire a detective to investigate what happened to the girls' father Guillermo Cisneros, so he hires detective Solano with this purpose. Anxious, Vero keeps saying she doesn't remember anything from her past to the detective. Detective Solano soon finds out that Guillermo Cisneros has been arrested and is currently in jail. Meanwhile, Maru gets more and more anxious about the possibility of finding her dad.

On **S01\_E039**, When Carmen overhears Ramiro's conversation with detective Solano, she insists that the Cisneros girls must know the truth, so she demands Ginette to tell Vero, when we learn that Vero already knew he was arrested but didn't want to volunteer the information to protect Maru from the difficult truth.

"*"After they handcuffed him, they put a mask covering his face and put him in the police car ringing its' sirens for everyone to see".*"
— Vero

She goes on to say that Maru was staying at the neighbor's house and was so little, that she has no memories of anything, and didn't want to traumatize her little sister. Vero begs her not say anything to Maru as a means to protect her from this hurtful truth, and Ginette promises to keep the secret.

"*"I'm gonna tell her about it when she gets bigger, I don't want to ruin her childhood even more as it was done to me."*"
— Vero to Ginette

Crying, Vero shares the truth about her history with her dad with the other girls, saying that he used to disappear for days, or had too many friends over and got drunk frequently, and could get violent. She wants to protect Maru from learning this. Mili tries to convince her that it's better to know that your father is alive and in jail than not knowing anything. Jimena says that people who get arrested sometimes change and never commit a crime again, but she's irreductible. Mili asks her why she feels so much hatred, that she's not usually like that. Vero tells her her father used to hit her everyday, for whatever reason, when he got drunk. And that many times she was the one to protect little Maru as a baby.

Vero tells Georgina it is best to send a fake letter pretending to be her father to calm Maru down from her high expectations. Soon, Saverio delivers a letter to Maru and Mili, who's against the idea and thinks it's the fake letter from Vero and Georgina. She confronts the girls who were still writing the letter. and when Vero finds out the letter is real, she gets desperate. Vero says she'll not show Maru the letter, and will take it to Ginette, who gets Guillermo's information with detective Solano. Georgina also tells Ginette the type of father he was, saying he must be kept away from them.

#### Maru meets a strange man at the park

Later on, Ginette visits Guillermo and tells Vero about it, promising to protect her from him. Ginette then tells Hernan that if she can't give the girls back to their father, she'll get rid of them some other way. While free from jail due to good behavior, Guillermo meets Maru at a park, who doesn't know who he really is, and they befriend each other. Mili promises Maru she will help her find her father, not knowing he is already trying an approximation.

#### Mosca's Infatuation with Vero

On **S1\_E045**, Mosca, who's hiding at the orphanage, goes to the kitchen to steal food when he sees Vero, who came down to drink a glass of juice and thinking she is alone, ends up pretending she's a top model. He develops a big crush on her.

When he finds a chance, he sneaks up to the girls room and writes her a note, when the girls show up. Mili and Maru finds the note, but Vero thinks it's a joke from Cinthia and Georgina, but they deny having written the letter. Jime recognizes Mosca's calligraphy and reprehends him for doing so. Vero wonders who wrote her that letter. Mosca enters the girls room, watches Vero sleep, and buys her chocolates that the girls assume is from a boy from school.

#### A love triangle with Mosca and Georgina

A while later, Georgina finds Mosca hiding in the deposit accidentally and Jime tells her that he's her brother and she promises to keep their secret. Meanwhile, Mosca steals money from Carmen's purse to buy Vero a discman, but Georgina thinks the gift is for her. As she keeps the discman, she's later accused of stealing the money to buy it. Vero defends Georgina to Ginette, by saying that her friend is innocent. Later on, while this confusion is going on, Vero takes a walk at the park and Mosca finally introduces himself to her.

On **S1\_E050**, Vero and Georgina talk about the boy they met, not knowing that he's the same person. When Vero meets Mosca again, Georgina sees them and gets mad at Mosca, who later finds her love letter to him. Worried about Georgina getting punished and transfered to another institution, Mili pressures Jime for Mosca to come clean. They tell Ginette the truth, but as they arrive to his hiding place, they discover he is gone leaving a letter behind. Mosca goes to another reformatory and says goodbye to the girls. Vero kisses him goodbye, but Jime, Vero, and Georgina miss him dearly.

#### Guillermo is granted freedom.

Guillermo tells Ginette that he is free, but still on probation, but he wants to stabilize himself first before looking for his daughters. He plans to find a good job and apartment to able to support the girls. Ginette pretends she agrees, but she secretly angry because she wanted to get rid of the girls. Ginette tells Hernan that they are not going to wait for Guillermo to stabilize to get rid of them.

Ginette tells Vero that Guillermo is out of jail and asks her to keep an eye out for Maru, who meets the mysterious man again on the streets. Ginette tells vero that Guillermo is making contact with Maru, and asks her to get information from the little girl. Vero tells Ginette that Maru has no idea that the man is their father.

#### Ginette tries to convince Marta to adopt Maru and Vero

Meanwhile, Marta, a woman who came to the adoption event at Rincón de Luz, is interested in adopting Maru. Ginette tries to convince her to adopt the two siblings. Marta takes the girls out and they have fun at a park. Ginette tells Vero that Marta wants to adopt Maru, but she doesn't agree to being left behind and getting separated from her little sister.

#### Vero witnesses Guillermo getting arrested again

Crying, Vero confides in Mili about Guillermo getting out of jail. Mili talks to Vero about Ginette and Ramiro's conversation; Vero confesses that her father is the man in the park that befriended Maru. Mili is surprised by Vero's revelation, as she sees Guillermo as a good man. Vero thinks Guillermo is only pretending to be a good person. Vero tells Maru the “truth” about Guillermo and asks to never see the sad man again, but Maru doesn't believe her. Maru tells Guillermo what Vero told her about her father. He tells Maru that maybe her father has changed, which she agrees. Mili asks Guillermo if what Vero said about him is true, he realizes that Ginette tells lies about him and tells Mili that he never insulted or attacked her. Mili is confused. Mili tells Vero that the situation is very strange, Vero thinks Ginette wouldn't lie. Vero decides to confront her dad. When she arrives at the park he's been set up by Ginette, the police arrests him in front of her repeating her traumatic experience.

In S1\_E060 A horrified Vero tells Mili that she saw Guillermo being arrested. Mili then asks Martin for help about Vero and Maru's father. Maru looks for Guillermo in the square and doesn't find him. Vero tells Mili that she can't stand to see Maru this sad and tells Ginette everything, including that Mili spoke to Guillermo and that he denied having attacked her. Ginette lies saying that Guillermo has a split personality. Martin calls Mili reporting the conversation with the prison director, she and Vero are more confused. Later, Ginette tells Hernan that she fears that Mili and Vero will come to believe Guillermo and not her. Vero asks the others where Maru has gone, who is in the square, thinking about the sad old man and grieving over his absence.

Ginette manages to blackmail Guillermo, and he tells Mili that he attacked Ginette. When Mili tells this Vero, she cries. Ginette asks Ramiro to set Guillermo free and announces that he will be released from prison. Vero is worried. After meeting him for one last time, Maru goes back to the orphanage and says that Guillermo said goodbye. Ginette, Mili and Vero are relieved.

#### Giving up on Mosca for her best friend Georgina

On S1\_E071 The girls want Vero to sit next to Mosca during lunch, but Georgina sits next to him. Vero tells the girls that she likes Mosca as a friend. Mosca invites Vero to go for a walk at the zoo, she accepts but invites Georgina to come along. Clarita invites Mosca to dance class and he ends up choosing Vero as a partner. Mili tells Vero that she knows she likes Mosca, but she denies it. Mili and Vero think about Maru's birthday to cheer her up. Mosca, Vero and Cris plan something new for Maru's birthday. Georgina asks Vero if she likes Mosca and she denies it. Mosca sees Vero dancing and approaches to dance with her, the two go out for a walk. Mosca declares himself to her. Mosca and Vero meet Pasta, a juggler, who arranges to show up at Maru's birthday free of charge.

On S1\_E077 Vivi talks to Georgina about the trip with Mosca, but hides the part where he declared himself to her. Vero comment on the dance contest, one hopes that the other wins to dance with Mosca. Vero and Georgina end up tied and Carmem sends a tiebreaker. Vero dances badly so that Cris is chosen to dance with Mosca in the contest. Mili tells Vero that she realized that she danced badly on purpose. Maru tells Cinthia and Laura that Vero danced badly on purpose to help Georgina. They make Mosca accuse Georgina of having asked Vero to dance badly so that she could dance with him in the contest. Vero and Georgina fight. Laura confesses that she and Cinthia told Mosca and Vero fights with both of them. Mosca tells Vero that he wants to dance with her and she refuses. Mosca withdraws from the contest. Vero and Georgina make up.

#### Vero asks Maru to hide that she saw Ginette and Hernan kissing

After Georgi leaves, Maru tells Vero she witnessed Ginette and Hernan kissing. Afraid nobody is gonna believe her and they will get in trouble, Vero makes Maru swear she won't tell nobody, especially Ramiro. Maru tells vero that at least Mili needs to know that she saw what she saw.

#### Helping Mili and Julian to hide in plain sight

Jimena and Vero hide Mili and Julian in the manor, bringing them food and covering for them. Once, Julian dresses up as Vero when he needs to go to the bathroom, to hide from Ginette.

#### Carolina's arrival

Upon Carolina's arrival at the manor, a new girl, Mili, Jime and Vero ask Carolina questions about her life on the streets. Seeing that Jime knows the people who live on the street, Carolina lies wanting to hide the truth that she is in fact Ginette's younger sister. Saverio tells Mili, Vero and Georgina that Clarita saw Carolina leaving Ginette's room crying. Mili tells Vero and Georgina that they need to get closer to Carolina. Vero and Georgina are angry that Mili is helping and getting closer and warmer towards Carolina. Mili asks Vero and Georgina to help Carolina with her studies, which they reluctantly accept. Vero and Georgina are mean and give Carolina a pile of notes and tell her that all her homework is wrong. Unable to trust the girl, they are both constantly cruel towards her.

On S1\_E130 When Mosca is sad after telling Jime that she won't walk again after her accident, Vero visits and comforts him.

On **S1\_E133** Mili discovers Carolina's notebooks with the exaggerated corrections by Vero and Georgina. Saverio finds Carolina crying and he tries to reason with Vero and Georgina, but they don't want to accept it. Jime gives them a moral lesson and the girls apologize to Mili and Carolina.

#### Mili's faithful confident

Vero and Georgina find Matias's school papers among Mili's stuff. They decide to act as cupids. They ask Tano and Facha to reunite the couple when Matias' father forbids them to see each other and for Mili to explain herself to Matias, when he finds the truth about her being an orphan.

Vero also calls Carmen anonymously to report on Matilde.

#### Jealousy of Mosca with Carolina, and finding out she's lying

Georgina tells Vero about Mosca and Carolina and she feels jealous. Carolina, trying to hide Ginette's secret, lies to Mili, Vero and Georgina. Suspicious, they bully and spy on the girl and find her with Ginette buying a dress. They tell the other girls.

#### Unmasking Ginette

Jime pretends she had an accident to distract Ramiro and Ginette, while Vero and Mili steals his briefcase. Vero and Georgina also borrow a camera from Sol to photograph Matilde and Ginette. Ginette asks Matilde to poison Carmen's food and they catch it on camera and show it to the other girls.

Jime diz a Vero e Georgina que Ramiro e Carmem estão na diretoria. Os dois acertam a transferência do orfanato para Ginette.

Mili, Vero, Maru e Georgina vão visitar Gabi e ela lhes conta a boa notícia.

Vero chama Saverio e Clarita e todos escutam novamente a fita de Hernan.

### Season 2

#### Ending

On **S2\_E178**, Maru decides to go live with Guillermo Cisneros, but Vero decides to stay at Rincón de Luz with her friends and Belén, but at the very end finds herself unable to leave her little sister, packs up and goes away with them. The scene is very heartfelt, and they dance Todo Todo as their closing scene.

Vero still calls Rincón de Luz to speak with the girls and especially to Mosca. One time, Caro pretends to be Flor at the phone, to keep her from talking to Mosca and causing confusion and conflict between the kids.

## Personality and Traits

*"Me encanta las revistas de modas, las chicas son todas como princesas"* - Vero in Season 2.

Vero is intelligent, applied to school, with very good grades. She's a kind, loyal, gentle, compassionate and sweet girl who dreams of becoming a top model.

## Relationships

### Romantic Interests

#### Pablo

Pablo and Lucio are the boys competitors in the chess tournament on the first season. Lucio convinces Pablo to be in love with Vero, so that she loses the match against him on purpose. Pablo tells Vero that his institution resembles a prison and that the director is cruel man who chastises them by locking them for a month inside without television if they lose their chess competitions game. He goes on to say he does terrible things that he won't talk about. This way, Vero is completely sensibilized by his story and decides to loose the match to help him as a proof of her feelings, against Jime and Mili's advice. She then overhears Pablo and Lucio celebrating how easily she fell in their lies and cries. Mili confronts the boys telling them that they will never forget the means to why they won, by playing dirty with lies and cheating. That they are just the same, orphans, but worse, since they have no honor inside. Moved by her speech, the boys come clean about the lie. When they are getting their trophies, they repent and come clean, giving Vero the prize.

#### Mosca

When Mosca is hiding at Rincón de Luz, Vero is the frist girl he sees while stealing food from the kitchen. He falls in love with her.

## Songs

Vero doesn't have any personal songs, however, she's part of most music videos of the first and second season, such as Rechufas, Todo Todo, Había una Vez, Señales, Hasta 10, Corazon con Agujeritos, El Cheff Saverio, Chufacha, Malisima, Amigas, A Berlin, and Crecer.

## Trivia

#### About Vero

* Vero and Mili plays chess really well, winning a championship in the beginning of season 1.
* Vero is hypochondriac and anorexic in the show, a nervous reaction she has to her traumas.
* Solange Verina and Mariela Cisneros went on to interpret the same characters, Vero and Maru, in the chiquititas spin-off Cebollitas.

#### About Solange Verina

* In a 2020 interview, during the pandemic, Solange Verina shares that dancing and acting was a hobby for her as a child, which led het to work in Chiquititas.
* Solange Verina is still friends with Georgina Mollo and Jimena Piccolo.

## Other versions

### Chiquititas Brasil

#### Vivi

Renata del Bianco plays Vivi, who is Vero in the Brazilian version. Compared to Vero, who was shy, Vivi is more outgoing and grown up. Vivi was a very popular character in the Brazilian version, and Renata Del Bianco became the show's biggest girl crush. She was a professional gymnastic and an excellent dancer.

In the Brazilian version, Vivi not only has a quick romance with Mosca (Mosca), but she also has a romance with Mathias (Matias), instead of Mili. Since Júlio (Julian) stayed on the Brazilian show for two whole seasons, and Julio had a romantic interest in Mili (played by Fernanda Souza), the Brazilian version of Mathias was redesigned to have a larger role than the original version.

Vero takes on Mili story as the orphan who's ashamed to share with the boy and his family that she's an orphan, and Mathias is also Bia's (Cinthia) half brother on the show, and the son of Ferrari (Jorge Clementi), as they find out on the second season of the show.

### Chiquititas Mexico

#### Vivi

Paola Wong plays Vivi, who is both Vero and Vivi in the Mexican version on Chiquititas.

### Chiquititas Brasil (2013)

#### Vivi

Lívia Inhudes plays Vivi, who is both Vero and Vivi in the second Brazilian version on Chiquititas, who is not canon.