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no one, and I mean NO one, asked for this, but i have decided to do a mid-season power ranking of the primary women from Season 1 of Rica, Famosa, Latina #ricafamosalatina

"What is Rica, Famosa, Latina?" you may ask. WOW! SO GLAD you asked. It is a show 1) that has 4 seasons on netflix 2)that has 37 episodes in its first season 3) "that explores the lives of wealthy and famous Latina women in Los Angeles". tldr- I saw a meme and was intrigued.

So here I am, 19 episodes later, and I feel I must turn to social media to digest all that I have watched thus far. I am here because I wanted to watch more Spanish-speaking content. I do not know the future of these ladies and I have not seen spoilers, I am here for the ride.

Thus far in the show, we (the lovely viewers) have been introduced to 5 primary women: Elisa, Rosie, Adriana, Estela, and Victoria. I will be ranking them on 3 fronts: icon status, boluda, and chismosa. i plan on doing this every half season so i will get better- im learning how!

Icon status: do you add excitement to the episode? you can be annoying, problematic, and mean, but that helps some of these ladies *become* icons. These are the women with the memorable one-liners, reckless driving sprees, and who are front-line forces

Boluda: a term that I have learned through this show, meaning a close friend (can also mean they're jerk if they suck). who do I actually like? who would i feel comfortable Zooming for 2 hours? who actually has a soul? who is my gal pal? who could i make homemade pizzas with?

Chismosa: who here is a smelly gossipy rat? who is willing to throw any/everyone under the bus? who thinks they are the rica-est, famosa-est, latina-est and reminds everyone else of that? in PR slang, this nasty gossip is called 'bochinche'. who is throwing this everywhere?

for these three categories, I will give a ranking from 1 to 5. 1 es el mínimo and 5 es el maximo. i will be starting will my least favorite lady and moving my way up because if i started with my favorite then truly I would not even bother with the rest

this is victoria del rosal. she joined the season around episode 10? 11? v unceremoniously?? what i am sure of is her presence on this show has negatively impacted my joy. victoria is a recent Miami transplant who is working as a reporter at the same news station as elisa.

thus far, victoria has made her mark by making judgments on Rosie's snacking habits, fighting Elisa in a minor physical altercation, and verbalizing that she is the fun young one of the ensemble.
icon: 2
boluda: 1
chismosa: strong strong 5

Up next we have Elisa Beristain, who i would say is the strange & fierce mama bear of this pack. she is a news reporter, and she is a YELLER. and when she argues with you she has to stand up from her chair and POINT AT YOU, in case you were unaware that she has taken issue w/ you

when elisa does not have her hair in this v sleek ponytail for interviews, she is having issues with, well, everyone. right now her public enemy #1 is Vicky ^ (see above), but she has taken issue with all primary & secondary characters of this show, including her husband Pepe.

dont get me wrong, she is passionate & fiercely loving with those she likes (see: rosie), but if you are on her bad side, she will ice you out in personal, professional, et al. settings. this is a screenshot of what she said at Vicky's dressing door: translation: smells like poop

elisa es bastante católica and not very open to other expressions of spirituality (see below: tarot cards). she requires others to apologize first for them to be her friend.
icon: 4
boluda: 2 (because she would judge when i drank)
chismosa: a firm 4

now comes adriana from adriana's car insurance! she would probably describe herself as "a dreamer! a visionary! i see, i believe, then i achieve!" and then she would snap her fingers enthusiastically as she looks at the camera. she is the most enthusiastic and peppy of them all

no one is more team adri than adri. she really believes in herself & is quite supportive of others. she isn't my favorite, but she was out of 5~ish episodes on vacation and i actually missed her energy! she always has these gestures and words of grandeur & she doesnt start fights

adriana is the friend who is down for anything whether its yoga, drugs, or a paint session. she would hold your hair back if you were throwing up, but likely she is the one who started throwing up first because she was too excited about the tequila.
icon: 3
boluda: 3
chismosa: 3

shocking to me, my #2 is rosie rivera! rosie is the first woman we are introduced to, and we learn that she is the sister of the late Jenni Rivera, the famous mexican-american singer who died in a plane crash in late 2012 (this show started in 2014).

rosie is a kind soul with a heavy past- she is unafraid to talk about the struggles she has had with sexual abuse, rebuilding after the death of her sister, and she speaks to her catholic faith freely. rosie is a listener and a little jokester

she's honest and admits she gets these opportunities because she is Jenni Rivera's little sister. rosie is very involved in taking care of Jenni's kids and maintaining the legacy of her sister and her businesses. a needed peacemaker in this series.
icon: 4
boluda: 4
chismosa:2

NOW TO MY #1- ESTELA MORA (look at my twitter name, please!) estela- band manager, business woman, sells coffins, gets regular tarot readings, ICON! idk if yall remember when enrique iglesias dressed like a punk rocker, but that is the quintessential estela style 100%

i could not tell you estela's height, but she CONSISTENTLY towers over all the other women as she is always wearing heels. shes hilarious, a free spirit, unafraid to curse or make jokes at her own expense. she is married (?) but they live separately and she loves it!

estela enjoys groups but she is unafraid to howl at the moon alone. she definitely marches to the beat of her own drum and isn't afraid to voice her dissent
icon: 4
boluda: 5 (this is her argentinian term!)
chismosa: 4

in summary: this tweet thread was a fricking labor of love, but this show is worth it for me just by helping me listen and read more spanish. im having a blast with this show and recommend yall take a look at it #ricafamosalatina

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