In a neighborhood heavily influenced by narcotráfico, Catalina, her friends, and other girls her age are led to believe that the only way to live in the luxury that they desire is to render sexual services as “pre-paid girls” to powerful men in the drug trafficking world. In case you can barely remember it, the telenovela centered around Catalina, a 17-year-old girl from Pereira, Colombia who very desperately wants to escape poverty. Rewatching it as an adult made me realize how heavy the topics are, and later finding out that it’s based on a real–life story had me shooketh. But to be honest, it’s not like I understood any of it – but I definitely do now. I remember being way too curious and wanting to see what my abuela was watching. I was 8 at that time and the Telenovela was not PG at all, so she would tell me to go play while she watched. I remember catching small glimpses while hanging out with my abuela, who was an avid telenovela watcher. If you were around 2008 watching telenovelas, I bet you watched Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso.
