El Privilegio de Amar is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 27 July 1998 through 26 February 1999. Starring Adela Noriega, René Strickler, Helena Rojo and Andrés García with the participation of leading actor Enrique Rocha and Cynthia Klitbo as the evil Tamara, who is the main villain. The telenovela tells the story of a fashion designer, Luciana, who begins searching for the daughter she abandoned years earlier, unaware the girl is none other than Cristina, a model in Luciana's fashion house who has fallen in love with Luciana's stepson.
El Privilegio de Amar is a remake of the 1985 Venezuelan novela, Cristal. The program aired weeknights at 9pm for 31 weeks, for a total of 155 episodes. El Privilegio de Amar is the highest-rated television program in Mexico to date, it registered an average of 34.8 percent of TV audience. The telenovela received TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela, in 1999.
Adela Noriega
as Cristina Miranda
Helena Rojo
as Luciana Hernández de Duval
Andrés García
as Andrés Duval
René Strickler
as Víctor Manuel Duval Rivera
Enrique Rocha
as Nicolás Obregón
Cynthia Klitbo
as Tamara de la Colina
César Évora
as Padre Juan de la Cruz Velarde
Marga López
as Ana Joaquina Vda. de Velarde
María Sorté
as Vivian del Ángel
Toño Mauri
as Alonso del Ángel
Sabine Moussier
as Lorenza Torres
Adriana Nieto
as Lizbeth Duval Hernández
