Ugly Betty and Me: Survivors!

Those of us who are Ugly Betty fans know that one of Betty’s charms is that she is a survivor; she has been through quite a lot in the past two years, yet she still retains her “heart”.

Well, if you’ll pardon the autobiographical pause, I want to take a minute to brag on Ugly Betty News. Those of you who were reading here in February probably know that the Entertainment Channel at b5Media held its own Survivor contest. It started out with 36 – count em – 36 participating sites, divided into two teams.

Over the last two months, we were given some pretty tough writing/blogging challenges , many times, two in the same week. If you ever came here and saw a post, wondering, “Where the heck did that come from?”, it was probably something for the contest. (Go here to get the play by play of the entire contest) I figured I’d just have fun while it lasted; 90% of the contestants have more experience and are better, more prolific writers than I.

But, I’ll be doggonned if we didn’t go and win the whole thing…

I mean “we” quite literally.

The turning point, I think, came in the Who’s Hotter post. Our challenge was to get as many comments as possible, and the only posts at UBN that had previously gotten many comments were Benry/Getty/Detty posts, so I went there again. I got the comments I wanted (not NEAR as many as others, though), but something else happened.

I realized that Ugly Betty News has some of the most intelligent, well spoken readers/commenters around. Believe me, I’m going to be contacting some of you about guest posting. Shoot, some of your comments could be their own posts. :)

Anyway, congratulate yourselves – because you are just as much a part of this win as I am. I believe we’re building something special here.

As a very famous lady from my hometown once said, I’m just so proud to be here!