Señorita 89

A period drama set in the dark glamour of 1980s Mexico following the contestants training for the country’s Miss Mexico pageant as they vie not only to win - but to make it to the final contest alive.

Señorita 89 (2022-2024) is a Mexican-American period drama series created by Lucía Puenzo for Pantaya, StarzPlay and Universal Premiere. Set in the dark glamour of 1980s Mexico, it follows contestants training for the country's Miss Mexico pageant, where the stakes go beyond winning to simply surviving the road to the final contest. Concepción López Montoya (Ilse Salas) anchors the story, with Elena Montes de Oca (Ximena Romo), Dolores Acevedo (Bárbara López), Isabel Ross (Natasha Dupeyrón) and Jocelyn Cruz Reynosa (Leidi Gutiérrez) forming a tense circle of rivals and allies. The engine is a grueling preparation regime of rehearsals, rigid grooming, and backroom maneuvering, where each contestant must navigate ambition and hidden danger. The show runs for two seasons across sixteen episodes of roughly fifty minutes each, told as one continuing story. Its tone blends glossy visual pleasure with a creeping sense of menace, and its themes turn on female ambition, class, and the price of spectacle. Fans of The Crown, The Good Wife and Ugly Betty will find resonance in its period polish and its women navigating powerful institutions.

Audiences rate the series positively, praising its glamorous period atmosphere and high-stakes pageant premise.

• The Good Wifeshared dark glamour period drama, female ensemble competing under pressure, Latin American setting
• The Crownshared prestige period drama tone with sinister undercurrents and ambitious female characters
• Ugly Bettyshared Latin American telenovela-inflected melodrama with high-gloss period styling and women's power struggles

Created by

Lucía Puenzo

Release Date

2022-02-27

Episode runtime

50 min

Rating

7.3 / 10 (70)

What is Señorita 89 about?

A dark-glamour period drama following contestants training for Miss Mexico in 1980s Mexico, where winning is not the only danger.

What is Señorita 89 like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Señorita 89 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Señorita 89 violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Señorita 89 as moderate.

What did critics think of Señorita 89?

Audiences rate the series positively, praising its glamorous period atmosphere and high-stakes pageant premise.

Which shows are like Señorita 89?

Shows with a similar feel include The Good Wife, The Crown, and Ugly Betty.

How long is Señorita 89?

Señorita 89: 2 seasons, 16 episodes.

Is Señorita 89 still running?

No, Señorita 89 has ended.