El privilegio de amar (The Right to Love) is a Mexican telenovela that aired on Canal de Las Estrellas from July 1998 to February 1999, and it holds the record as the highest-rated television program in Mexico's history, averaging a 34.8% audience share. Starring Adela Noriega and Helena Rojo, the drama follows Luciana, a successful fashion designer who secretly searches for the daughter she abandoned as a baby, unaware that the young woman is Cristina, a model working in her own fashion house. The plot thickens when Cristina falls in love with Luciana's stepson, Víctor Manuel (René Strickler), forcing Luciana to confront her hidden past while dealing with her husband's infidelity and family secrets. Based on the 1985 Venezuelan series Cristal, the show was a massive critical success, winning the TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela in 1999. The story weaves themes of youthful passion, abandonment, and redemption, as Cristina navigates pregnancy and romance while Luciana's family struggles with lies and betrayal.