El Privilegio de Amar (The Privilege of Loving) 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 and Helena Rojo, the telenovela tells the story of a fashion designer, Luciana (Rojo), who begins searching for the daughter she abandoned years earlier, unaware the girl is none other than Cristina (Noriega), 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.
"The Best Telenovela of the Year 1999." (Premios TVyNovelas)