All hail the queens

Mess with them and you’ll land six feet under: these leading ladies of telenovelas are unapologetically brutal. DStv airs telenovelas with crazy twists and turns thanks to some strong-willed women, ranging from obsessive girlfriends to monster mothers who use their superpowers for evil and never good. Here are our top eight devious divas:

IRON ROSE (2016)

When wicked entrepreneur Altagracia Sandoval (Aracely Arámbula) walks into the room in this telenovela originally titled La Doña, she instantly commands attention and respect. It isn’t only because she’s breathtakingly gorgeous. She possesses a certain kind of confidence – some call it the X-factor. Altagracia or La Doña, as her business associates refer to her (because she’s the boss lady), mastered the playbook