Esperanza has wavy and thick black hair. Dark lashes, and fair, cream skin. She has eyes shaped like fat brown almonds.In the beginning of the book, Esperanza comes off as a sweet young girl. Esperanza has wavy and thick black hair. Dark lashes, and fair, cream skin. She has eyes shaped like fat brown almonds. However, once she makes the transition of being rich to poor, you realize how she's actually really spoiled. In a way, she may also be prejudiced against poorer people than her.

However, once she realizes life isn't like it used to be, she turns into a mature, appreciative grown up woman. She really stands for what people respect.

Esperanza Ortega is a young girl who seems to have everything she wants. People call her mi reina which in Spanish, means 'my queen' because she lives like one!

The night before her 13th...