Maria Hernandez is a 15-year old poor beautiful girl who lives at slums with her gotmother. She's collecting rubbishes in order to earn money and be alive with her godmother. The day of 15th birthday, her godmother died. Before her death, the godmother wanted to Priest Honorio that he will take Maria to a rich man's house as a servant...       

    After this last desire of the godmother, Priest Honorio wants to Don Fernando de la Vega who comes church allways, that takes Maria to his house... After this, Don Fernando de la Vega likes sweet Maria and he decided to make Maria a polite lady with a perfect education...

Maria is so impolite because of grýwing up at slums... Because of this at first, Don Fernando's wife Victoria and bad cousin Soraya refuse her. Especially the big son og home Luis Fernando de la Vega doesn't like Maria and he wants to play Maria's heart... But Maria falls in love with Luis Fernando like a crazy... 

   But step by step, with a good education and Maria's excellent beauty and dispositions, she wins everyone's heart and love... But Soraya and servant Carlota still hate Maria. And finally, Luis Fernando falls in love with Maria, too. By Maria's excellent dispositions and struggles, Maria rescues Luis Fernando from drinki gambling and bad dispositions... But before this, Soraya and Luia Fernando were together when Luis Fernando were drunk. The aim of Soraya is marrying Luis Fernando in order to get his father's heritage... After this, Soraya said that she was pregnant. (but at real she is not!) Luis Fernando forces to get married with Soraya...  

   The most beautiful day comes and Soraya died. Then Maria and Luis Fernando come together and they married... But Luis Fernando saw Maria and his brother Viladimir with an innocent embracing and Luis Fernando understands this situation wrong and he leaves from Maria...          

   Maria is pregnant but Luis Fernando doesn't want to believe that the baby belonges him... According to him, this baby is from Viladimir!      

   When baby's birthday comes, Luis Fernando send a letter to Maria. he wants to devorce from Maria. Then Maria loses her mind and escapes from home without mind. At street, she gives her baby to a woman who solds sweet. When her mind comes again, she doesn't find her baby. The mind is over again...      

   Luis Fernando understands his false and he turns back to Maria. He adopts a child named Tita but Maria doesn't forget her lost baby...

 The following episodes are full of sorrow... The people who are watching this telenovela will find infinite love, sadness and the infinite sorrows of a mother whose all struggle is finding her baby...