On July 6, 2009, ABS-CBN started broadcasting in the Philippines as Maria de Jesus: Ang Anghel sa Lansangan weekdays at 3:30pm (then moved to 4:00pm and later 4:15pm).

Univision reruns Cuidado con el ángel from October 22, 2012 to July 19, 2013 replacing Sortilegio weekdays at 2pm/1c.

Ana Patricia Rojo, Arturo Carmona, Rocío Banquells, Laura Zapata, Nailea Norvind, and Michelle Vieth starred as antagonists.

The leading actors Helena Rojo, Ricardo Blume, and Evita Muñoz "Chachita" starred as stellar performances.

María de Jesus, better known as Marichuy, is humble young girl living with Candelaria, a laundress who gave her a home when she was wandering on the streets.

Juan Miguel San Román is a prestigious psychiatrist who has dedicated his time to the rehabilitation of young rebels and criminals.

This serves as a distraction from his failing marriage to his wife Viviana and a horrible crime he committed during his youth while he was drunk.

From that point, he vows to help Marichuy and he takes her to Judge Patricio Velarde's home, a very strict, heartless man, who is also her biological father.

As soon as Marichuy steps foot into the house, Cecilia welcomes her with open arms, but Judge Patricio despises her from the start due to her lack of manners.

She and her aunt schemed up a plan to have Cecilia believe that she had found her daughter, that way, they would both move into their mansion and not live in poverty anymore.

On their wedding night, Marichuy has the same nightmare, but this time she is able to recognize the man's face who is Juan Miguel, the love of her life.

Well Marichuy sees of his imprisonment in the newspaper and decides to go back, standing Leopardo up before their wedding, to help Juan Miguel.

Many things happens but at the end of this stage of the novela Leopardo and Blanca get together and Marichuy goes blind after a bullet hits her in her head, luckily doesn't die.