Karla Alvarez
Pedro Fernandez, Karla Alvarez, and Elvis Crespo onstage during the 8th annual Latin GRAMMY awards held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on November 8, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Getty Images

The telenovelas world has been shaken up with the recent death of Karla Alvarez, known for being our favorite villain. She rose to fame after playing Thalía's younger and stubborn sister in "María Mercedes." However, it wasn't until 1997 when she was given the opportunity to star in a telenovela titled "Mi Querida Isabel" with Ernesto Laguardia. This would be her only starring role throughout her career. She then found success playing the main villain in "La Mentira" with Kate del Castillo. Roles in "La Intrusa," "Alma Rebelde," "Inocente De Ti," "Heridas de Amor," "Las Tontas No Van Al Cielo" followed until her last telenovela this year, "Qué Bonito Amor."

Karla was found dead on Friday, Nov 15 in the afternoon at her home in the Fuentes del Pedregal neighborhood of Mexico City. Her death has been confirmed as resulting from a cardiopulmonary arrest because of the 41-year-old actress' struggles with bulimia and anorexia. Many celebrities have expressed their condolences through Twitter, including Thalía, Kate del Castillo, Maite Perroni, Andrea Legarreta, Raúl Araiza, Ana Bárbara, Israel Jaitovich, Jacqueline Bracamontes, Jorge "El Burro" Van Rankin and more. Much to our surprise, Karla's own Twitter account was created on the same day of her death, only three years before.

The famous villain then wrote: "hola amigos del twitter! ya..por fin estoy aqui! gracias por todo el amor y el apoyo que me dan! los quiero!" Which translates to: "hello Twitter Friends! I'm finally here! Thanks for all the love and support! Love you!" Nevertheless, her Twitter activity was very little. After her first tweet, she only wrote eight more messages, two of which she tagged actress Sabine Moussier, another well-known villain in the Mexican small screen In another tweet, she sent a shout out to Lissette Morelos, and her other posts were motivational messages. Karla's Twitter craze only lasted for two weeks, since her last message on record was posted on December 2, 2010.

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