15th TVyNovelas Awards

The 15th TVyNovelas Awards were an academy of special awards to the best soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place on May 15, 1997 in Teatro Alameda, San Ángel, México D.F. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by Canal de las Estrellas.

Raúl Velasco, Marco Antonio Regil, Julissa and Liza Echeverría hosted the show. Cañaveral de pasiones won 10 awards, the most for the evening, including Best Telenovela. Other winners La antorcha encendida won 9 awards, Bendita mentira, Luz Clarita and Sentimientos ajenos won 2 awards and Tú y yo won 1 award.



Special Awards

 * Career as an Actress: Jacqueline Andere
 * Career as an Actor: Ernesto Alonso
 * Female Singer of the Year: Lucero
 * Male Singer of the Year: Enrique Iglesias
 * Career as a Female Singer: María Victoria
 * Career as a Male Singer: Pedro Fernández
 * Best Latin American Hostess with International Projection: Cristina Saralegui

Commercial Awards

 * Most Beautiful Figure: Mónika Sánchez awarded for Super Jeans Shop
 * Most Beautiful Skin: Ana Patricia Rojo awarded for Lubrider

Absent
People who did not attend the ceremony and were nominated in the shortlist in each category:
 * Benjamín Cann
 * Humberto Zurita
 * Jorge Russek (For health reasons, his daughters, Zully and Vanessa, received the award)