Isabela

PARENTS Julieta Madrigal (mother) Agustín Madrigal (father)

SIBLINGS Luisa Madrigal (younger sister) Mirabel Madrigal (youngest sister)

OTHER RELATIVES Alma Madrigal (maternal grandmother) Pedro Madrigal † (maternal grandfather) Félix Madrigal (maternal uncle) Pepa Madrigal (maternal aunt) Bruno Madrigal (maternal uncle) Dolores Madrigal (maternal cousin) Camilo Madrigal (maternal cousin) Antonio Madrigal (maternal cousin)

PARTNER(S) Mariano Guzmán (ex-suitor)

Born into the Madrigal family, Isabela is the eldest daughter of Julieta and Agustín, and the older sister of Luisa and Mirabel. In addition to being the niece of Félix, Pepa, and Bruno, Isabela is also the cousin of Dolores, Camilo, and Antonio. Being the oldest of her cousins, she is the firstborn grandchild of the Madrigals and the favorite of her Abuela Alma. In the early years of her life, Isabela lived in the nursery with her cousin Dolores who is a few weeks younger than her, and eventually her younger sister Luisa who is two years younger than her. When Bruno was still with the family, Isabela received a vision from her uncle who told her that someday Isabela would be able to live the life of her dreams, and he also told her that her powers would "grow like the grapes that thrive on the vine". On the night of Isabela's fifth birthday, she received the gift of Chlorokinesis and she moved out of the nursery into her new room.

After she received her magical gift, Alma placed very high expectations on Isabela as her first grandchild and this forced Isabela to have to be the "perfect golden child" of the family. Due to the pressure, Isabela grew up with the enormous pressure of having to meet the expectations of others and hid her insecurities so as not to disappoint her family. Isabela is graceful, and Mirabel describes her as "effortlessly perfect". Because of her looks and talent, she is betrothed to a local man who is equally good-looking, Mariano Guzmán. It's later revealed that she didn't want to be perfect, nor does she want to marry Mariano and in reality, she was only doing it to please people and her family. With Mirabel's help, Isabela is able to finally show her true self and experiment with her powers. When she feels free from the restraint of familial expectations, she can grow new, different varieties of plants that spray different colors of powder, changing her appearance to show how she is becoming more honest with herself and freeing herself from the pressure of having to be perfect all the time. Isabela is primarily known for being graceful, beautiful, and even "perfect", both inside and out, by everyone. Although she was initially not close with some members of her family, Isabela cares for them and wants to do whatever it takes to make them proud. Willing to sacrifice her life and happiness for her family, showing her selfless and loyal side. Of her sisters, Isabela is the closest to her aunt; treating Pepa very lovingly and helping her calm down when she is nervous. Growing up together, Isabela treats her younger cousin's by a few weeks like a third sister. During Antonio's gift ceremony, she holds Dolores's hand while hugging her reassuringly and is proud of her cousin when she confesses her feelings for the man she loves. As the two were initially under constant pressure, Isabela admires Luisa's emotional strength and is on good terms with her, worrying about her younger sister when she is sad. She is one of the few people who doesn't have a negative opinion of her infamous uncle Bruno, partially due to him telling her a positive vision in her future. Isabela is also cordial and kind to the townspeople, she happily plants different plants as part of her service to the village and welcomes them to the house. Although not explicitly stated, she has a taste for romance and love. While Isabela doesn't love Mariano, she does hope to marry someday. Apart from being incredibly happy (along with Mirabel) when Dolores and Mariano become a couple. She is referred to as an angel by the family for her grace, and is beloved by the town. However, deep down, Isabela doesn't appreciate the expectations her Abuela Alma sets upon her to be perfect. Instead, she wants to live life the way she wants to, and expand her power, and her belly, based on what she wants and not what the family wants. Unfortunately, due to the pressure of being the "perfect golden child", Isabela hides these feelings away and willingly goes along with whatever her Abuela wants for her. Afraid of letting Alma and her family down, she hides her insecurities especially her belly in her dress and the feeling how miserable she is from the people around her to the point of practicing how to look happy when she interacts with others and even agreeing to get married to Mariano, whom she doesn't love. This was also seen when flowers grew in her hair when Dolores said that Mariano wants to have five babies with her and was left speechless, and when her cousin Camilo teases her by shapeshifting into Mariano, only for an unfazed Isabela to throw flowers into his face. To further add to the pressure, Isabela has always been afraid of expressing her insecurities and belly to others and due to this she is initially shown to have a distant relationship with her relatives. Being Alma's favorite grandchild, Isabela's sisters and cousins feel inadequate living in her shadow and therefore some of them would not have a good opinion of her and would express visible annoyance towards Isabela, such as making jokes to annoy her or looking at her with envy. Isabela especially does not get along with Mirabel. Both sisters are mutually jealous of each other's lives; Isabela envying Mirabel being unburdened by expectations whilst she bears the brunt of Alma's expectations. Unaware of how unhappy the other was than they let on, Isabela had a strained relationship with her. Isabela would be distasteful towards her youngest sister in their interactions and later on smugly making Mirabel apologize for "ruining" her life, showing a temperamental and petty side to her. However, when she finally released her emotions, after Mirabel calls a "selfish, entitled princess", and grew a cactus, Isabela became more expresses with her true feelings and expanded her powers, reconciles with Mirabel and growing a better sisterly relationship with her. The moment Alma yells at her and Mirabel about the mess they caused in the town while they sang, Isabela goes from confident and happy to scared and ashamed. She even tries to brush off the dye caked on her dress, showing how scared Isabela is of making Alma disappointed. When Alma blames Mirabel for the family's problems, all Luisa and Isabela can do was shamefully look down, which also shows that Alma views them no different from the way she views Mirabel. As Mirabel defends Luisa and Isabela by pointing out that they will never be good enough for Alma or her expectations, no matter how hard they try, Isabela along with Luisa avoids looking at Alma but looks incredibly hurt, indicating she knows that Mirabel is right that she can never be perfect as Alma wishes. Once Alma apologizes to the family for pressuring them to be perfect and Bruno returns to them, Isabela happily works alongside her family and the community in rebuilding the house, while her relationship with her sisters, as well as the rest of her family members, grew more loving and affectionate as they worked together. With the house and family magic restored, Isabela becomes a happier person, no longer constrained by expectations and constant pressure to be the best, she is free to experiment with her powers and express herself. Isabela is a 21-year-old young Colombian woman with dark skin, hazel eyes, a tear-shaped beauty mark on her left cheek, and long, shiny, black hair with a pink flower on the left side, and diamond earrings. While they have notable differences in skin complexion and facial structures, Isabela is otherwise practically the granddaughter most similar to Abuela Alma (in her younger years) and inheriting several of her physical traits. Isabela wears a lilac, frilled and layered dress decorated with flowers (symbolizing her gift), and matching lilac shoes. But her fat belly splits the top from the bottom. Her boobs are as big as round soccer balls and her belly is big as a bowling ball. She has a four petal pink flower on the center of her bellybutton.

Isabela has the power of Chlorokinesis; she can make plants grow and flowers bloom. She can also manipulate plant life and can grow other things besides flowers, such as fruit trees and crops.[18] Originally when she had to be perfect, Isabela only grew vines and beautiful, symmetrical flowers, such as roses. Showing the capability of conjuring flowers either by waving her hands, twirling her feet, and even flicking her hair while having the flowers appear within her range or travel across the surface of an area. But after she began to be herself, began experimenting with her gift and discovered that she could grow other kinds of plants as well, such as cacti, trees, like palma de cera or wax palm, and even carnivorous plants, like sundew. It's also seen that she can grow dyed versions of exotic plants, like if you look closely there's a purple-colored cactus. Isabela has quite a bit of control over her gift, as she can create any plant she wants just by thinking about it.

Despite the great control she has over her gift, her powers also appear to be linked to her emotions and thus she can lose control of her power. Although not to her aunt Pepa's extent, sometimes strong emotions can trigger Isabela's gift: when Dolores mentions Mariano's desire to have five babies with Isabela, she is shocked and flowers sprout in her hair involuntarily, and in her argument with Mirabel for ruining the proposal dinner causes her to grow a cactus and leads her to realize she can grow more than pretty blossoms. Isabela is very nimble and quick on her feet. When she was expressing her true self, she displayed impressive levels of athleticism such as moving with great ease and coordination on the roof of the house, a difficult area to move in, while singing and dancing. She also moves very skillfully with vines. As her powers are related to plants, Isabela has a great knowledge of different plants and has some skill in the gardening, leading her sisters to plant some cactus while they rebuild the house.