The 20th TVyNovelas Awards were an academy of special awards to the best soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place on July 4, 2002, in Mexico D.F. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by Canal de las Estrellas.
Raúl Velasco, Ernesto Laguardia, Luis de la Corte and Gloria Calzada hosted the show. El manantial won 10 awards, the most for the evening, including Best Telenovela. Other winners Amigas y rivales and Salomé won 2 awards and Entre el amor y el odio and Sin pecado concebido won 1 each.
The ceremony marked the 20th anniversary of the magazine's soap opera awards, hosted by Maxine Woodside. Highlights included recognizing winners in main categories, such as Best Telenovela, Best Original Story or Adaptation, Best Actress and Best Actor.
As part of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the TVyNovelas Awards, the magazine "Recordar es vivir" selected each of the rising stars who won the award in each category per year, awarding only one from each annual ceremony. Among them are: