Land of the Morning: Miss Universe 1974 Died

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Miss Universe 1974 Died

Thirteen years ago the international beauty pageant, Miss Universe 1974, visited the Philippines as its host. And in that year, then Miss Spain Amparo Muñoz won the title, and became the first Miss Spain to be crowned Miss Universe.

Six months later, Muñoz renounced the crowned amidst differences with the pageant organizers. She returned to the Philippines to shoot the movie Hayop Sa Ganda with 1969 Miss Universe and Miss Philippines. Differences again with the producer-talent scout caused her to not finish the movie, and went back to Spain.

On 1 March 2011, Muñoz died after long battle against cerebellar cancer. She was 56 years old.

(Photo Courtesy of Critical Beauty.com)

Sources

Yahoo! Spot: "1974 Miss Universe and Spanish Actress Amparo Muñoz dies at 56," Yahoo! News 1 March 2011, with reports from Typically Spanish and The Philippine Star.

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