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GLORIA DIAZ
1950 to present
Gloria Diaz was the first Filipino to win the Miss Universe crown. She later became an actress in the film and television industry.
At the age of 18, and as student Diaz won the 1969 Miss Universe in Florida, USA. She was not a favourite to win the pageant. However, she stood out because of her bubbly personality and wit, and by outsmarting her competitors when asked how they would entertain a man from the moon (Neil Armstrong took the first ever human step on the moon at the time the 1969 Miss Universe Pageant).
Diaz went on to have a career as an actress in the Philippine film and TV industry. She has received the most-coveted FAMAS Award (the Philippine equivalent of the Oscars) of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences for Best Supporting Actress in her role as a spinster adoptive mother in the FAMAS Best Picture Nasaan Ka Man (2005).
1994 Miss Universe Pageant in Manila #2302a and 2304a, 5 May 1994
#2302a is part of a se-tenant pair, #2304a is part of a Souvenir Sheet
Philippines Host to Miss Universe 2016 Pageant # and , 24 January 2017
# is part of a Souvenir Sheet
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