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Monday, May 28, 2007
First Miss International 1960 Stella Marquez
Stella Araneta
| Birth name: | Stella Márquez Zawadski |
| Birth location: | Colombia |
| Title(s): | Miss Colombia 1959 Miss International 1960 |
| Major Competition(s): | Miss Universe 1960 (Semi-finalist) Miss International 1960 (Winner) |
Stella Márquez Araneta, born Stella Márquez Zawadski and now simply known as Madame Stella Araneta, is a national pageant director (Binibining Pilipinas) and former international beauty queen.
Araneta was Miss Colombia in 1959 and was therefore able to compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida placing as a semifinalist. She then competed in the first Miss International beauty pageant held in Long Beach, California, USA. She won that competition by half a point, becoming the very first Miss International, and the first Latina Miss International.
She later married Jorge Araneta, a Filipino businessman. Since 1964, she has been the organizer of the most prestigious beauty pageant in the Philippines, Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines), which sends its winners to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International.
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Source:
This Is How It All Began!
Miss Finland
On February 22, 1953 Armi took a journey round the world, during which time she met a Filipino businessman, Virgilio Hilario. Less than a year later after being crowned, on 4 May, 1953 Armi chose to give up her Miss Universe crown before her year was complete to marry Hilario. They were married in Tokyo, but then lived in the Philippines where they had a family of five children: Source:
- Arne Hilario, married 3 children , lives in Chile
- Anna-Lisa De Gari, married, 2 children, lives in Spain
- Jussi Hilario, married, lives in Canada
- Eva-Maria Hess, married , 2 children, lives in California USA
- Mikko Hilario, lives in the Philippines
Their house located near Manila in a rich community called Forbes Park, on a street which was nicknamed "Millionaire Street".
She was also in one film in the Philippines around this time.
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