



Others also expressed pleasure that Japanese were making their names known across the globe.
"It is great that more young people in the entertainment business are venturing out into the world and being ambitious, not only in beauty pageants," said Yoko Sato, a 40-year-old housewife also attending the men's swimwear contest.
But some complained that Mori was not sufficiently representative of Japan, where meekness and modesty have long been qualities valued in women.
"She's not exactly a traditional Japanese beauty," one elderly woman told Fuji TV when shown a photograph of the beauty queen. "She's more of an exotic type."

| 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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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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