HIGHSPEED notes that many of our world-class beauty queens have foreign blood. Let’s start with Miss Universe winners.
Glorida Diaz (Spanish father side).
Margie Moran (Spanish father side, Irish mother side).
Pia Wurtzbach (German father side).
Catriona Gray (Australian of Scottish descent father side).
(A Filipino, Virigilio Hilario, married the first Miss Universe, Armi Kuusela of Finland.)
Miss International: Aurora Pijuan (Irish mother side).
(A Filipino, Nene Araneta, married the first Miss International, Stella Marquez of Colombian.)
Miss World: Megan Young (American father side).
Miss Earth: Karla Henry and Jamie Herrell (American father side).
(John Estrada married Miss Earth Priscilla Mereilles of Brazil.)
MOVIE QUEENS – Most of our movie queens have also foreign blood.
Rosa del Rosario (Rose Stagner) and Carmen Rosales (Januaria Keller) of the ‘40s. (American father side.)
Gloria Romero (Gloria Borrego Galla) of the ’50s. (American mother side.)
Nida Blanca (Dorothy Jones) of the ‘50s. (American father side.)
Susan Roces (Jesusa Purificacion Levy Sonora) of the ‘60s. (French mother side.)
Amalia Fuentes (Amalia Margarita Amador Muhlach of the ‘60s. (Spanish-German father side.)
Sharon Cuneta of the ‘80s. (British mother side, Elaine Albent Gamboa Cuneta.)
