The Search for the third Filipina Miss Universe

On July 21, 1973,just four years and two days after from when Gloria Diaz was adjudged Miss Universe 1969, another Filipina, Margarita Moran got another crown to bag for her country, making the Philippines the third country -- next to United States and Brazil -- to win the title twice since its inception in 1952.

Aside from the double Miss Universe titles, Philippines, by that time also held the record for the most number of Miss International crowns, putting Philippines as one of beauty-pageant powerhouse countries alongside United States and Brazil.

On that note, the Philippine government with no less than the first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos herself made it a point to host the pageant the next year in Manila.

The whole country was excited, thinking that the third Filipina Miss Universe gets to be crowned in Miss Universe 1974 in Manila.

And so the search started for the third Filipina Miss Universe.

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