Friday, March 23, 2012

Bb. Pilipinas 2012: Stella Marquez Araneta

Behind the curtain of colorful parade of beauties, who is the proponent of Philippines’ successful pageant ? Let us all know the person and her determination in building the legacy of Bb. Pilipinas Pageant.

49 years of annual searching for a woman whom could be the ambassador of beauty and goodwill in the whole country, Philippines. Since 1946, the country Philippines earned such respect and reputation in every international pageant that they joined. Several times, we also hailed as the most beautiful, most fantastic and the most amazing women in the world. And who is behind this success?

Stella Márquez Zawadski-Araneta (née Márquez Zawadski) is a former Colombian beauty queen who was crowned the first Miss International in history and became the pageant director and organizer of Binibining Pilipinas since 1964. Araneta is a Colombian woman of Spanish and Polish heritage. She became Miss Colombia in 1959 and was therefore able to compete in the 1960 Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida placing as a top 15 semifinalist. She then competed in the first Miss International pageant held in Long Beach, California, United States in 1960, becoming the very first Miss International in history, and also the first Latin American titleholder.
She married Jorge Araneta, a Filipino businessman. Since 1964, she has been the organizer of the most prestigious beauty pageant in the Philippines, Binibining Pilipinas (Filipino for "Miss Philippines"), which sends its winners to the Miss Universe and Miss International competitions.”.


Currently, Madame Stella is very busy of the foregoing Bb. Pilipinas 2012 pageant. Watch Bb. Pilipinas 2012 Live Online and be mesmerize once more. See yah.


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