MUTYA NG PILIPINAS 1960s WINNERS
The pageant was first called Miss RP (Miss Republic of the Philippines) from 1966-1976, to select representatives to the Miss World pageant. Then the franchise name was handed over to the Mutya ng Pilipinas organizers which eventually became known as Mutya ng Pilipinas-World in 1977 together with the Mutya ng Pilipinas-Asia title. The search for the Mutya ng Pilipinas-Asia titleholder from 1968-1976 was held in a separate pageant.
1965 - Miss Philippines (Asia) = Resureccion "Rexy" P. Vianzon of Bataan (won the title of Miss Philippines Sports)
*The Philippine candidates for Miss world started in 1966 as Miss Philippines, then in 1970 it was named as Miss Republic Of The Philippines.
1966 - Philippine delegate to Miss World = Vivien Lee Austria (Emraida Kelly Kiram = chosen as the Intercollegiate Girl of the Philippines in 1966 and was hand-picked by the mayor of Manila during the Coronation Ball)
1967 - Miss RP (World) = Margarita "Maita" Favis Gomez
THE TOP 10 OUTSTANDING MODELS SEARCH OF THE PHILIPPINES:
01. Chona Kasten
02. Margarita "Maita" Favis Gomez*
03. Joji Felix-Velarde
04. Maria Rita "Baby" Lacson Santiago*
05. Dinty Barredo
06. Toni Serrano*
07. Pearlie Arcache
08. Jean Margaret Lim
09. Cherry Pie Villongco*
10. Tina Santos*
1968 - Miss RP (World) = Cecilia "Pinky" Anas Amabuyok
1st runner-up (Miss Luzon) = Carmelita Bugayon
2nd runner-up (Miss Visayas) = Teresita Galang
3rd runner-up (Miss Mindanao) = Victoria Mejia
4th runner-up (Miss Manila) = Teresita Quilatan
THE 12 OFFICIAL BETS:
01. Amparo David
02. Teresita Quilatan
03. Ledelmina Martinez
04. Virginia Tagal
05. Lilia Guillen
06. Aurelia de Guzman
07. Cecilia "Pinky" Amabuyok
08. Teresita Galang
09. Gloria Anis
10. Rosario Antolin
11. Victoria Mejia
12. Pilar Agcaoili
1968 - Mutya ng Pilipinas-Asia = Jane Mozo de Joya
1st runner-up (Mutya ng Luzon) = Fortune Farro Aleta
2nd runner-up (Mutya ng Visayas) = Pilar Agcaoili
3rd runner-up (Mutya ng Mindanao) = Mary Grace Inigo (nyi)
4th runner-up (Mutya ng Maynila) = Marilou Villanueva
THE 11 OFFICIAL ENTRIES:
01. Antoinette Martinez
02. Arlene Medrano Aquino
03. Fortune Farro Aleta
04. Jane Mozo de Joya
05. Lolita Foz Planas
06. Marilou Villanueva
07. Mary Grace Inigo (nyi)
08. Matie Rodriguez
09. Pilar Agcaoili
10. Susan Gonzaga Yang
11. Theresa dela Concepcion
1969 - Miss RP (World) = Feliza Teresa Nuevo Miro
1st runner-up (Miss Luzon) = Elizabeth Lee Magbanua
2nd runner-up (Miss Visayas) = Jacquiline Tanquintic
3rd runner-up (Miss Mindanao) = Elizabeth Sales
4th runner-up (Miss Manila) = Nenita Guilatco
THE 29 OFFICIAL BETS:
01. Ava Abueg
02. Divina Cruz
03. Rebecca Masupil
04. Feliza Teresa Miro
05. Vida Valentina Doria
06. Maria Grace Inigo (nyi)
07. Melba Villegas
08. Nenita Victoria Guilatco
09. Baby dela Paz
10. Erlinda del Rosario
11. Maria Carolina Salas
12. Floren Salonga
13. Maria Lourdes Antoinette Reyes
14. Diana Atizado
15. Marilou Alas Destreza
16. Jacquiline Tanquintic
17. Emma Ruth Regonan
18. Amelia Memije
19. Pacita Eduarda Guevarra
20. Lillian Sangalang
21. Erlinda Solomon
22. Rosario Ilustre
23. Erlinda Perez
24. Gerlie Pascual
25. Elizabeth Sales
26. Maria Mediatrix Magtibay
27. Olga Luna
28. Elizabeth Magbanua
29. Gloria Fabia
SPECIAL AWARDEES:
* Miss Photogenic - Marilou Alas Destreza
* Miss Friendship - Maria Lourdes Antoinette Reyes
* Miss Talent - Pacita Eduarda Guevarra (2nd runner-up Miss Maja International '74)
1969 - Mutya ng Pilipinas-Asia = Maria Lourdes Hart Munoz (nyo)
1st runner-up (Mutya ng Luzon) = Marissa Tiomico
2nd runner-up (Mutya ng Visayas) = Ana Marie Bautista
3rd runner-up (Mutya ng Mindanao) = Marilou Alas Destreza
SPECIAL AWARDEE:
* Mutya Photogenic - Marilou Alas Destreza
THE 15 OFFICIAL BETS:
01. Erlinda Solomon
02. Marilou Alas Destreza
03. Marissa Tiomico
04. Wilfreda Santiago
05. Katherine Imperial
06. Teresita dela Sierra
07. Maria Lourdes Hart Munoz (nyo)
08. Bonnie Patero
09. Madiatrix Ferrer
10. Ana Marie Bautista
11. Marilou Barretto
12. Dolly Lopez Sheker
13. Redetta de Guzman
14. Sylvia Baldwin
15. Grace Samia
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All information and photos "Exclusively" for ***Mabuhay***
Thanks to Orlan Michael Yumang & Donald West
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