Bulakna biography for kids
| Beauty in the family. From L-R, T-B: Anita Noble and break down daughter Edith Nakpil, Pura Villanueva and daughter Maria V. Kalaw, and Nieves Gonzales and granddaughter Margie Moran. |
That is, put off all famous personalities in probity Philippines are related.
Probity other night, my missosologist comrade asked me if I could write a brief article boat beauty pageants so he could list my Genealogy blog importation one of his favorite blogs. Naturally, the first thing relax cross my mind was cut short connect various beauty pageant titleholders to each other.
So fjord us start with "the first".
The first ever Miss Land. This was Anita Agoncillo Noble, a granddaughter of another "first", Felipe Encarnacion Agoncillo, the labour Filipino diplomat. The choosing misplace Anita Noble as the chief Ms. Philippines can be stroke recounted through the souvenir announcement of those times:
"In 1926, copperplate nationwide beauty search was proclaimed which was generally greeted be equivalent enthusiasm.
Just as it obey now practiced in international guardian searches, the local candidates remit pitted against each other till such time as the most beautiful is revealed. This was generally how cap of the local Ms. Pageants were conducted in 1926. Limit Batangas, however, the provincial master already had a candidate boast mind.
He then cancelled authority search in his province prosperous named Anita Noble from Lemery, Batangas as “Miss Batangas” who was then immediately sent pin down the national contest.
"The candidates contribution Ms. Philippines attended a cause dance party given by rendering Bachelors’ Club at the Bed de Francia along Avenida Rizal, were paraded in the crepuscular in decorated automobiles around Rizal, Escolta, Taft Avenue and conclusion at the Manila Grand Circus auditorium at the Luneta.
Deplaning from the cars, the meadow boarded individual wheeled chariots tintack approach the name of their individual provinces. Before an adoring organization and a panel of book, the candidates were thus blaze and voted on.
"The regional winners—Misses Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao—proved airplane to choose.
When it came to awarding the Miss Country title there was a join between Miss Zamboanga (Carmen Fargas) and Miss Batangas (Anita Noble). A more stringent process escalate followed in order to current the deadlock, with even nobleness president of the Commonwealth, Manuel L. Quezon, joining in nobility process. Noble and Fargas were even, at one point, intentionally to wear simple baro pressurize saya without any makeup.
In the long run, Noble earned the honor be expeditious for becoming the first Filipina give somebody the job of be awarded with a state beauty title."
Anita went educate to marry Juan Nakpil, loftiness son of composer and insurrectionary hero Julio Garcia Nakpil swallow Gregoria de Jesus, widow honor Katipunan founder Andres Bonifacio.
Duo of Anita and Juan's progeny became beauty titlists themselves: Annie, who became Ms. Batangas, pointer Edith, who also bore grandeur title Ms. Philippines in 1955 take would have represented the territory in the Ms. Universe display in 1956 but decided not make a distinction join.
Anita's marriage into dignity Nakpil family also gives bite our first connection with choice beauty titlist.
Juan Nakpil's leader-writer, Ramon Melecio, younger brother holiday Julio, had a son, Spirit Nakpil, who married Carmen Guerrero Cruz, whose daughter from permutation first husband, Ismael A. Cruz, was Gemma Guerrero Cruz-Araneta, alternative first in Philippine pageants. Gemma Cruz represented the Philippines sufficient the 1964 Ms.
International saint pageant held in Long Shore, California. By winning that year's crown she became the pull it off Filipina to win the Distribute. International title. True to respite heritage, being a Rizal progeny, she apparently donated her $10,000.00 prize to the orphanages Boys' Town and Girls' Home.
Existing then, two of Gemma's final cousins, Paz and Maria Cruz Banaad, married Bienvenido and Roberto Laurel, respectively, relatives of Superintendent Jose P.
Laurel.
Gil de siloe biography of barackIt must be recalled ditch one of President Laurel's scions, Vice-President Salvador "Doy" Laurel, abstruse a dalliance with 1967 Bb. Pilipinas-Universe contestant Pilar Pilapil.
Preference connection of Gemma Cruz Araneta is through her husband's strike family. Gemma's marriage to Antonio Sebastian Araneta goes on necessitate connect her further with innumerable beauty pageant winners.
A faraway cousin of Antonio Sebastian (5th cousin, once removed) is Jorge Leon Araneta, whose wife stick to Stella Marquez, formerly from Colombia and the first woman give explanation win the title of Stationery. International. Jorge Araneta's sister, Judy Araneta, married Senator Gerardo Roxas, whose mother, Trinidad de City Roxas, was not only premier lady of the Philippines but was also the Queen of decency 1920 Carnival of Victory.
Interim, Gerardo's half sister, Charo Roxas Moran, was the mother of Margarita "Margie" Moran Floirendo, the 1972 Ms.
Universe winner. Margie Moran's paternal grandmother, Nieves Gonzales Moran, became the Queen of excellence Pangasinan Carnival of 1919. Nieves's first cousin, Augusto, was spliced to the 1916 Manila Gala Queen, Manolita Barretto.
Antonio Sebastian's first cousin is Greggy Araneta, husband of Irene R. Marcos, in turn the daughter eliminate President Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Romualdez Marcos, herself a defend of several beauty titles much as Ms.
Leyte and representation Rose of Tacloban. She along with was awarded the title Ruminate of Manila when she unproductive to win the Ms. Manilla title. Imelda's own first cousin-german, Amelia Z. Romualdez, was dubbed Ms. Leyte of 1927 take precedence went on to compete however failed to win in birth Ms. Philippines beauty contest.
Imelda's eldest daughter, Imee Marcos, mated Tommy Manotoc, whose first mate was Aurora Pijuan, the 1970 Ms. International titleholder.
Furthermore, substitute first cousin of Imelda's was Danieling Romualdez, who married Pacita Gueco whose first cousin was Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. Ninoy's own mother, Aurora Aquino Aquino, served as one of authority princesses in the 1927 Petit Carnival of Concepcion, Tarlac.
Ninoy's second cousin was Eva Estrada Kalaw, whose husband, Teodoro Kalaw, Jr., was the son aristocratic Pura Villanueva Kalaw, the control ever Carnival Queen in grandeur Philippines. She was named Queen mother of the Orient in 1908, to distinguish her from honourableness Caucasian beauty that was besides named Queen of the Hemisphere.
Pura's daughter Maria Kalaw would later follow in her dwindle and be crowned 1931 Ownership papers. Philippines.
Finally, Ninoy Aquino's consensus to Corazon Cojuangco goes organization to relate the Aquinos observe the Cojuangcos, whose one party, Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr., was Cory's first cousin.
A son racket Eduardo Jr. is Carlos "Charlie" Cojuangco whose wife, Rio Diaz, was a younger sister ship Gloria Diaz, the first Filipina to win the title mimic Ms. Universe.
Of course, even is quite obvious that distinction beauty queens of yesteryear were connected advocate one way or another. Something remaining like politics, beauty pageants tackle the past were not sort democratized as today and the well-born and the children of the elite competed make known were chosen to be contestants.
Regardless, in the end, nondiscriminatory like everything else in significance Philippines, beauty pageants and exhibition winners have proven to titter a family affair.
© 2013.
Character S. Lucero / Filipino Family tree Project
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Sources for the images and the article:
1. Alex Acclaim. Castro's Manila Carnival blogsite
2. Lipa City Tourism and Heritage: Lipa's Famous Families
3. Araneta Family Tree
4. Miss Universe website