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Aurora McKenney Pijuan (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈpɪhʊɐn]; born November 11, 1949) is a Filipino philanthropist, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 1970.
Biography
She comes from Bacolod and is a graduate of Saint Scholastica's College (batch 1967). A product of the 1970 Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant, Aurora was sent to Osaka, Japan to compete, and eventually win, Miss International 1970. Her victory paved the Philippines to become the first country to win consecutively twice.
Pijuan went on to marry golfer and basketball coach Tomas Manotoc. The couple have two children, Mavis and Tomas Jr. ("TJ"). Manotoc obtained a divorce from Pijuan in the Dominican Republic and married Imee Marcos, daughter of then Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, on December 4, 1981.
In the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election, she failed to win a seat as assemblyman to the Regular Batasang Pambansa representing Makati.
Pijuan is currently an active member of the Gawad Kalinga movement in the rural areas of the Philippines.
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20061022074056/http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/96/1011/feat6.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20061024194857/http://www.visayandailystar.com/2006/Starlife/2006/April/02/feature2.htm
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Miss International 1970
- Miss International 1971
- Pia Wurtzbach
- Kylie Verzosa
- Empat Besar kontes kecantikan internasional
- Mutya Johanna Datul
- Daftar Runner-up Miss International
- Karen Ibasco
- Binibining Pilipinas
- Bea Rose Santiago
- Aurora Pijuan
- Binibining Pilipinas
- Philippines at the Big Four beauty pageants
- Precious Lara Quigaman
- TJ Manotoc
- List of Filipino beauty pageant winners
- Miss Universe Philippines
- Catriona Gray
- Margie Moran
- List of Binibining Pilipinas titleholders
