Miss Universe 1969, the 18th edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Miami Beach, Florida (United States) on July 19. The winner was Gloria Diaz from the Philippines. 🇵🇭🇵🇭Diaz became the first representative from the Philippines and the third Asian woman to win the title. #gloriadiaz #missuniverse1969 #missphilippines #BbPilipinas | Beauty Queens Pictures

144K views · 3.6K reactions | Let's go back 50 years, when Gloria Diaz became the first Filipino Miss Universe in 1969. | Miss Universe | Facebook

WATCH | Celebrating the 50th Year of her coronation as the Philippines' First Miss Universe, Maria Gloria Aspillera Diaz, Miss Universe 1969, talks to us about important matters in Philippine Pageantry: 🔹Her opinion in having the Miss Universe 2019 Hosting here in the Philippines; 🔹Her views on what we lost or gained in hosting the pageant here in 2017; 🔹The missed tourism opportunities of Miss Universe 2016; 🔹Pageant Question and Answers Pressure; 🔹The backstory of her favorite Question th