WATCH: Miss Universe releases complete footage of Gloria Diaz’s 1969 winning performance

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/03/10/20210310-gloria-diaz-miss-universe.jpg"/><figcaption>Gloria Diaz crowned Miss Universe in 1969. <em>Screenshot: Miss Universe</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Here’s a treat for pageant aficionados.</p><p>The Miss Universe organization released on Wednesday half-century-old footage of the entire performance of Gloria Diaz in its 1969 pageant, in celebration of the beauty queen’s birthday.</p><p>“Happy Birthday Miss Universe 1969 Gloria Diaz! She is the first Filipina to hold the Miss Universe title,” the organization said on its Facebook page.</p><p>Diaz, who turned 70 on March 10, competed in Miss Universe at age 18, against 60 other contestants at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Florida, US.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/MissUniverse/videos/938269803594741" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The raw footage totals 5 minutes and 31 seconds, and compiles every appearance Diaz had on stage, from her introduction, interviews, crowning moment, to her first walk as the titlist.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/10/19/youre-measured-without-a-bra-gloria-diaz-compares-pageants-then-and-now">‘You’re measured without a bra’: Gloria Diaz compares pageants then and now</a></li></ul><p>After Diaz, three other Filipinos were crowned Miss Universe: Margie Moran in 1973, Pia Wurtzbach in 2015, and Catriona Gray in 2018.</p><p>Diaz went on to have a successful acting career, with her most recent projects including the iWant TFC drama series “Beauty Queens” in 2020.</p><div><strong>Related videos:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1637360" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gPNX2E6Pccs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1637361" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The raw footage totals 5 minutes and 31 seconds, and compiles every appearance Diaz had on stage, from her introduction, interviews, crowning moment, to her first walk as the titlist.</p>

The raw footage totals 5 minutes and 31 seconds, and compiles every appearance Diaz had on stage, from her introduction, interviews, crowning moment, to her first walk as the titlist.

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WATCH: Miss Universe releases complete footage of Gloria Diaz’s 1969 winning performance

WATCH: Miss Universe releases complete footage of Gloria Diaz’s 1969 winning performance

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Published Mar 11, 2021 01:53 AM PHT

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