14 Facts About Margie Moran

Margie Moran is best known for winning the second Miss Universe crown for the Philippines as Miss Universe 1973.

Maria Margarita Roxas Moran was born on 15 September 1953 in Manila, Philippines, to lawyer Francis Gonzalez Moran and Rosario McIlvain Roxas.

Margie Moran's father was the son of Chief Justice Manuel Moran and Nieves Gonzalez de Moran, a granddaughter of Don Francisco Gonzalez y Reinado, owner of the 39,000-hectare Hacienda Esperanza that covered the municipalities of Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Rosales and San Quintin, extending through the rest of Pangasinan and the provinces of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija.

Margie Moran's mother is one of three children born to Manuel Roxas, fifth president of the Philippines, and Juanita Muriedas McIlvain.

Margie Moran's siblings are Consuelo Roxas-Javellana and Manuel "Manny" Roxas, Jr.

Margie Moran graduated high school from St Theresa's College and attended college at Maryknoll College.

Margie Moran holds a degree in business administration from Boston University, and a masters in development management from SOAS University of London.

Margie Moran won the right to represent the country in the Miss Universe pageant in Athens, Greece, after winning the Binibining Pilipinas competition in 1973.

Margie Moran said that she entered the contest because of the incessant urgings of friends and family.

Margie Moran is one of the only four Miss Universe winners to win Miss Photogenic, the others being Margareta Arvidsson, Janelle Commissiong, and Denise Quinones.

Margie Moran is notable for her social and civic works especially for promoting peace and livelihood as part of the Mindanao Commission on Women Organization and recently as an ambassador-trustee of Habitat for Humanity Philippines.

Margie Moran ran the over-all operations of Ballet Philippines as its president from 2009 to 2018.

In January 2018, Margie Moran was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as member of the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Margie Moran was elected as the cultural agency's chairperson in April 2018.