Maria Stella Marquez de Araneta was born on 17 June 1937 and, often styled as Madame Stella de Araneta, is a Colombian-Filipino pageant director and beauty queen.
11 Facts About Stella Araneta
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Stella Araneta grew up in New York City and moved back to Colombia, where she became a pageant titleholder.
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Stella Araneta obtained her Filipino citizenship via naturalization in 1970.
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Stella Araneta has served as chair of the Binibining Pilipinas Charities Incorporated for fifty years.
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Stella Araneta represented as Miss Honduras on a local Los Angeles pageant due to its lack of national entry.
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Stella Araneta was chosen as the representative of her country in 1958 by winning three local titles, Miss Tumaco, Miss Narino and Miss Queen of Spain.
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Stella Araneta won the first evening gown competition out of the three rounds at the pageant.
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Accordingly, after winning Miss International 1960, the president of Marymount College, Irish Mother Superior Brendan Maire McQuillan PhD, sent a formal letter to Stella Araneta requesting her to choose a different school due to her active participation in pageantry, namely the swimsuit competition, deemed taboo at the time.
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Stella Araneta married Jorge Leon Araneta, a prominent Filipino businessman, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Peter in Santiago de Cali, Colombia, together having five children.
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Stella Araneta was a principal sponsor to the Roman Catholic wedding of Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2011, Shamcey Supsup.
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In 2013, Stella Araneta was inducted to the Eastwood City Walk of Fame in Quezon City, Philippines.