MISS UNIVERSE 1965 SEMI-FINALIST
In 1965, another American mestiza from Iloilo, Louise Aurelio Vail, competed in the Miss Universe Pageant in Miami Beach, Florida. She joined Bb. Pilipinas contest and the Miss Universe Pageant as Louise Vail Aurelio in an attempt to Filipinize her name. That year, another Asian woman was crowned as Miss Universe, Apasra Hungsakula of Thailand (the first Asian to win the crown, in 1959, was Akiko Kojima of Japan). Louise was a semi-finalist.
source: Lo FUNFARE by Ricardo F. Lo
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