- Amparo Muñoz
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birthname=Amparo Muñoz Quesada
title=Miss Spain 1973Miss Universe 1974
birth = birth date and age|1954|6|22
location =Vélez-Málaga ,Spain
height=
eye color= Green
hair color= BrownAmparo Muñoz Quesada (born
June 22 ,1954 ), is a Spanish actress who, in 1974, became the first, and so far only, Spaniard to win theMiss Universe contest.Biography
Amparo Muñoz came from a town in Spain, where she had won the city title, to compete at the
Miss Spain contest held inLanzarote . After winning, she went on toMiss Universe 1974 Pageant inManila ,Philippines , where she won, only to give up her crown later that year.She became an instant celebrity in Spain, alongside the likes of
Nino Bravo ,Pedro Carrasco ,Rocío Dúrcal ,Rocio Jurado ,Camilo Sesto ,La Pandilla and other Spanish celebrities of the 1970s, following her victory at Miss Universe with a fruitful show business career.In 1979, Muñoz acted in the comedy "Mama Turns 100". This was followed by performances in 1982's "Todo un Hombre" ("He's all a Man"), 1999's "A Paradise Under the Stars" and 2003's "El Tahur".
In the late-1990s, she returned to the mainstream Spanish cinema with the movie "Familia", by Fernando León de Aranoa and started a new life as an actress.
Among the actors she participated with are
Felipe Arriaga ,Rafaela Aparicio ,Fernando Fernán Gómez ,Eduardo Noriega andVicente Fernández .External links
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800092506&cf=gen&intl=us Yahoo.com]
*imdb name|id=0616361|name=Amparo Muñoz
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