Amparo Muñoz
Gender: Female
Born: 21st June 1954
Died: 27th February 2011
Nationality: Spain
Movies: Licántropo, Clara es el Precio, Mamá cumple cien años, The Open Balcony, A Paradise Under the Stars
Amparo Muñoz Quesada (June 21, 1954 – February 27, 2011) was a Spanish actress who, in 1974, became the first, and so far, only Spaniard to win the Miss Universe pageant. (Barbara Palacios is Spanish, though she represented Venezuela).
Amparo Muñoz came from the town of Vélez-Málaga, Andalusia, where she had won the city title, to compete at the Miss Spain contest held in Lanzarote. After winning, she went on to Miss Universe 1974 Pageant in Manila, 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, Rocío 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, by Carlos Saura. 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.
Muñoz died on February 27, 2011, aged 56, from
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