History
Stella Márquez-Araneta, a former Miss Colombia, who became a Miss Universe semifinalist and the winner of the first Miss International beauty pageant in 1960, is the chairperson of the BPCI which has been the official national franchise holder of the Miss Universe Organization since 1964.
The Philippines, through BPCI, has produced two Miss Universe winners (Gloria Diaz in 1969 and Margarita Moran-Floirendo in 1973) and three Miss International winners (Aurora Pijuan in 1970, Melanie Marquez in 1979, and Precious Lara Quigaman in 2005). The first Miss International crown for the Philippines, won by Gemma Cruz in 1964, is a product of the Miss Philippines pageant, the predecessor of the Binibining Pilipinas pageant.
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