MEMORIES: Amparo Muoz Quesada - Miss Universe 1974

Amparo Muoz Quesada (born 22 June 1954), is a Spanish actress who, in 1974, became the first, and so far only, Spaniard to win theMiss Universe contest.

Amparo Muoz came from the town of Vlez-Mlaga in Andalucia, Spain, where she had won the city title, to compete at the Miss Spaincontest 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, Roco Drcal, Roco Jurado, Camilo Sesto, La Pandilla and! other S panish celebrities of the 1970s, following her victory at Miss Universe with a fruitful show business career.

In 1979, Muoz 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 Len de Aranoa and started a new life as an actress.