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<img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.kahimyang.com/resources/miss-unverse-1974-2.webp" alt="Miss Universe 1974. From left to right,  Miss Aruba Maureen Ava Vieira,4th  runner-up;  Miss Wales, Helen Elizabeth Morgan, 1st runner-up; 1974 Miss Universe Amparo Muñoz of Spain;  Miss Finland Ritta Johanna Raunio, 2nd runner-up;  and Miss Colombia,  Ella Cecilia Escandon Palacios, 3rd runner-up." />
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(Miss Universe 1974. From left to right,  Miss Aruba Maureen Ava Vieira,4th  runner-up;  Miss Wales, Helen Elizabeth Morgan, 1st runner-up; 1974 Miss Universe Amparo Muñoz of Spain;  Miss Finland Ritta Johanna Raunio, 2nd runner-up;  and Miss Colombia,  Ella Cecilia Escandon Palacios, 3rd runner-up.)
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Then outgoing Miss Universe Margarita Moran of the Philippines crowned the tearful Miss Muñoz at the conclusion of a two-hour telecast on July 21, 1974.
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Notably, the first Miss Universe (1952), <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/2846/the-love-story-of-armi-kuusela-from-finland-the-first-miss-universe-in-1952-and-the-wealthy-filipino-virgilio-hilario" class="news_link">Armi Kuusela</a> of Finland, 1967 Miss Universe Sylvia Hitchcock of the United States, and 1969 Miss Universe <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/2857/today-in-philippine-history-april-5-1951-gloria-diaz-the-first-filipino-to-win-the-miss-universe-crown-was-born-in-manila" class="news_link">Gloria Diaz</a> of the Philippines graced the event.  The event was hosted by Bob Barket and Helen O'Connell and was attended by an estimated 10,000 crowd and broadcast live by CBS and Radio Philippines Network.
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The venue of the event, the Folk Arts Theater near the famed Manila Bay, was commissioned by then First Lady Imelda R. Marcos and was built for only 90 days in time for the pageant. It was inaugurated on July 7, 1974.
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Manila again hosted the event 20 years later, when it became the host city for the Miss Universe 1994 pageant. 
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Miss Universe 2016, the 65th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, in Pasay, Metro Manila on January 30,  2017. 
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Source:
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Philippine News Agency archives
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July 21, 1974: Miss Universe pageant opened at the Folk Arts Theater