Gloria Diaz
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Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz (born April 5, 1951) is a Filipino actress, model, socialite, and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1969, making history as the first Filipino Miss Universe.
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[edit]- I think people should do what suits them and make them feel comfortable. In pageants now where I get to be invited as a judge, the contestants tend to look the same. I swear when I look at them, they walk the same, they wear the same make-up, same hair, similar gowns. If I was a mentor, I would make them different.
- Gloria Diaz on Pinoy productions: "I think maybe we’re about eight years behind". PEP.ph Retrieved December 14, 2025.
- Oh, just the same things I do. I think if he has been in the moon for so long I think when he comes over he wants to change, I guess.
- During the question-and-answer portion in the pageant, Gloria was asked: "In a next day or so, a man will land on the moon. If a man from the moon landed in your hometown, what would you do to entertain him?” Gloria Diaz recalls the mindset she had when she was competing in Miss Universe 1969A. ABS-CBN.com Retrieved Retrieved December 14, 2025.
- I used to say that when you enter a contest, you must keep it in your mind that this is not the beginning or the end. This is just a stepping stone, something different. If you win, good. If you lose, okay. You make friends, you enjoy. But it’s more difficult for me to say that now because now, they are already 26 or 27, it’s a life-changing career.
- ‘You’re measured without a bra’: Gloria Diaz compares pageants then and now. PEP.ph Retrieved December 14, 2025.
- Keep money not the main conversation. But more than anything, make sure they (children) always share, that they’re always part of a group, and that they don’t feel the need to keep up with anyone.
- That’s the number one thing I always told my daughters.“Who cares?"
- Gloria Diaz' mindset in a world where kids are growing up with social media, luxury hauls, and peer pressure from an early age.
- https://www.smartparenting.com.ph/life/news/gloria-diaz-money-advice-parenting-tips-a6837-20250804-dyn
- Adjust your appetite. Look at the price from right to left. Adjust your appetite to the price.
- Advice Gloria gave her daughters during family meals out at restaurants.
- https://www.smartparenting.com.ph/life/news/gloria-diaz-money-advice-parenting-tips-a6837-20250804-dyn
- Before, it was different. Your mother wasn’t your friend. She always said no. She would tell you something couldn’t be done. She was your protector, your everything. Your mother wasn’t your friend. She always said no. She would tell you something couldn’t be done. She was your protector, your everything.
- Gloria reflecting on how different parenting was when she was younger.
- https://www.smartparenting.com.ph/life/news/gloria-diaz-money-advice-parenting-tips-a6837-20250804-dyn
- Now, they let kids make mistakes. Like my daughter (Isabelle). She let her children fall. And when they cried, that was fine. Unlike me before, when they fell, I got upset. It was very different.
- I think that’s the new age. That’s just how they are now.
- On her daughter treating her like a friend.
- https://www.smartparenting.com.ph/life/news/gloria-diaz-money-advice-parenting-tips-a6837-20250804-dyn
- By being busy, working, having many friends.
- Asked about how she maintains her beauty.
- https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/gloria-diaz-happy-with-her-love-life-at-74-he-s-younger-than-me/ar-AA1C2sou
- I love the business as it is kasi it has made it very comfortable for me. Everything I have ( because of showbiz). A lot of what I have comes from the business.
- Gloria Diaz expressing her gratitude to showbiz.
- https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/gloria-diaz-happy-with-her-love-life-at-74-he-s-younger-than-me/ar-AA1C2sou
- In a way, I’m able to explain why I said this, I said that.
- Gloria Diaz says on being in headlines for her unfiltered opinions.
- https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/gloria-diaz-happy-with-her-love-life-at-74-he-s-younger-than-me/ar-AA1C2sou
- I always wanted them to speak in their language, whatever they’re comfortable with…
- On her preference of how answers are given by beauty pageant contestants
- https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2025/04/02/2432767/gloria-diaz-still-speaks-her-mind
- Health, wealth, and time to spend it.
- Sharing her birthday wish when she turns 74.
- https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2025/04/02/2432767/gloria-diaz-still-speaks-her-mind
- I think people should do what suits them and make them feel comfortable.
- Like I always say, winning or losing is not the beginning or the end. It’s only a step towards your own future, whatever it’s that you do.
- Don’t lend money you can’t afford to lose.
- But if you must help, just give a little as a present and don’t expect it to be returned.
- The natural. So I want to see a more natural person.
- What she wants to see from contestants are their natural actions and answers from the heart.
- https://philnews.ph/2025/04/01/gloria-diaz-reveals-no-filter-honest-opinion-current-beauty-pageants/
- I want to create my own character based on what role they give me.
- Always be thankful that you have luck by your side and people will love you more if you are doing your job right. It's good that you listen and learn,
- But at the end of the day, it’s really swertehan (luck) …. destiny, yes!
