Beauty with a purpose: The life of Nelia Sancho, beauty queen and activist

Sancho embodied “beauty with a purpose,” a famous beauty pageant tagline.

Although Sancho did not go on to vie for major international beauty pageants, like the Miss Universe and Miss World, she clinched the Queen of the Pacific title in 1971. She bested 29 other ladies from the Pacific rim countries in the contest held in Melbourne, Australia.At the University of the Philippines, Sancho was a grand archon of the Sigma Delta Phi sorority. She also served as a sponsor of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

“The issue is not whether you are a communist or not. It’s whether you are working for the people or not. For me, that’s more important than identifying with any particular ideology,” Sancho said in an interview withAccording to Dakila, an artists’ collective, Sancho became an active face of protests and immersed herself with the masses. She eventually fought underground “in pursuit of meaningful changes in the country.

From the people whose lives she touched, heartfelt condolences to the family Ms Nelia Sancho. May her soul rest in peace.

🥹🥹🥹 Rest In Peace

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I remember her and Maita Gomez. May they both rest in peace.

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