Gemma Cruz-Araneta

Gemma Cruz-Araneta. Self: El Idioma Español en Filipinas. Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz-Araneta (born September 30, 1943) is a Filipina writer, heritage conservationist, museologist, public servant, and beauty queen who won Miss International 1964 becoming the first Filipina and Asian to win the title. Araneta received an "Outstanding Manileña" and a "Golden Heart" Presidential decoration from President Diosdado Macapagal. Araneta's paternal great-grandmother was Doña Maria Mercado, the sister of the Philippine's national...