The winners of the 1974 Miss Universe pageant held in Manila spent a night at then First Lady Imelda Marcos' beach house in Tolosa, Leyte.

On July 27, 1974, Miss Universe 1974 Amparo Muñoz and the pageant runners-up flew to Leyte on board a Philippine Air Force plane.

They were welcomed by a group of 500 boys and girls, who danced the curracha, a Samar-Leyte folk dance.

The beauty queens were welcomed by Marcos, who offered her beach house in Olot to provide some respite from their busy schedule.

After staying in Leyte, the group also visited Cebu, where Muñoz was presented with a key to Lapu-lapu City by the city's first lady, Norma Patalinghug.

The group proceeded to Iloilo City for a quick visit following an overnight stay in Cebu.

Muñoz, in a press conference in Leyte, said she did not realize that the Miss Universe pageant was well-known all over the Philippines, thinking it was only popular in Manila.

Source: Manila Bulletin, July 1974