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{{short description|Filipino model, philanthropist, and beauty queen}}
{{Philippine name|McKenney|Pijuan}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name = Aurora Pijuan
| title= [[Binibining Pilipinas|Binibining Pilipinas International 1970]]<br>[[Miss International 1970]]
| nationalcompetition= {{Ubl|Binibining Pilipinas 1970|(Winner – Binibining Pilipinas International 1970)|Miss International 1970|(Winner)}}
|  imagem = Aurora Pijuan (1971).jpg
| caption =
| children = 2 (including [[TJ Manotoc|TJ]])
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1949|11|11}}
| birth_place = [[Bacolod]], Philippines
| birth_name = Aurora McKenney Pijuan
| measurements = 
| height =1.73 m 
| weight = 
| shoe_size = 
| eye_color = Brown
| hair_color = Black
| skin_color = 
| alma mater = [[St. Scholastica's College, Manila]]
}}

'''Aurora McKenney Pijuan''' ({{IPA|tl|ˈpɪhʊɐn}}; born November 11, 1949) is a Filipino philanthropist, model and beauty queen who was crowned [[Miss International 1970]].

==Biography==
She comes from [[Bacolod]] and is a graduate of [[St. Scholastica's College, Manila|Saint Scholastica's College]] (batch 1967).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aurora Pijuan as ramp model|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2018/12/09/1875329/aurora-pijuan-ramp-model|access-date=2021-01-04|website=Philstar.com}}</ref> A product of the 1970 [[Binibining Pilipinas]] [[beauty pageant]], Aurora was sent to [[Osaka]], [[Japan]] to compete, and eventually win, [[Miss International 1970]]. Her victory paved the Philippines to become the first country to win consecutively twice.

Pijuan went on to marry golfer and basketball coach [[Tommy Manotoc]]. The couple have two children, Mavis and [[TJ Manotoc|Tomas Jr. ("TJ")]]. Manotoc obtained a divorce from Pijuan in the [[Dominican Republic]] and married [[Imee Marcos]], daughter of then Philippine president [[Ferdinand Marcos]], on December 4, 1981.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hollie |first=Pamela G. |title=MARCOS SON-IN-LAW ISSUES AN APOLOGY |work=The New York Times |date=February 10, 1982 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/10/world/marcos-son-in-law-issues-an-apology.html |access-date=December 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Around the World; Philippine Police Search For Missing Athlete |work=The New York Times |date=January 3, 1982 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/03/world/around-the-world-philippine-police-search-for-missing-athlete.html|access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Man who eloped with Marcos daughter lost |work=The Age |date=January 2, 1982 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a0wQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1856,292662 |access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref>

In the [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election]], she failed to win a seat as assemblyman to the [[Regular Batasang Pambansa]] representing [[Makati]].<ref>{{cite news |title=IN PHILIPPINES, TWO CANDIDATES, ONE NAME |work=The New York Times |date=May 6, 1984 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/06/world/in-philippines-two-candidates-one-name.html |access-date=December 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Quinn-Judge |first=Paul |title=Two Daley-like mayors 'hold the fort' in Manila |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=June 11, 1984 |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0611/061138.html |access-date=December 20, 2020}}</ref>

Pijuan is currently an active member of the [[Gawad Kalinga]] movement in the rural areas of the Philippines.

==References==
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== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061022074056/http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/96/1011/feat6.html PEOPLE ''By Alexandra A. Seno'']

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061024194857/http://www.visayandailystar.com/2006/Starlife/2006/April/02/feature2.htm GAWAD KALINGA Aurora's Advocacy]

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{{S-bef|before={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Valerie Holmes]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Miss International]]
|years=[[Miss International 1970|1970]]}}
{{S-aft|after={{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jane Hansen (model)|Jane Hansen]]}}
{{S-bef|before=Margaret Montinola}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Binibining Pilipinas International]]
|years=1970}}
{{S-aft|after=Evelyn Camus}}
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{{Miss International titleholders}}
{{Miss International 1970 delegates}}
{{Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. titleholders
|Year=1970
|Universe=Simonette Delos Reyes
|International='''Aurora Pijuan'''
}}
{{Big Four Pageants titleholders
|Year = 1970
|Miss World={{flagicon|Grenada}} [[Jennifer Hosten]]
|Miss Universe={{flagicon|Puerto Rico|1952}} [[Marisol Malaret]]
|Miss International={{flagicon|PHI|1970}} '''Aurora Pijuan'''
}}

{{Miss Philippines winners in the Grand Slam pageants}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Binibining Pilipinas winners]]
[[Category:Miss International winners]]
[[Category:People from Bacolod]]
[[Category:Miss International 1970 delegates]]
[[Category:St. Scholastica's College Manila alumni]]


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