The True to Life Story of the Kuusela-Hilario Romance
The true-to-life story of Miss Finland Armi Kuusela who was crowned Miss Universe in the first Miss Universe pageant held in 1952. In 1953, some nine months after she won the Miss Universe title, Armi was invited by the Philippine International Fair Committee to crown that year’s Miss Philippines, in the course of her stay, she met Virgilio Hilario, a Filipino businessman, through a blind date in Baguio, the two were eventually married in Tokyo that year. Kuusela chose to relinquish her crown shortly before her reign ended as Miss Universe
Manuel A. Ruiz Garcia
Writer
Rolando del Mar
Director
Armando De Guzman
Writer
Armi Kuusela
Herself
Virgilio Hilario
Himself
Ricky Blake
Armi's Sister
Caviteno Ilano
The Other Boy
Oscar Keesee
Armi's Manager
Paraluman
Belle Gonzales
Manolo Valdez
Andres Iturbi
Breathe74%
The Invisible Woman59%
I Still Believe75%
The Lost Husband67%
Mayerling62%
Maria's Lovers60%
Love Everlasting73%
Endless Love69%
The Edge of Love62%
Fire with Fire62%
The Secret: Dare to Dream73%
Firebird74%
A Journal for Jordan69%
Radium Girls65%
Winter's Tale62%
Hollywood Dirt63%
After71%
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw67%
Dear John68%
An Autumn Romance71%
