Aurora Pijuan
Aurora McKenney Pijuan is a Filipino former beauty queen and Miss International 1970 titleholder.
She comes from Bacolod and is a graduate of Saint Scholastica's College. 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 Tomas Manotoc. The couple have two children, Mavis and Tomas Jr.. Manotoc obtained a divorce from Pijuan in the Dominican Republic and married Imee Marcos, daughter of then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, on 4 December 1981.
Pijuan is currently an active member of the Gawad Kalinga movement in the rural areas of the Philippines.
