Amparo Muñoz was born on June 22, 1954. She came from a poor town in Spain, where she had won the city title, to compete at the Miss Spain contest held in Madrid. After winning, she went Manila, Philippines, where she won the crown of Miss Universe 1974. Unfortunately, a few months after her crowning, Amparo resigned from her title and went on to marry her boyfriend who she met in the Philippines.
Even with that scandal, she became an instant celebrity in Spain, alongside the likes of Nino Bravo, Pedro Carrasco, Rocío Dúrcal, Rocio Jurado, Camilo Sesto, La Pandilla and other Spanish celebrities of the 1970s, following her victory at Miss Universe with a fruitful show business career.
In 1979, Muñoz acted in the comedy Mama Turns 100. This was followed by performances in 1982's Todo un Hombre (He's all a Man), 1999's A Paradise Under the Stars and 2003's El Tahur.
In the late-1990s, she returned to the mainstream Spanish cinema with the movie Familia, by Fernando León de Aranoa and started a new life as an actress.
Among the actors she participated with are Felipe Arriaga, Rafaela Aparicio, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Eduardo Noriega and Vicente Fernández.
To this day, she is still the only Spaniard to ever capture the title of Miss Universe.
