Now and Forever

Now and Forever

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 30, 1953

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

History, Romance

Original Title

Now and Forever

Production Companies

Deegar Cinema

Director

Rolando del Mar

Description

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