Stella Araneta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Stella Araneta

Colombian pageant director and beauty pageant contestant

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1937

Place of Birth: Tumaco, Nariño Department, Colombia

Profession: chief executive officer, beauty pageant contestant

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Maria Stella Márquez Zawadski-Araneta (born 17 June 1937 in Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia) (née Márquez Zawadski), often styled as Madame Stella Márquez de Araneta is a Colombian pageant director and beauty queen.
She grew up in New York City then later migrated to Colombia, where she became a pageant titleholder.
As Miss Colombia, she was crowned the first Miss International in 1960. Araneta was the former national director of the Miss Universe and current director for Miss International franchises in the Philippines, under the Binibining Pilipinas organization.
She is also the Charge d'affaires of the Colombian embassy in the country, having served as chairman of the Binibining Pilipinas Charities Incorporated for fifty years.