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

Armi Kuusela
as Herself

Virgilio Hilario
as Himself

Ricky Blake
as Armi's Sister

Caviteno Ilano
as The Other Boy

Oscar Keesee
as Armi's Manager

Paraluman
as

Belle Gonzales
as

Manolo Valdez
as

Andres Iturbi
as

Ramon Olmos
as