Philippine Antique Photo 1932 Concepcion Cuenco

This is a rare 1930 pic­ture of Con­cep­cion Cuen­co of Cebu.She was moth­er and daugh­ter of Sen­a­tor Mar­i­ano Jesus Cuen­co and Filom­e­na Alesna Cuen­co. In 1931, she became Cebu Petit Car­ni­val Queen. She mar­ried Engr. Mar­i­ano F. Manguer­ra and they had four sur­viv­ing chil­dren. Wid­owed when she was only 47, she raised her chil­dren and sent to grad­u­ate schools in Europe and the Unit­ed States. She was a suc­cess­ful busi­ness woman. She nev­er remar­ried even though she retained her good looks even as an old­er woman. She passed away in 2002.

Here is an arti­cle I wrote about her: Death of a Car­ni­val Queen: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mothers-day-death-of-a-ca_b_9863160?guccounter=1

Tags: Cebu, Per­son­al­i­ties, pol­i­tics, soci­ety, Philip­pines, Cuen­co