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
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