Gloria Díaz, born Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz (b. 1950), born in the Ilocos region of Northern Philippines, is a veteran in the Philippines cinema, who became the first Filipino to bring home the Miss Universe crown. Often referred to as the Díaz Clan, in newspapers, Diaz was one of 12 children. One of her sisters, Rio Diaz-Cojuangco, was also a Filipino actress and beauty titlist, who fell ill with colon cancer and died after a 6 year battle.