Pilar Pilapil

thumb|right|Pilar Pilapil in 1967 Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil-Penas (born October 12, 1950) is a Filipino actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned as Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1967. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 1967 pageant but was unplaced. Quotes Beauty can be a curse. Sometimes, beauty can destroy relationships. Pilar Pilapil on beauty: ‘It can be a curse’. Cebudailynews. Retrieved December 20, 2025. Every role, I try to do well at it. I do not want to shortchange the viewers. I want to make sure they are satisfied with my performance, whether it’s live or taped. That’s just my goal in my career and in my life as an actor: I make sure my viewers are happy with my performance and always remember every performance that I have. Pilar Pilapil wants to be more than The Kontrabida Actress. Philstar. Retrieved December 20, 2025. I want to be able to share to the young people, men and women… that beauty is something that needs to be understood… that beauty is not used just for selfless reasons… that beauty is a good symbol for this country… that we can grow together and be beautiful as a whole. Men, it’s important for you to see that beauty is to be appreciated in the right manner. [It is] not according to how selfish you can be about desiring the woman. Pilar Pilapil on beauty: ‘It can be a curse’. Cebudailynews. Retrieved December 20, 2025. No, because everything here in this world is temporary. Pilapil when asked if she is afraid of dying. https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/showbiz/2024/05/31/2359299/pilar-hindi-takot-mamatay My happiest moment is when I’m communicating with God. https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/showbiz/2024/05/31/2359299/pilar-hindi-takot-mamatay Beauty to me is something that needs to age like wine. https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/chikamuna/908422/pilar-pilapil-di-sang-ayon-sa-pananaw-ni-gloria-diaz-na-99-of-beauty-is-youth/story/ It takes time to be happy. https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/chikamuna/908422/pilar-pilapil-di-sang-ayon-sa-pananaw-ni-gloria-diaz-na-99-of-beauty-is-youth/story/ When you are happy, that’s when you become beautiful. https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/chikamuna/908422/pilar-pilapil-di-sang-ayon-sa-pananaw-ni-gloria-diaz-na-99-of-beauty-is-youth/story/ It is important to know what your beauty really means. https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/275191/pilar-pilapil-on-beauty-it-can-be-a-curse You cannot linger in anger for so long. I have recovered and moved on with my life. https://www.pep.ph/news/local/32150/pilar-pilapil-says-she-has-forgiven-her-attackers-you-cannot-linger-in-anger-for-so-long-i-have-reco We always come back to the job we love the most. https://www.pep.ph/news/local/32150/pilar-pilapil-says-she-has-forgiven-her-attackers-you-cannot-linger-in-anger-for-so-long-i-have-reco Accomplishment is not just about money and not fame but it’s also about how you feel that you are doing. https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/53467/pilar-pilapil-actors-actor The heart and good attitude. Asked about the secret of her well-preserved beauty https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/53467/pilar-pilapil-actors-actor I soared to the highest levels of success … only to find when I got there that I was empty, did not know who I was, and even despaired of life itself. I really did not have a face of my own. Pilapil explains why, for someone famous for her beauty, she chose the ironic title "The Woman Without a Face" for her autobiography. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/3354/pilar-pilapil-all-out-for-battered-women Feel. Fill everything to the brim. Feel every nice feeling. Even loneliness because it has a purpose. If you must cry, let the tears flow. That’s what they’re there for—when emotions overpower. Cherish things, people, relationships. Nothing lasts forever. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/3354/pilar-pilapil-all-out-for-battered-women It's not really the age that defines you as an actor, it's your talent that defines you as an actor, even as a person https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/pilar-pilapil-sinabing-hindi-batayan-ang-edad-sa-kagandahan-ng-isang-tao-at-tagumpay-bilang-actor/112942/ I'm an actress. There's no insecurity about being second fiddle, https://www.pep.ph/news/local/12179/pilar-pilapil-says-about-being-replacement-of-amalia-fuentes-there39s-no-insecurity-about-being-seco Every role, I try to do well at it. I do not want to shortchange the viewers. I want to make sure they are satisfied with my performance, whether it’s live or taped. That’s just my goal in my career and in my life as an actor: I make sure my viewers are happy with my performance and always remember every performance that I have. https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2024/09/21/2386876/pilar-pilapil-wants-be-more-kontrabida-actress What and where I am now is because of show business. https://www.pep.ph/news/16181/Pilar-Pilapil:-What-and-where-I-am-now-is-because-of-show-business Artistry is the soul of the city. Without artists painters, singers, actors, dancers, and musicians the city would have no soul. Pilapil commending LGU Cebu's initiative of dedicating one month to local arts and culture. https://qa.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-entertainment/2024/08/29/2381310/dulce-pilar-pilapil-honored-sugbuanong-bahandi-2024 I just want good roles. And these don’t come easy. https://www.facebook.com/thefreemannews/photos/entertainment-pilar-pilapil-wants-to-be-more-than-the-kontrabida-actressby-janua/862090556060473/ External links Category:1950 births Category:Actresses from the Philippines Category:Living people Category:Beauty pageant winners from the Philippines