Pilar Pilapil
Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil-Penas (born October 12, 1950), popularly known as Pilar Pilapil, is a Cebuano actress and former beauty queen. She was crowned as Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1967. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 1967 pageant but was unplaced. In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s her highly publicized life became the staple of the multimedia. Pilapil starred in Highly Acclaimed Films such as "Kailan Ba Tama Ang Mali" in 1985, "Tinik Sa Dibdib" and "Nagkapasakit Kuya Eddie" an outstanding feat she was nominated and won one award in the movie categories for FAP FAMAS  and MMFF then Manila Film Festival in 1985 in 1988. She did the film "Kailan Mahugasan Ang Kasalanan" she continued to take a break and then came back with more movie projects such as "Forever" with Aga Muhlach and Mikee Counjangco and "Tayo Na Sa Dilim" and "Bakit Ako Mahihiya" in 1997. She went on to do a soap called "Mulha Ng Buhay" for Viva Television as a main antagonist of the television series. Early life. Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil was born on October 12, 1950 in Liloan, Cebu, Philippines the youngest of six girls with four brothers after her . Career. After winning the Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant in 1967, Pilapil was swamped with offers to join the movies. Her first film was the action picture "El Nino" in 1968 with Andy Poe as her leading man, directed by Fernando Poe, Jr. She did movies with Dolphy such as "Dolpe De Gulat" in 1969 and "El Pinoy Matador" in 1970, among others. Pilapil won two best actress awards, one for the movie "Imelda, Ang Uliran" in 1970 at the Manila Film Festival and another for the film "Napakasakit Kuya Eddie" in 1986 for Gawad Urian Award 1987. In 1996 she  did the afternoon drama "Mukha Nang Buhay" a television soap for Viva Television produced for RPN-9 and simultaneously aired on IBC-13 and its international channel RPN USA as the main antagonist to Lovely Rivero's character and the series. this would become her first Soap Opera on television after later doing work for GMA-7 and mostly ABS-CBN Primetime Dramas. She also dabbled in politics when she ran for senator in 2004 as an independent candidate but she lost. Pilapil continues to entertain viewers via ABS-CBN's primetime drama series "Ina, Kapatid, Anak" premiered on October 8, 2012 and  ended in June 2013, and is now airing by Jeepney TV. In 2015 she made her comeback with Pangako Sayo, which she plays Doña Benita Buenavista which originally by Liza Lorena. In February 2020, she returned to GMA-7 after thirteen years of stay with ABS-CBN to appear in Sanya Lopez's teleserye, "First Yaya". Personal life. Family and relationships. Pilapil has a daughter with former Vice President of the Philippines Salvador Laurel named Pia Pilapil, who is also an actress. She married Spanish journalist Michel Ponti on October 12, 1986 at the Manila Cathedral, but they divorced after a  year. She became a born-again "Christian" in 1995, and married Pastor Bernie Penas on May 18, 2002. Philanthropy. In 2006, Pilapil released an autobiography "The Woman Without A Face", chronicling her life in show business an in private after she went on a shirt retirement. The sales of the book went to the "Pilar Pilapil Foundation", an organization founded by Pilapil which helps battered and abused women. 2011 Stabbing incident. Pilapil was found in a grassy lot in Antipolo with at least five stab wounds in her body and was rushed to the Medical City Hospital in Pasig City  on the night of April 14. A companion, Rosel Peñas driving her Kia Carens, picked up Pilapil from a mall, supposedly to introduce her to the executives of Unilever Australia, who were then at Riverbend Hotel in Marikina. Peñas was driving when two unidentified men forced their way into the vehicle, stabbed Pilapil, then sped away with Peñas. Peñas, initially a co-victim, was later tagged as perpetrator and was charged with kidnapping and frustrated murder at the Antipolo prosecutor’s office on November 2011.