Nelia sancho biography of albert

Filipino beauty queen, activist, feminist

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is de los Reyes and the surname or paternal family name is Sancho.

Nelia Sancho (August 30, 1951 – September 1, 2022) was a Filipino women's rights activist and beauty queen.

Young filipino activists

She was one of the co-founders of the Gabriela Women's Party.^[3][4]

Nelia was born in Antique to Rogelio Canimo Sancho Sr., a lawyer, and Rosario Martizano de los Reyes, a homemaker,^[3] but grew up in Caticlan, Aklan (her mother's hometown) and Pandan, Antique then Davao City.

While studying at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Sancho joined Binibining Pilipinas 1969, finishing first runner-up to Gloria Diaz who will go on and win the first Miss Universe crown for the Philippines.^[5]

She earned her own international pageant title when she won Queen of the Pacific 1971 in Melbourne, Australia.

With some of her sorority sis