Shortly after one year, in 1949had already won a costume contest in the Martinez corso and He wore a crown of flowers smiling on his head.. Eighteen years later, in ’67, Teresita Massa was crowned Miss International Beauty in Long Beach, California (previously elected Miss Argentina).
Towards the end of that year, the then miss World of Peruvian nationality, Madeleine Hartog-Bel, and said when referring to her: “It is majestic. It has the beauty of a Greek sculpture. When it was chosen, the experts said that there will be no other like it. Tell her I want to see her”
Mirta was one of the four Argentines consecrated worldwidehe. The list also includes Norma Cappagli, crowned miss World In 1960; Norma Nolan, miss Universe 1962; and Silvana Suárez, Miss World 1978.
The story of Mirta Teresita Massa and her coronations began on May 7, 1966 in the program Circular Saturdays, on Channel 7, hosted by the remembered Nicolas Pipo Mancerawhere the then traditional festival of Argentine beauty was held. “This election would mark the announcement of another year of glory in the golden decade for our representatives”described the Facebook page Glamour Argentino, who tells anecdotes and experiences related to the Argentine and world queens like no one else. And he continued: “The choice of Miss Argentina for Miss International Beauty featured the performance of the French singer Charles Aznavour and had among the members of the jury Yolanda Fraser Fransoni, the writer Margarita Bosco, the world boxing champion Horacio Accavallothe actor Duilio Marzio, Eduardo Bergara Leumann, Salvador Alvarez Alonso, Ginette Acevedo, Carlos UlanovskyJorge Sueldo Piñeyro, the journalist Bernardo Neustadt and Julio Korn, for Radiolandia”.
There, out of 15 finalists, Mirta Teresita Massa emerged as the winner Miss Capital Federal. He was 18 years old, brown hair, brown eyes and 1.70 m tall. He was born on August 30, 1947 in Vicente López. “He worked as a model, studied English, had a commercial appraisal title and a great career in target shooting, swimming and bowling”, develops the Facebook page and adds: “After winning the title of Miss Capital Federal, where she represented the Argentine Federal Shooting club, Mirta won the national title, where she defeated in the final Miss Greater Buenos AiresMaría del Carmen Jordán (1st Princess), and Miss Cañada de Gómez, Marta Susana Gutiérrez (2nd Princess). Other participants were: Miss MendozaGloria Irene Martinez; miss tucumanLeonor Virginia Lopez; Miss CórdobaMaria del Valle Chavarri; Miss Neuquen, Maria Elena Vazquez; and Miss White BayMargarita Mirta Luna”.
The jury was made up of representatives of the various sponsoring companies: Max Factor, Medias Reina Cristina, Crush, RadiolandiaMallas Morette and Peruvian Airlines.
The person in charge of editing Glamour ArgentinoMarcelo González, from Tafí Viejo, Tucumán, recalls: “The contest Miss International Beauty was not held in 1966, therefore the elect Miss Argentina of that year he was only able to participate in April 1967 in Long Beach, California. The final night saw a very particular moment in the history of the contest. The driver announced as the winner of 5th place Miss China; from 4th to Miss Peru, one of the favorites; from 3rd to Miss United States; and when he announced the 2nd it was not well understood and it was seen advancing to Miss Italy. At that moment, Mirta Massa felt a great emptiness.thought that the title would fall on Miss Israel, the great favourite. However, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor announced to Miss Italy that I had misunderstood. Once again, the 2nd place corresponding to Miss Israel. Finally, after a pause that for Mirta was eternal, was announced as the winner Miss Argentinawho received a $10,000 prize.”
After his award, Mirta Massa She continued her career more than successfully and became a cover model for national and international magazines of the time. From being a star worldwide, those same publications spoke of their loves and confirmed that in the 70s he lived a beautiful and passionate courtship with Guillermo Vilas, number one in the history of Argentine tennis.
Its popularity exploded in such a way that it reached nothing less than the cinema. In 1970 she was part of the cast of the satyr, along with Mimi Pons and Jorge Salcedo. Two years later she was the protagonist of her most commented film, fate of a whim, con Sandro, star of the moment. then they would come The Super Super Adventure, with Víctor Bo, Ricardo Bauleo and Julio de Grazia, the remembered Shark, Dolphin y mojarrita, and the star Adriana Aguirre. In 1976 it was the turn of The angel of Death, co-production of Argentina, Canada and the United States.
She was married twice: the first in 1981, with the doctor Jorge Minguillón; then in 1985 with the Spanish Tristán Morenés. There she wore a dress from her friend and designer, Gino This page. Already in 1987 she left the catwalks and turned to painting: she trained with Oscar Bony, Luis Bebairos Moura and Diana Dowek, among several others, and began to exhibit in the early 90s in Buenos Aires, also in Spain. In 2015, he published his last image on his Facebook together with the artist Daniel López Cullari.
González, a historian of beauty pageants, recalls a traumatic event that marked his life: “In 1999 it was announced on the main television and radio news that he had died in a traffic accident., after which he had to go out and announce that it was a mistake. she was alive. The woman who had died was called Isabel Mirta Massa. I understand that a few years ago she traveled to Spain to stay. Let me give you my conclusion as missologist (N of the R: term that refers to an expert in beauty tournaments): “Our dear Mirta Teresita Massa is an icon of Argentine beauty. At the end of the nineties the experts of the world they chose it as the 8th miss international most beautiful in the history of the contest. Beyond all that, he was always a charming person, the most valuable thing in a human being”.