Maria Paz Paterno Madrigal (May 4, 1915 – September 12, 2008), commonly known as Pacita Madrigal-Warns (from 1945 to 1956), later Pacita Warns Gonzales (from 1956 until her death), was a
Filipina
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ballet dancer
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, former
beauty queen
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, and politician. She served as the
administrator of the
Social Welfare Administration under
Ramon Magsaysay
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's cabinet from 1953 to 1955 and was a
Senator of the Philippines
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from 1955 to 1961 during the
Third
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Places
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and
Fourth Congresses. She was the
second woman to be elected to the
Philippine
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Senate.
Early life and education
Maria Paz Paterno Madrigal was born on May 4, 1915, to
Vicente Madrigal López of