Notable among this is in 1982 , when Maria Isabel Lopez claimed that she was pressured to relinquish her title due to her having worked as a sexy lingerie model in a “ Gerard Peter Fashion Show ” which was revealed post discovery . Nevertheless , Lopez maintained her tenacity and went to compete in at the 31st Miss Universe pageant . Similar cases of various other candidates occurred over the years , as disqualified for varying reasons ranging from sexualized photos irrespective of intent such as artistic creativity , charity purposes , or product endorsement ( sexualized calendars ) or direct self-pornography allegedly often without due process due to the immorality clause implemented by Araneta and her lawyers . Disqualified candidates such as Anjanette Abayari of USA ( 1991 ) , Tisha Silang of Canada ( 1998 ) and Maria Venus Raj of Qatar ( 2010 ) due to issues of national citizenship having been born in Qatar and the lack of full set of citizenship documents causing the intervention of the Department of Foreign Affairs to make a controversial exception to grant a Philippine passport . Accordingly , Raj competed in 2010 and took placement as the 4th Runner Up in the 59th Miss Universe competition
31st Miss Universe pageant
Miss Universe 1982
Stella Araneta