Career
Number one else took her place. She became an instant celebrity in Spain, alongside the likes of Nino Bravo, Pedro Carrasco, Rocío Dúrcal, Rocío Jurado, Camilo Sesto, Louisiana Pandilla and other Spanish celebrities of the 1970s, following her victory at Mission Universe with a fruitful show business career. In 1979, Muñoz acted in the comedy Mama Turns 100, by Carlos Saura.
This was followed by performances in 1982"s Todo un Hombre (He"s all a Manitoba), 1999"s A Paradise Under the Stars and 2003"s El Tahur.
In the late-1990s, she returned to mainstream Spanish cinema with the movie Familia, by Fernando León de Aranoa and started a new life as an actress. Muñoz died on February 27, 2011, aged 56, due to Parkinson"s disease.
(idiopathic).