In 1973, the 23rd annual
Miss World pageant was held at the
Royal Albert Hall in England. Fifty four delegates vied for the crown, with
Miss United States Marjorie Wallace emerging as the winner and 16-year-old Pascual as first runner-up. However, Wallace was fired from her duties as Miss World; pageant organisers extended an offer to Pascual to carry out the duties of Miss World for the remainder of the year without being officially granted the title; Pascual had already signed a film contract and turned down the Miss World offer, which was then accepted by second runner-up
Miss Jamaica Patsy Yuen. She has appeared in film with
Fernando Poe, Jr. in
Ang Pangalan: Mediavillo (1974), and with
Ramon Zamora in
The Game of Death (1974) and
The Dragon Force Connection (1974). She starred also in
Mission: Get The Mastermind (1975) with Roberto Gonzales,
The Exit (1975) with
Tony Ferrer, and
Golden Chaku with
Rey Malonzo. Pascual played as the mother of Valeria played by
Sheryl Cruz in
GMA-7's TV series
Bakekang (2006) starring
Sunshine Dizon. And she played as the wife of
Juan Rodrigo, and the mother of
Matteo Guidicelli in
Paraiso (2012) of
ABS-CBN. She hosts a long-running radio show on
DWIZ 882 called
Echoes of the Heart, where she does radio counselling on the matters of love and life. She is also an artist, her paintings became part of exhibits and were sold both in the Philippines and abroad. ==Personal life==