Was declared persona non-grata in the Philippines in 1984 after she engaged in a hair pulling incident the manager of fellow Miss Universe (Philippines, 1969)
Gloria Diaz. She alleged that the manager try to pimp her to wealthy businessmen and politicians, which she turned down. The feud resulted to Amparo's deportation, upon the request and intervention of
Joseph Estrada, then mayor of San Juan, a close friend of Diaz.