Her father was the son of Chief Justice Manuel Morán and Nieves Gonzalez de Morán, a granddaughter of Don Francisco Gonzalez y Reinado, owner of the 39,000-hectare Hacienda Esperanza that covered the municipalities of Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Rosales and San Quintin, extending through the rest of Pangasinan and the provinces of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija.

[2][1] Moran won the right to represent the country in the Miss Universe pageant in Athens, Greece, after winning the Binibining Pilipinas competition in 1973.

[14] She headed several private companies like a resort called "Pearl Farm" in Samal Island, Davao del Norte from 1989 to 1994, hosted Margie on Mindanao on TV from 1998-2003, and produced a multi-awarded movie, Bagong Buwan.

[3] Moran is also notable for her social and civic works especially for promoting peace and livelihood as part of the Mindanao Commission on Women Organization and recently as an ambassador-trustee of Habitat for Humanity Philippines.

[5][8] In January 2018, Moran was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as member of the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.