After her championship, Marquez decided to her use her fame to work and was hired as a tourist promoter for a European tour package company, as well as an endorser for the New Year’s Day 1961 Rose Bowl and 72nd Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, California, where she also met her future husband, Jorge Leon Araneta. The parade float was titled "Lovely to Look At" and featured Marquez on top of large 17-foot tall fountain with surrounding nine basins of spraying water.