Miss Universe 1974

Miss Universe 1974
Date	21 July 1974
Presenters	Bob Barker, Helen O'Connell
Venue	Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	65
Placements	12
Debuts	Indonesia, Liberia, Senegal
Withdrawals	Denmark, Norway
Returns	Bahamas, Iceland, Yugoslavia
Winner	Amparo Muñoz Spain
Congeniality	Anna Bjornsdóttir Iceland
Best National Costume	Kim Jae-kyu Korea
Photogenic	Johanna Raunio Finland

Miss Universe 1974, the 23rd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 21 July 1974 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila, Philippines. It was the first time in the Pageant's history that the event was held in Asia. Amparo Muñoz of Spain crowned by Margarita Moran of the Philippines.

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1974	Spain - Amparo Muñoz †
1st runner-up	Wales - Helen Morgan
2nd runner-up	Finland - Ritta Johanna Raunio
3rd runner-up	Colombia - Ella Cecilia Escandon
4th runner-up	Aruba - Maureen Vieira
Semi-finalists	Australia - Yasmin May Nagy England - Kathleen Anders India - Shailini Dholakia Panama - Jasmine Panay Philippines - Guadalupe Cuerva Sanchez Puerto Rico - Sonia Maria Stege Chardon USA - Karen Morrison

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Best National Costume	Korea - Kim Jae-kyu
Miss Congeniality	Iceland - Anna Bjornsdóttir
Miss Photogenic	Finland - Johanna Raunio
Miss Top Model	France - Louise Le Calvez

Order of announcements

Top 12

England
Australia
Panama
Finland
Spain
USA
Colombia
Wales
India
Aruba
Philippines
Puerto Rico

Top 5

Spain
Aruba
Wales
Finland
Colombia

Judges

Dana Andrews
Edilson Cid Varela
Peggy Flemming
José Greco
Kyoshi Hara
Sterling Moss

Contestants

Argentina - Leonor Celmira Guggini
Aruba - Maureen Ava Vieira
Australia - Yasmin May Nagy
Austria - Eveline Engleder
Bahamas - Agatha Elizabeth Watson
Belgium - Anne-Marie Sophie Sikorski
Bermuda - Joyce Ann De Rosa
Bolivia - Teresa Isabel Callau
Brazil - Sandra Guimaraes De Oliveira
Canada - Deborah Tone
Chile - Jeannette Rebecca Gonzalez
Colombia - Ella Cecilia Escandon Palacios
Costa Rica - Rebeca Montagne
Curacao - Catherine Adelle De Jongh
Cyprus - Andri Tsangaridou
Dominican Republic - Jacqueline Candina Cabrera
El Salvador - Ana Carlota Araujo
England - Kathleen Ann Celeste Anders
Finland - Riitta Johanna Raunio
France - Louise Le Calvez
Germany - Ursula Faustle
Greece - Lena Kleopa
Guam - Elizabeth Clara Tenorio
Holland - Nicolone Maria Broecks
Honduras - Etelinda Mejia Velasquez
Hong Kong - Jojo Cheung
Iceland - Anna Bjornsdottir
India - Shailini Bhavnath Dholakia
Indonesia - Nia Kurniasi Ardikoesoema
Ireland - Yvonne Costelloe
Israel - Edna Levy
Italy - Loretta Persichetti

Jamaica - Lennox Anne Black
Japan - Eriko Tsuboi
Korea - Kim Jae-kyu
Lebanon - Laudy Slim Gabache
Liberia - Maria Yatta Johnson
Luxembourg - Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri
Malaysia - Lily Chong
Malta - Josette Pace
Mexico - Guadalupe Del Carmen Elorriaga Valdez
New Zealand - Dianne Deborah Winyard
Nicaragua - Fanny Duarte De Leon Tapia
Panama - Jazmine Nereida Panay
Paraguay - Maria Angela Zulema Medina
Philippines - Guadalupe "Guada" Cuerva Sanchez
Portugal - Anna Paula Machado Moura
Puerto Rico - Sonia Maria Stege Chardon
Scotland - Catherine Robertson
Senegal - Thioro Thiam
Singapore - Angela Teo
Spain - Amparo Muñoz Quesada †
Sri Lanka - Melani Irene Wijendra
Surinam - Bernadette Werners
Sweden - Eva Christine Roempke
Switzerland - Christine Lavanchy
Thailand - Benjamas Ponpasvijan
Trinidad & Tobago - Stephanie Lee Pack
Turkey - Simiten Gakirgoz
Uruguay - Mirta Grazilla Rodriguez
USA - Karen Jean Morrison
Venezuela - Neyla Chiquinquira Moronta Sangronis
Virgin Islands - Thelma Yvonne Santiago
Wales - Helen Elizabeth Morgan
Yugoslavia - Nada Jovanovsky

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World

1973: Ireland - Yvonne Costelloe
1973: Luxembourg - Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri
1974: Wales - Helen Elizabeth Morgan (winner / resigned, as United Kingdom)
1974: Austria - Eveline Engleder
1974: Belgium - Anne-Marie Sophie Sikorski
1974: Bermuda - Joyce Ann De Rosa
1974: Mexico - Guadalupe Del Carmen Elorriaga Valdez
1974: Nicaragua - Fanny Duarte De Leon Tapia
1975: Honduras - Etelinda Mejia Velasquez
1976: Cyprus - Andri Tsangaridou
1978: Guam - Elizabeth Clara Tenorio

Miss International

1973: Luxembourg - Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri
1974: Finland - Riitta Johanna Raunio (2nd runner-up)
1974: Ireland - Yvonne Costelloe

Miss Young International

1973: Greece - Lena Kleopa (2nd runner-up)
1973: Luxembourg - Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri
1975: Guam - Elizabeth Clara Tenorio

Miss Europe

1973: Spain - Amparo Muñoz Quesada (1st runner-up)
1974: Portugal - Anna Paula Machado Moura (1st runner-up)
1974: Finland - Riitta Johanna Raunio (2nd runner-up, Miss Photogenic, Miss Elegance)
1974: England - Kathleen Ann Celeste Anders (4th runner-up)
1974: Belgium - Anne-Marie Sophie Sikorski
1974: Ireland - Yvonne Costelloe
1974: Luxembourg - Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri
1976: Cyprus - Andri Tsangaridou (semi-finalist)

Maja Internacional

1973: Paraguay - Maria Angela Zulema Medina (3rd runner-up)

Miss Asia

1971: Sri Lanka - Melani Irene Wijendra (as Ceylon)

Queen of the Pacific

1973: Hong Kong - Jojo Cheung
1974: Canada - Deborah Tone

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