Miss World 1973

Miss World 1973
Date	23 November 1973
Presenters	Michael Aspel, David Vine
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	54
Debuts	Sri Lanka
Withdrawals	Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, India, Liberia, Paraguay
Returns	Colombia, Cyprus, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Peru
Winner	Marjorie Wallace  United States (dethroned) [1][2][3]

Miss World 1973, the 23rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 23 November 1973 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. 54 delegates vied for the crown won by Marjorie Wallace of United States.^[1] She was crowned by Belinda Roma Green of Australia. Wallace won $7,200 in prize money for the first place result.^[4]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1973^[5][6]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1973	United States – Marjorie Wallace[5] (dethroned) [1][2][3]
1st runner-up	Philippines – Evangeline Pascual [5]
2nd runner-up	Jamaica – Patsy Yuen [5]
3rd runner-up	Israel – Chaja Katzir [5]
4th runner-up	South Africa – Shelley Latham [5]
5th runner-up	Dominican Republic – Clariza Duarte Garrido
6th runner-up	United Kingdom – Veronica Ann Cross
Semi-finalists	Africa South – Ellen Peters  Brazil – Florence Gambogi Alvarenga  Greece – Katerina Papadimitriou  Holland – Anna Maria Groot  Italy – Marva Bartolucci  Lebanon – Sylva Ohannessian  New Zealand – Pamela King  Seychelles – June Gouthier

Contestants

Africa South – Ellen Peters  Argentina – Beatriz Callejón †  Aruba – Edwina Diaz  Australia – Virginia Radinas  Austria – Roswitha Kobald  Bahamas – Deborah Louise Isaacs  Belgium – Christine Devisch  Bermuda – Judy Joy Richards  Botswana – Priscilla Molefe  Brazil – Florence Gambogi Alvarenga  Canada – Deborah Anne Ducharme  Colombia – Elsa María Springtube Ramírez  Cyprus – Demetra Heraklidou  Dominican Republic – Clariza Duarte Garrido  Finland – Seija Mäkinen  France – Isabelle Nadia Krumacker  Gibraltar – Josephine Rodríguez  Greece – Katerina Papadimitriou  Guam – Shirley Ann Brennan  Holland – Anna Maria Groot  Honduras – Belinda Handal  Hong Kong – Judy Yung Chu-Dic  Iceland – Nína Breiðfjörd  Ireland – Yvonne Costelloe  Israel – Chaja Katzir  Italy – Marva Bartolucci  Jamaica – Patsy Yuen

Japan – Keiko Matsunaga  Korea – An Soon-young  Lebanon – Sylva Ohannessian  Luxembourg – Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri  Malaysia – Narimah Mohd Yusoff  Malta – Carmen Farrugia  Mauritius – Daisy Ombrasine  Mexico – Roxana Villares Moreno  New Zealand – Pamela King  Norway – Wenche Steen  Peru – Mary Núñez  Philippines – Evangeline Luis Pascual  Portugal – Maria Helene Pereira Martins  Puerto Rico – Milagros García  Seychelles – June Gouthier  Singapore – Debra Josephine de Souza  South Africa – Shelley Latham  Spain – Mariona Russell  Sri Lanka – Shiranthi Wickremesinghe  Sweden – Mercy Nilsson   Switzerland – Magda Lepori  Thailand – Pornpit Sakornujiara  Turkey – Beyhan Kiral  United Kingdom – Veronica Ann Cross  United States – Marjorie Wallace [1][5][3]  Venezuela – Edicta de los Ángeles García Oporto  Yugoslavia – Atina Golubova

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 1968:  Peru Last competed in 1970:  Colombia  Lebanon

Last competed in 1971:  Cyprus  Korea  Luxembourg  Sri Lanka (as  Ceylon)

Other notes

Marjorie Wallace became the first Miss USA to be crowned Miss World. The United States' representative had previously finished as first runner-up on five occasions, in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1965, and 1969. Wallace would also become the first winner not to complete her reign when she was fired^[1] in March 1974, because she had "failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job". She was never officially replaced by any of her runners-up.^[7]

References

1. Pelling, Rowan (July 13, 2015). "What's so wrong about being a beauty queen?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
2. "The Southeast Missourian". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
3. The Pittsburgh Press
4. "Daytona Beach Morning Journal". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
5. "Beaver County Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
6. "Herald-Journal". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
7. "Eight beauty queens who met with controversy". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

Further reading

• "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1973