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)

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. She was crowned by Belinda Roma Green of Australia. Wallace won $7,200 in prize money for the first place result.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1973

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1973	United States – Marjorie Wallace (dethroned)
1st runner-up	Philippines – Evangeline Pascual
2nd runner-up	Jamaica – Patsy Yuen
3rd runner-up	Israel – Chaja Katzir
4th runner-up	South Africa – Shelley Latham
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
• 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 United States 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 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.

Further reading

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

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1973