Miss World 1973

Miss World 1973
Miss World 1973
Date	23 November 1973
Presenters	Michael Aspel; David Vine†;
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC;
Entrants	54
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Costa Rica; Ecuador; India; Liberia; Paraguay; West Germany;
Returns	Colombia; Cyprus; Lebanon; Luxembourg; Peru; South Korea; Sri Lanka;
Winner	Marjorie Wallace; United States (dethroned)
	← 1972 1974 →

Miss World 1973 was the 23rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 23 November 1973 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. 54 delegates vied for the crown won by Marjorie Wallace of United States.^[1] She was crowned by Belinda Green of Australia. Wallace won £7,200 in prize money for the first-place result.^[4]^[5]

Background

104 days after her reign, Marjorie Wallace, was dethroned from her title. The Miss World 1973 title was not offered to any of the other participants. The Miss World organizers offered 1st runner-up Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines the duties but not the title. However, Pascual turned down the offer because she already have commitments in being an actress in the Philippines at the time.^[6] Patsy Yuen of Jamaica, who placed 2nd Runner-Up performed some of the duties and responsibilities of Miss World that had already been scheduled, without holding the title.

Returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the return of Peru, which last competed in 1968, Colombia and Lebanon last competed in 1970 and Cyprus, Luxembourg, South Korea and Sri Lanka (as Ceylon), last competed in 1971.

Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Liberia, Paraguay and West Germany, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1973	United States – Marjorie Wallace^[7] (dethroned)
1st runner-up	Philippines – Evangeline Pascual^[7]
2nd runner-up	Jamaica – Patsy Yuen^[7] (assumed duties but not title)
3rd runner-up	Israel – Chaja Katzir^[7]
4th runner-up	South Africa – Shelley Latham^[7]
Top 7	Dominican Republic – Clariza Duarte Garrido United Kingdom – Veronica Ann Cross
Top 15	Brazil – Florence Gambogi Alvarenga Greece – Katerina Papadimitriou Holland – Anna Maria Groot Italy – Marva Bartolucci Lebanon – Sylva Ohannessian New Zealand – Pamela King Seychelles – June Gouthier South Africa^[a] – Ellen Peters

Contestants

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 Springstube 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
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 Pascual^[9]
Portugal – Maria Helene Pereira Martins
Puerto Rico – Milagros García
Seychelles – June Gouthier
Singapore – Debra Josephine de Souza
South Africa^[b] – Ellen Peters
South Africa – Shelley Latham
South Korea^[c] – An Soon-young
Spain – Mariona Russell
Sri Lanka – Shiranthi Wickremesinghe
Sweden – Mercy Nilsson
Switzerland – Magda Lepori
Thailand – Pornpit Sakornvijit
Turkey – Beyhan Kıral^[10]
United Kingdom – Veronica Ann Cross
United States – Marjorie Wallace^[1]^[7]^[3]
Venezuela – Edicta de los Ángeles García Oporto
Yugoslavia – Atina Golubova

Notes

^ Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant
^ Competed as Africa South in the pageant
^ Competed as Korea in the pageant

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^[1] in March 1974, because she had "failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job".^[11] The title was never offered to any of the runner-ups. Instead the remaining scheduled duties were handled by third placed Miss Jamaica. Marjorie was never officially replaced by any of the runners up.

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