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
Debuts	Sri Lanka;
Withdrawals	Costa Rica; Ecuador; Germany; India; Liberia; Paraguay;
Returns	Colombia; Cyprus; Korea; Lebanon; Luxembourg; Peru;
Winner	Marjorie Wallace; United States (dethroned)
Photogenic	Anna Maria Groot ; Holland
Personality	June Gouthier ; Seychelles
	← 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.^[5]^[6]

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. 1st runner-up Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines pre-empted this decision by declaring she did not want the 'second hand crown'. 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.

Results[edit]

Placements[edit]

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	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[edit]

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 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
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 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 Sakornvijit
Turkey – Beyhan Kiral
United Kingdom – Veronica Ann Cross
United States – Marjorie Wallace^[1]^[7]^[3]
Venezuela – Edicta de los Ángeles García Oporto
Yugoslavia – Atina Golubova

Notes[edit]

Returns[edit]

Last competed in 1968:
- Peru
Last competed in 1970:
- Colombia
- Lebanon
Last competed in 1971:
- Cyprus
- Korea
- Luxembourg
- Sri Lanka (as Ceylon)

Other notes[edit]

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".^[9] 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.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pelling, Rowan (13 July 2015). "What's so wrong about being a beauty queen?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ "The Southeast Missourian". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b The Pittsburgh Press
^ ^a ^b Miss World 1970-1979, Pageantopolis. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
^ "Daytona Beach Morning Journal". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "First Yank Chosen Miss World". The Pittsburgh Press. 24 November 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Beaver County Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Herald-Journal". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Eight beauty queens who met with controversy". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

External links[edit]

Pageantopolis – Miss World 1973

[Pelling_2015-1] Pelling, Rowan (13 July 2015). "What's so wrong about being a beauty queen?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[google.com-2] "The Southeast Missourian". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[autogenerated1-3] The Pittsburgh Press

[Miss_World_1970-1979-4] Miss World 1970-1979, Pageantopolis. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

[5] "Daytona Beach Morning Journal". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[6] "First Yank Chosen Miss World". The Pittsburgh Press. 24 November 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[google.com1-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Beaver County Times". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[8] "Herald-Journal". Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[9] "Eight beauty queens who met with controversy". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

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