Miss World 1973

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

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. Reports said that 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 is already has commitments in being an actress in her native land. 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.

Contestants

 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Ellen Peters
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Beatriz Callejón †
 *  Netherlands Antilles – 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
 *  British Hong Kong – Judy Yung Chu-Dic
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland – Nína Breiðfjörd
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland – Yvonne Costelloe
 * 🇮🇱 Israel – Chaja Katzir
 * 🇮🇹 Italy – Marva Bartolucci
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica – Patsy Yuen
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Keiko Matsunaga
 * 🇰🇷 South 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
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Edicta de los Ángeles García Oporto
 *  Yugoslavia – Atina Golubova

Returns

 * Last competed in 1968:
 * 🇵🇪 Peru
 * Last competed in 1970:
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon
 * Last competed in 1971:
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka (as  Dominion of 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". 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.