User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1974

Miss Universe 1974, the 23rd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 21 July 1974 at the Folk Arts Theater in Manila, Philippines. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in Asia. Margie Moran of the Philippines crowned her successor Amparo Muñoz of Spain at the end of the event.

There were 65 delegates from around the world who competed for the 1974 title.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Leonor Celmira Guggini
 * 🇦🇼 Aruba - Maureen Ava Vieira
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Yasmin May Nagy
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Eveline Engleder
 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas - Agatha Elizabeth Watson
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Anne-Marie Sophie Sikorski
 * 🇧🇲 Bermuda - Joyce Ann De Rosa
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia - Teresa Isabel Callau
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Sandra Guimarães De Oliveira
 * 🇨🇦 Canada - Deborah Tone
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Jeannette Rebecca Gonzalez
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - Ella Cecilia Escandon Palacios
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Rebeca Montagne
 *  Netherlands Antilles - Catherine Adelle De Jongh
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Andri Tsangaridou
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic - Jacqueline María Cabrera
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Ana Carlota Araujo
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - Kathleen Ann Celeste Anders †
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Riitta Johanna Raunio
 * 🇫🇷 France - Louise Le Calvez
 *  West Germany - Ursula Faustle
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Lena Kleopa
 * 🇬🇺 Guam - Elizabeth Clara Tenorio
 *  Holland - Nicolone Maria Broecks
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Etelinda Mejia Velasquez
 *  British Hong Kong - Jojo Cheung
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Anna Bjornsdóttir
 * 🇮🇳 India - Shailini Bhavnath Dholakia
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia - Nia Kurniasi Ardikoesoema''' †
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Yvonne Costelloe
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - Edna Levy
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Loretta Persichetti
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica - Lennox Anne Black
 * 🇯🇵 Japan - Eriko Tsuboi
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea - Kim Jae-kyu
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon - Laudy Slim Gabache
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia - Maria Yatta Johnson
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia - Lily Chong
 * 🇲🇹 Malta - Josette Pace
 * 🇲🇽 - Guadalupe Del Carmen Elorriaga Valdez
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand - Dianne Deborah Winyard
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Fanny Duarte De Leon Tapia
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Jazmine Nereida Panay
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Maria Angela Zulema Medina
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Guadalupe "Guada" Cuerva Sanchez
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Anna Paula Machado Moura
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Sonia Maria Stege Chardon
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland - Catherine Robertson
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal - Thioro Thiam
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Angela Teo
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - Amparo Muñoz †
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - Melani Irene Wijendra
 *  Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) - Bernadette Werners
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Eva Christiane Roempke
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Christine Lavanchy
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Benjamas Ponpasvijan
 *  Trinidad & Tobago - Stephanie Lee Pack
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Simiten Gakirgoz
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Mirta Grazilla Rodriguez
 * 🇺🇸 United States - Karen Morrison
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Neyla Moronta Sangronis
 *  United States Virgin Islands - Thelma Yvonne Santiago
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales - Helen Elizabeth Morgan
 *  Yugoslavia - Nada Jovanovsky

Name Change

 *  Dominion of Ceylon began competing as Sri Lanka after the country became a republic.

Awards

 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Miss Amity (Anna Bjornsdóttir)
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Miss Photogenic (Johanna Raunio)
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea - Best National Costume (Kim Jae-kyu)