Miss World 1973
Beauty pageant edition
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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 "Marji" 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]
| Miss World 1973 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 November 1973 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 54 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Marjorie "Marji" Wallace United States (dethroned)[1][2][3] |
Background
104 days after her reign, 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] Patricia "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 |
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| Miss World 1973 |
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| 1st runner-up | |
| (2nd runner-up) (took over the duties, not the title) |
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| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
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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 – Patricia "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 "Pam" King[9]
Norway – Wenche Steen
Peru – Mary Núñez
Philippines – Evangeline Pascual[10]
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[11]
United Kingdom – Veronica Ann Cross
United States – Marjorie "Marji" Wallace[1][7][3]
Venezuela – Edicta de los Ángeles García Oporto
Yugoslavia – Atina Golubova
Notes
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".[12] 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.