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.^[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	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)[1][2][3]
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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

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1973^[7][8]

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1973	United States – Marjorie Wallace[7] (dethroned)
1st runner-up	Philippines – Evangeline Pascual[7]
(2nd runner-up) (Miss World 1973 Duties not title)	Jamaica – Patsy Yuen[7] (assumed)
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

1. Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant
2. Competed as Africa South in the pageant
3. 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.