Miss Universe 1973

Miss Universe 1973
Date	July 21, 1973
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, Greece
Broadcaster	CBS, EIRT
Entrants	61
Placements	12
Debuts	Cyprus
Withdraws	Bahamas, Ecuador, Iceland, Iraq, Peru, Zaire
Returns	Lebanon, Nicaragua, Panama, Ceylon
Winner	Margarita Moran  Philippines
Congeniality	Jeanette Robertson  Chile
Best National Costume	María del Rocío Martín  Spain
Photogenic	Margarita Moran  Philippines

Participating Nations and Results

Miss Universe 1973 was held at the 2,000-year-old amphitheatre of Odeon of Herodes Atticus, at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece on July 21, 1973. Miss Philippines Margarita Moran, a college student from Maryknoll College in Manila (now Miriam College), fashion model and the granddaughter of a former Philippine president, was crowned Miss Universe 1973 by outgoing Miss Universe 1972, Kerry Anne Wells of Australia. There were 61 delegates from around the world who competed.

Maria Margarita Roxas Moran was picked as Miss Photogenic during the preliminary judging. Moran became the pageant's second winner from the Philippines (Gloria Diaz won the title in 1969), beating out early favorite and first runner-up Amanda Jones of the United States.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1973	Philippines - Margarita Moran
1st runner-up	USA - Amanda Jones
2nd runner-up	Norway - Aina Walle
3rd runner-up	Spain - María del Rocío Martín Madrigal
4th runner-up	Israel - Limor Schreibman
Top 12	Argentina - Susana Romero  Brazil - Sandra Mara Ferreira  Colombia - Ana Lucía Agudelo Correa  Greece - Sikta Vana Papadaki  India - Farzana Habib  Japan - Miyoko Sometani  Lebanon - Marcelle Herro

Special awards

Congeniality: Chile, Jeanette Gwendalyn Robertson Photogenic:  Philippines, Maria Margarita Moran Roxas

Best National Costume:  Spain, María del Rocío Martín Madrigal

Contestants

Argentina - Susana Romero Aruba - Monica Ethline Oduber  Australia - Susan Mainwaring  Austria - Roswitha Kobald  Belgium - Christiane Devisch  Bermuda - Judy Richards  Bolivia - Roxana Sittic Harb  Brazil – Sandra Mara Ferreira  Canada - Deborah Anne Ducharme  Ceylon - Shiranthi Wickremesinghe  Chile - Jeanette Gwendalyn Robertson  Colombia - Ana Lucía Agudelo Correa  Costa Rica - María del Rosario Mora Badilla Curaçao - Ingerborg Zielinski  Cyprus – Johanna Melaniodos  Denmark - Anette Grankvist  Dominican Republic - Lili Fernández González  El Salvador - Gloria Ivete Romero  England - Veronica Ann Cross  Finland – Raija Kaarina Stark  France - Nadia Isabelle Krumacker  Germany – Dagmar-Gabrielle Winkler  Greece - Sikta Vana Papadaki  Guam – Beatrice Benito  Holland - Monique Borgeld  Honduras - Nelly Suyapa González Mármol  Hong Kong - Elaine Sun Wing-Yin  India - Farzana Habib  Ireland - Pauline Fitzsimons  Israel - Limor Schreibman  Italy - Antonella Barci  Jamaica - Reta Faye Chambers

Japan - Miyoko Sometani  Korea - Kim Young-joo  Lebanon - Marcelle Herro  Luxembourg- Lydia Maes  Malaysia - Margaret Loo Tai-Tai  Malta - Marthese Vigar  Mexico - Rossana Villares Moreno  New Zealand - Pamela King  Nicaragua - Ana Cecilia Saravia Lanzas  Norway - Aina Walle  Panama - Jeanine Lizuaín  Paraguay - Teresita María Cano  Philippines - Maria Margarita Moran Roxas  Portugal - Carla Barros  Puerto Rico – Gladys Vanessa Colón Díaz  Scotland - Caroline Meade  Singapore - Debra Josephine de Souza  Spain - María del Rocío Martín Madrigal  Suriname - Yvonne Ma Ajong  Sweden - Monica Sundin  Switzerland - Barbara Schöttli  Thailand - Kanok-orn Bunma  Trinidad and Tobago - Camella King  Turkey - Yildiz Arhan  Uruguay - Yolanda Ferrari  USA - Amanda Jones (IL)  Venezuela - Desireé Rolando  Virgin Islands - Cindy Richards  Wales - Deirdre Jennifer Greenland

• Misses  Bahamas (Cyprianna Munnings) and  Iceland (Katrin Gisladóttir) withdrew.

Panel of Judges

Jean-Pierre Aumont Manuel Benítez Pérez, El Cordobés Horst Buchholz Edilson Cid Varela Walt Frazier Apasra Hongsakula

Herakles Mathiopoulos Hanae Mori Lynn Redgrave Ginger Rogers Earl Wilson Source: Pageant Almanac

References

• Miss Universe 1973