Miss World 1973

Miss World 1973
Date	23 November 1973
Presenters	Michael Aspel and David Vine
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	54
Debuts	Sri Lanka
Withdraws	Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, India, Liberia, and Paraguay
Returns	Colombia, Cyprus, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, and Peru
Winner	Marjorie Wallace  United States

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

The 23rd Annual Miss World pageant was held at the Royal Albert Hall on November 23, 1973. Fifty-four delegates vied for the crown won by an American, Marjorie Wallace of Indiana.

Pageant Controversy

Marjorie Wallace was the first Miss World titleholder from the United States. She was also the first titleholder to not complete her reign when the pageant unceremoniously fired her just 104 days after she won the crown. Pageant officials stated that Wallace "had failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job." The first runner-up, Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines was not offered the title but only the duties. The second runner-up, Patricia Teresa Yuen Leung of Jamaica accepted the offer to complete the duties of Miss World 1973 without being officially crowned Miss World.^[1] Pageant officials would later say that a decision was made by the Miss World organization to not offer the title to any of the runners-up.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 1973	United States - Marjorie Wallace
1st Runner-up	Philippines - Evangeline Luis Pascual
2nd Runner-up	Jamaica - Patricia Teresa Yuen Leung
3rd Runner-up	Israel - Chaja Katzir
4th Runner-up	South Africa - Shelley Latham
5th Runner-up	Dominican Republic - Clariza Duarte Garrido
6th Runner-up	United Kingdom - Veronica Ann Cross
Semifinalists	Africa South - Ellen Peters  Brazil - Florence Gambogi Alvarenga  Greece - Katerina Papadimitriou  Holland - Anna Maria Groot  Italy - Marva Bartolucci  Lebanon - Sylva Ohannessian  New Zealand - Pamela King  Seychelles - June Gouthier

Special Awards

• Miss Personality:  Seychelles, June Gouthier
• Miss Photogenic:  Holland, Anna Maria Groot

Contestants

Africa South - Ellen Peters  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 Springtube 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 - Nina Breidfjord  Ireland - Yvonne Costelloe  Israel - Chaja Katzir  Italy - Marva Bartolucci  Jamaica - Patricia Teresa Yuen Leung  Japan - Keiko Matsunaga

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 Nuñez  Philippines - Evangeline Luis 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 Sakornujiara  Turkey - Beyhan Kiral  United Kingdom - Veronica Ann Cross  United States - Marjorie Wallace  Venezuela - Edicta de los Angeles Garcia Oporto  Yugoslavia - Atina Golubova

Returning countries

• Sri Lanka last competed in 1971 replacing the name Ceylon. Shiranthi Wickremesinghe, the Sri Lankan Miss World of 1973 is currently the First Lady of Sri Lanka, married to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
• Peru last competed in 1968.
• Colombia and Lebanon last competed in 1970.
• Cyprus, Korea, and Luxembourg last competed in 1971.

Historical significance

• Philippines marks its highest position in the competition beating its previous record of 4th runner- up (1968), and it's their second consecutive appearance in the Top 15.

References

1. ^ http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1973.htm

External links

• Pageantopolis
• Jimmy's Pageant Page

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