{{Short description|22nd Miss Universe pageant}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = Miss Universe 1973.jpg | winner = [[Margie Moran|Margarita Moran]] | represented = Philippines | date = 21 July 1973{{efn|The event was televised live at 08:00 pm local time ([[UTC+02:00]]) in various broadcasters around the world. For the United States, it was tape delayed to make way for the primetime broadcast.}} | presenters = [[Bob Barker]] | venue = [[Odeon of Herodes Atticus]], [[Athens]], Greece | broadcaster = [[CBS]] <small>(international)</small><br>[[National Radio Television Foundation|EIRT]] <small>(official broadcaster)</small> | entrants = 61 | placements = 12 | debuts = Cyprus | photogenic = [[Margie Moran|Margarita Moran]] (Philippines) | best national costume = Rocío Martín (Spain) | congeniality = Jeanette Robertson (Chile) | withdraws = {{Hlist|Bahamas|Ecuador|Iceland|Iraq|Peru|Zaire}} | returns = {{Hlist|Ceylon|Lebanon|Nicaragua|Panama|Trinidad and Tobago}} | before = [[Miss Universe 1972|1972]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1974|1974]] |caption=Margarita Moran }}
'''Miss Universe 1973''' was the 22nd [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Odeon of Herodes Atticus]] in [[Athens]], Greece, on 21 July 1973. This was the first Miss Universe event to be held in [[Europe]].
At the conclusion of the event, [[Kerry Anne Wells]] of Australia crowned [[Margarita Moran]] of the Philippines as Miss Universe 1973. It is the second victory for the Philippines in the pageant's history.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Universe Title Won By Filipino Beauty Queen|publisher=Herald-Journal|date=July 22, 1973|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PJoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Qs0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3701,4202315&dq|access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref>
Contestants from sixty-one countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [[Bob Barker]] in his seventh consecutive year, while Helen O'Connell provided commentary and analysis throughout the event.
== Background == === Location and date === In February 1973, Puerto Rican government officials announced that they would be ending the $1 million contract to bring Miss Universe and Miss USA to the island until 1976.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=17 February 1973|title=Pageant may move to Latin America|language=en|pages=10|work=The Virgin Islands Daily News|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ErxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=260DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5963%2C4130653|access-date=12 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=6 August 1971|title=PR gets Miss Universe contest for five years|language=en|pages=1, 15|work=[[The Virgin Islands Daily News]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SyQwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pkQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2614%2C2960258|access-date=12 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> Officials said the agreement was illegal, and Miss Universe President Harold Glasser said it was only a technical-legal nature. According to Glasser, the real reason the agreement was terminated was because "pageants are victims of political infighting" and pageant sponsors have remained neutral in the debate over Puerto Rico's political status. The pro-statehood administration of Gov. Luis A. Ferre signed the contract to sponsor the pageants, but an anti-statehood administration led by Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon took office on January 2. Although the search for a venue for Miss Universe is still ongoing, the pageant will still push through on July 21, according to Glasser.<ref name=":1" />
On February 22, Miss Universe Inc. filed a $20 million USD damage suit against the government of Puerto Rico for canceling its contract to sponsor the competition for five years.<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 February 1973|title=Damage suit|language=en|pages=5|work=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110699534?searchTerm=%22Miss%20Universe%22|access-date=12 October 2025|via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=7 March 1973|title="Miss Universe" kost Pto. Rico meer dan half miljoen dollar|language=nl|pages=3|work=Amigoe di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010460356:mpeg21:p003|access-date=12 October 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref>
On May 10, the Miss Universe Inc. announced that the 22nd edition would be held in Athens from July 11 to July 21.<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 July 1973|title=Miss Universe Pageant From Athens Via Satellite|language=en|pages=24|work=St. Joseph News-Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOdbAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+Universe%22+%221973%22&pg=PA24&article_id=2112,2695618|access-date=12 October 2025|via=Google Books}}</ref> According to Glasser and Chrysanthos Demetriadis, president of the Greek National Tourist Organization, the competition will be broadcast in more than 30 countries.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 May 1973|title=Beauty quest|language=en|pages=14|work=Papua New Guinea Post-Courier|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/250742214?searchTerm=%22Miss%20Universe%22|access-date=12 October 2025|via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Wilson|first=Earl|date=7 May 1973|title=Doctor captivates Mamie|language=en|pages=42|work=Beaver County Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d7QiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d7MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=808%2C1903315|access-date=12 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
=== Selection of participants === Contestants from sixty-one countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant.
==== Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals ==== This edition saw the debut of Cyprus, and the returns of Ceylon, which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1970|1970]]; and Lebanon, Nicaragua, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1971|1971]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=20 July 1972 |title=Guards out as world beauties fly in |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19720720-1.2.55 |access-date=10 October 2025 |work=New Nation |pages=7 |language=en |via=National Library Board}}</ref>
Cyprianna Munnings of the Bahamas withdrew in order to join the celebration of her country's independence from the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FACE TO FACE: Patriotic, beautiful and proud to be Bahamian|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2023/jun/06/face-face-patriotic-beautiful-and-proud-be-bahamia/|website=Tribune 242|access-date=12 October 2025|language=en|date=6 June 2023|last=Darville|first=Felicity}}</ref> Katrin Gisladóttir of Iceland withdrew for health reasons.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 August 1973|title=Hví ekki Island ?|language=is|pages=2|work=Vísir|url=https://timarit.is/page/3249963?iabr=on|access-date=12 October 2025|via=[[Tímarit.is]]}}</ref> Mary Núñez of Peru was not allowed by her government to participate due to the weak diplomatic relations with the United States and Peru.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=12 November 2017|title=Miss Perú: las peruanas más bellas de las últimas décadas|url=https://elcomercio.pe/tvmas/farandula/miss-peru-peruanas-bellas-ultimas-decadas-noticia-473145-noticia/|access-date=12 October 2025|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref> Ecuador, Iraq, and Zaire withdrew from the competition after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
==Results== [[File:Miss Universe 1973 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1973 participating countries and territories.]]
=== Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1973 | * {{flagu|Philippines|1936}} – [[Margie Moran|Margarita Moran]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=22 July 1973 |title=Filipinas, Miss Universo; la colombiana, finalista |language=es |trans-title=Philippines, Miss Universe; the Colombian, finalist |pages=7 |work=El Tiempo |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OVI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=6WYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1882%2C4202245 |access-date=18 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Amanda Jones (Miss USA)|Amanda Jones]]<ref name=":0" /> |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Norway}} – Aina Walle<ref name=":0" /> |- | 3rd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Francoist Spain|1945|name=Spain}} – Rocío Martín<ref name=":0" /> |- | 4th Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Israel}} – [[Limor Shreibman-Sharir|Limor Shreibman]]<ref name=":0" /> |- | Top 12 | * {{flagu|Argentina}} – [[Susana Romero (actress)|Susana Romero]]<ref name=":0" /> * {{flagu|Brazil|1968}} – Sandra Ferreira<ref name=":0" /> * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Ana Agudelo<ref name=":0" /> * {{flagu|Greece|1970}} – Vana Papadaki<ref name=":0" /> * {{flagu|India}} – Farzana Habib<ref name=":0" /> * {{flagu|Japan|1870}} – Miyoko Sometani<ref name=":0" /> * {{flagu|Lebanon}} – Marcelle Herro<ref name=":0" /> |}
=== Special awards === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Award !! Contestant |- |Miss Photogenic | * {{flagu|Philippines|1936}} – [[Margie Moran|Margarita Moran]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 July 1973|title=Miss Philippines is Miss Photogenic|language=en|pages=8|work=New Nation|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/newnation19730716-1.1.8|access-date=12 October 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- |Miss Amity | * {{flagu|Chile}} – Wendy Robertson |- |Best National Costume | * {{flagu|Francoist Spain|1945|name=Spain}} – Rocío Martín<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 May 2021|title=Which Country Has Won the Most National Costume Titles at Miss Universe?|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/lifestyle/miss-universe-country-most-national-costume-titles-a00203-20210514|access-date=12 October 2025|website=Esquire|language=en}}</ref> |}
== Pageant ==
=== Format === Same with [[Miss Universe 1971|1971]], twelve semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. The twelve semi-finalists participated in the casual interview, swimsuit, and evening gown competitions. Because the Greek Archaeological Society did not allow the candidates to parade in their swimsuits at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, this edition's swimsuit competition was held outside the odeon.<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1973|title=Girls must cover up|language=en|pages=6|work=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110737432?searchTerm=%22Miss%20Universe%22|access-date=12 October 2025|via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=26 July 1973|title=Miss Philippines wins|language=en|pages=7A|work=The Bladen Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=br5DAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+Universe%22+%221973%22&pg=PA8&article_id=745,3886955|access-date=12 October 2025|via=Google Books}}</ref> From twelve, five finalists were shortlisted to advance to the final interview.<ref name=":22">{{Cite news|date=22 July 1973|title=Miss Universe from Philippines; US entrant takes second place|language=en|pages=1; 10A|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1k0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wmYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3106%2C2018152|access-date=12 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
=== Selection committee ===
* [[Jean-Pierre Aumont]] – French actor<ref name=":03">{{Cite news|date=4 August 1973|title=Miss Bermuda finds Greece exotic|language=en|pages=3|work=The Bermuda Recorder|url=https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15212coll1/id/375/rec/1|access-date=12 October 2025|via=Bermuda National Library}}</ref> * [[Horst Buchholz]] – German actor<ref name=":03" /> * [[El Cordobés]] – Spanish bullfighter<ref name=":03" /> * [[Walt Frazier]] – American basketball player<ref name=":03" /> * [[Apasra Hongsakula]] – [[Miss Universe 1965]] from Thailand<ref name=":03" /> * Herakles Mathiopoulos – Chairman of the chamber of hotels in Greece<ref name=":03" /> * [[Hanae Mori]] – Japanese fashion designer<ref name=":03" /> * [[Lynn Redgrave]] – British-American actress<ref name=":03" /> * [[Ginger Rogers]] – American actress and singer<ref name=":03" /> * Edilson Cid Varela – Brazilian journalist<ref name=":03" /> * [[Earl Wilson (columnist)|Earl Wilson]] – American columnist and journalist<ref name=":03" />
==Contestants== Sixty-one contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" |- ! Country/Territory !! Contestant !! Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}} !! Hometown |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Miss Argentina|Argentina]]|| [[Susana Romero (actress)|Susana Romero]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alegre |first=Alvaro |date=13 February 2022 |title=Que es de la vida de Susana Romero: fue una súper estrella en los años '80 y ahora se dedica a la protección animal pero lejos de los medios |trans-title=What is the life of Susana Romero: she was a superstar in the '80s and now she is dedicated to animal protection but away from the media |url=https://www.gente.com.ar/actualidad/que-es-de-la-vida-de-susana-romero-fue-una-super-estrella-en-los-anos-80-y-ahora-se-dedica-a-la-proteccion-animal-pero-lejos-de-los-medios/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Gente Online |language=es}}</ref> |20|| [[Buenos Aires]] |- | {{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles|1959}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]]|| Ethline Oduber<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 June 1973|title=Election of Miss Aruba 1973 held in Holiday Inn June 2|language=en, pap|pages=1; 4–5|work=Aruba Esso News|url=https://ufdc.ufl.edu/ca03400001/00241|access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> |18|| [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] |- | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Miss Australia|Australia]]|| Susan Mainwaring<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 July 1973 |title=Beauty and the best |pages=5 |work=The Age |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZuFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ypADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6211%2C5447044 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |22|| [[Brisbane]] |- | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]]|| Roswitha Kobald<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grabenhofer |first=Anneliese |date=4 December 2021 |title=Nachruf Herwig Heran: Ein großartiger Journalist, der fehlen wird |trans-title=Obituary Herwig Heran: A great journalist who will be missed |url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/weiz/c-lokales/nachruf-herwig-heran-ein-grossartiger-journalist-der-fehlen-wird_a5045932 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=MeinBezirk.at |language=de}}</ref> |18|| [[Styria]] |- | {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]|| Christiane Devisch<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 January 2010|title=Erelijst Miss België|url=https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/|access-date=11 October 2025|website=De Morgen|language=nl-NL}}</ref> |20|| [[Antwerp]] |- | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} [[Miss Bermuda|Bermuda]]|| Judy Richards<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 June 1973|title=Miss Bermuda– Living in a whirl of excitement|language=en|pages=1–3|work=The Bermuda Recorder|url=https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15212coll1/id/276/rec/48|access-date=11 October 2025|via=Bermuda National Library}}</ref> |19|| [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]] |- | {{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]]|| Roxana Sittic<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 June 2018|title=Roxana, talento que trasciende|url=https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/roxana-talento-que-trasciende_38614|access-date=11 October 2025|website=El Deber|language=es-ES|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209063505/https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/roxana-talento-que-trasciende_38614|url-status=dead}}</ref> |18|| [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] |- | {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Miss Brazil|Brazil]]|| Sandra Ferreira<ref>{{Cite web|last=Garcia|first=Manuel|date=16 July 2020|title=#TBT: A história do concurso Miss Sorocaba|url=https://www.jornalcruzeiro.com.br/presenca/tbt-a-historia-do-concurso-miss-sorocaba/index.html|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Cruzeiro do Sul|language=pt-br}}</ref> | 21|| [[São Paulo]] |- | {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Miss Dominion of Canada|Canada]]|| Deborah Ducharme<ref name=":32">{{Cite news|date=26 July 1973|title=The Universe|language=en|pages=37|work=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkMDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Deborah+Ducharme+miss+canada&pg=PA37|access-date=11 October 2025}}</ref> | 20|| [[Ontario]] |- | {{flag|Chile}}|| Jeanette Robertson<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 1973 |title=Atenas |language=es |pages=1 |work=El Tiempo |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NVI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=6WYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4563%2C3408577 |access-date=11 October 2025 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 18|| [[Santiago]] |- | {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]]|| Ana Agudelo<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 1996 |title=Carolina, as de Cali en Buenaventura |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-451267 |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=El Tiempo |language=es}}</ref> | 20|| [[Valle del Cauca]] |- | {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Miss Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]|| Rosario Mora<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 June 1973 |title=Rossy Mora Badilla fue electa anoche miss Costa Rica |language=es |trans-title=Rossy Mora Badilla was elected Miss Costa Rica last night |pages=4 |work=La Nacion |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qQgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vs8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5508%2C1264421 |access-date=11 October 2025 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 18|| [[Alajuela]] |- | {{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles}} [[Miss Curaçao|Curaçao]]|| Ingerborg Zielinski<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 March 2003 |title=Getting to know Curacao |url=https://www.deseret.com/2003/3/10/19708941/getting-to-know-curacao |access-date=11 October 2025 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref> | 18|| [[Willemstad]] |- | {{flagicon|Cyprus|variant=1960}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]]|| Johanna Melaniodos<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 July 1973 |title=Beauties not bothered by politics |language=en |pages=1A |work=St. Joseph News-Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vedbAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+Cyprus%22+%221973%22&pg=PA4&article_id=742,2791140 |access-date=11 October 2025 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> | 18|| [[Nicosia]] |- | {{flag|Denmark}}|| Anette Grankvist<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 June 1973 |title=Shipmates |language=en |pages=8 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V39IAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Anette+Grankvist%22&pg=PA5&article_id=6015,1854095 |access-date=11 October 2025 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> | 20|| [[Copenhagen]] |- | {{flag|Dominican Republic}}|| Liliana Fernández | 18|| [[Salcedo, Dominican Republic|Salcedo]] |- | {{flag|El Salvador}} || Gloria Ivette Romero<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 February 2021|title=Ellas son las salvadoreñas que han destacado en los concursos de Miss Universo|url=https://historico.elsalvador.com/historico/803163/salvadorenas-descatacadas-miss-universo.html|access-date=11 October 2025|website=El Diario de Hoy|language=es}}</ref> | –|| [[San Salvador]] |- | {{flag|England}} || [[Veronica Ann Cross]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Foster|first=Paul|date=21 November 1973|title=60 gorgeous girls|language=en|pages=8|work=Evening Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nR8-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bUoMAAAAIBAJ&dq=veronica-ann-cross&pg=6457%2C4536750|access-date=11 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 23|| [[London]] |- | {{flag|Finland}} || Raija Stark<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 January 2007|title=Miss Suomi -historiikki|url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/miss-suomi-historiikki/2828358|access-date=11 October 2025|website=MTV3|language=fi}}</ref> | 20|| [[Helsinki]] |- | {{flag|France}} || Isabelle Krumacker<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marsac|first=Manuela|date=29 November 2021|title=Troisfontaines : les confidences d'Isabelle Krumacker, première Miss Lorraine élue Miss France en 1973, sur l'élection|url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/societe/2021/11/29/troisfontaines-les-confidences-d-isabelle-krumacker-miss-france-1973-sur-l-election|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Le Républicain Lorrain|language=FR-fr}}</ref> | 18|| [[Lorraine]] |- | {{flag|Greece|1970}} || Vana Papadaki<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lo|first=Ricky|date=22 August 2009|title=The second Pinay Miss U|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2009/08/22/497989/second-pinay-miss-u|access-date=11 October 2025|website=[[Philippine Star]]|language=en}}</ref> | 19|| [[Athens]] |- | {{flag|Guam}} || Beatrice Benito | 18|| [[Hagåtña, Guam|Agana]] |- | {{flag|Holland}} || Monique Borgeld<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 March 1973|title=Miss-parade op het scherm|language=nl|pages=11|work=Algemeen Dagblad|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:002894006:mpeg21:p00011|access-date=14 November 2023|via=Delpher}}</ref> | 23|| [[Amsterdam]] |- | {{flag|Honduras|1949}} || Nelly Suyapa González<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 June 1973|title=Elegida "Miss Honduras"|language=es|trans-title=Chosen "Miss Honduras"|pages=26|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qQgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vs8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2635%2C1378183|access-date=11 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 17|| [[El Paraíso, El Paraíso|El Paraíso]] |- | {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} || Elaine Sung<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 June 2000|title=The interview|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/318713/interview|access-date=11 October 2025|website=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en}}</ref> | 18|| Hong Kong |- | {{flag|India}} || Farzana Habib<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 March 2013|title=50 years of Miss India: Winners through the years|url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/beauty-pageants/miss-india/50-years-of-miss-india-winners-through-the-years/winners-through-the-years/articleshow/19188085.cms|access-date=11 October 2025|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> | 18|| [[New Delhi]] |- | {{flag|Ireland}} || Pauline Fitzsimons | 20|| [[Dublin]] |- | {{flag|Israel}} || [[Limor Shreibman-Sharir|Limor Shreibman]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 July 1973|title=Miss Israel is fourth|language=en|pages=1|work=The Australian Jewish Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/263119338?searchTerm=%22Miss%20Universe%22|access-date=11 October 2025|via=Trove}}</ref> | 19|| [[Tel Aviv]] |- | {{flag|Italy}} || Antonella Barci<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 September 1972|title=Le due elette|language=it|pages=7|work=Stampa Sera|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,7/articleid,0145_02_1972_0193_0007_4908321/|access-date=11 October 2025|via=La Stampa}}</ref> | 18|| [[Milan]] |- | {{flag|Jamaica}} || Reta Faye Chambers<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 April 2016|title=Photo Flashback|language=en|work=The Gleaner|url=https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/jamaica-gleaner/20160411/282617441907326|access-date=11 October 2025|via=PressReader}}</ref> | 20|| [[Saint James Parish, Jamaica|Saint James]] |- | {{flag|Japan|1870}} || Miyoko Sometani | 22|| [[Ibaraki, Ibaraki|Ibaraki]] |- | {{flag|Lebanon}} || Marcelle Herro<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ghaleb|first=Chloe|date=14 July 2020|title=Miss Lebanon Throughout History In Pictures|url=https://www.the961.com/miss-lebanon-history-in-pictures/|access-date=11 October 2025|website=961|language=en-US}}</ref> | 21|| [[Beirut]] |- | {{flag|Luxembourg}} || Lydia Maes | 18|| [[Esch-sur-Alzette]] |- | {{flag|Malaysia}} || Margaret Loo<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 July 1973|title=Miss Malaysia returns–downcast|language=en|pages=10|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19730726-1.2.27|access-date=14 November 2023|via=National Library Board}}</ref> | 19|| [[Cheras]] |- | {{flag|Malta}} || Marthese Vigar | 20|| [[Msida]] |- | {{flag|Mexico}} || Rossana Villares<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rodríguez|first=Yazmín|date=27 August 2015|title=Detienen a Miss México 1973 por evasión fiscal|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2015/08/27/detienen-miss-mexico-1973-por-evasion-fiscal/amp|access-date=14 November 2023|website=El Universal|language=es|archive-date=12 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212153312/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2015/08/27/detienen-miss-mexico-1973-por-evasion-fiscal/amp|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 18|| [[Yucatán]] |- | {{flag|New Zealand}} || Pamela King<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=22 July 1973|title=Miss Universe from Philippines; US entrant takes second place|language=en|pages=1; 10A|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1k0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wmYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3106%2C2018152|access-date=11 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 20|| [[Auckland]] |- | {{flag|Nicaragua}} || Ana Cecilia Saravia<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 July 1973|title=Untitled|language=es|pages=13A|work=El Tiempo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LVI0AAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+Nicaragua%22+%221973%22&pg=PA7&article_id=6286,1898304|access-date=11 October 2025|via=Google Books}}</ref> | 18|| [[León, Nicaragua|Leon]] |- | {{flag|Norway}} || Aina Walle<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 May 2021|title=Miss Universe-deltaker fra Vennesla røk ut før semifinalen|url=https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/M3KMoR/ingen-suksess-for-norsk-miss-universe-deltaker|access-date=14 November 2023|website=[[Fædrelandsvennen]]|language=no}}</ref> | 20|| [[Oslo]] |- | {{flag|Panama}} || Jeanine Lizuaín<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 1973 |title=Pigeon pal |pages=15A |work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V-VVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5403%2C4101136 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 26|| [[Panama City]] |- | {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} || Teresita María Cano<ref>{{Cite web|last=Coronel|first=Raul|date=15 October 2021|title=Te presentamos a todas nuestras representantes en Miss Universe|url=http://www.epa.com.py/2021/10/15/te-presentamos-a-todas-nuestras-representantes-en-miss-universe/|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Epa!|language=es|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203234725/http://www.epa.com.py/2021/10/15/te-presentamos-a-todas-nuestras-representantes-en-miss-universe/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 20|| [[Concepción, Paraguay|Concepción]] |- | {{flag|Philippines|1936}} || [[Margie Moran|Margarita Moran]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tayag |first=Voltaire |date=6 June 2019 |title=The Binibining Pilipinas legacy through the years |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/232209-legacy-through-the-decades/ |access-date=9 November 2023 |website=[[Rappler]] |language=en-US}}</ref> | 19|| [[Manila]] |- | {{flag|Portugal}} || Carla Barros<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 April 2010|title=As Misses não têm idade|url=https://www.publico.pt/2010/04/10/jornal/as-misses-nao-tem-idade-19147629|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Público|language=pt}}</ref> | 20|| [[Lisbon]] |- | {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}} || Gladys Colón | 18|| [[Orocovis]] |- | {{flag|Scotland}} || Caroline Meade<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 April 2012|title=Maureen Lipman ditches her 'dirty, rotten rat' lover over his|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/maureen-lipman-ditches-her-dirty-rotten-rat-lover-over-his-inappropriate-behavour-7296423.html|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Evening Standard|language=en}}</ref> | 18|| [[Glasgow]] |- | {{flag|Singapore}} || Debra de Souza<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 June 1973|title=Radiant Debra crowned Miss Singapore|language=en|pages=5|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19730610-1.2.21|access-date=11 October 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> | 19|| [[Singapore]] |- | {{flag|South Korea|1948}} || Young-joo Kim | 18|| [[Seoul]] |- | {{flag|Francoist Spain|1945|name=Spain}} || Rocío Martín<ref>{{Cite web|last=Manzano|first=Aurelio|date=10 September 2014|title=El tenso divorcio entre la ex Miss España Rocío Martín y el contertulio de laSexta|url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/noticias/2014-09-10/el-tenso-divorcio-entre-la-ex-miss-espana-rocio-martin-y-el-contertulio-de-lasexta-javier-aroca_189284/|access-date=14 November 2023|website=El Confidencial|language=es}}</ref> | 19|| [[Seville]] |- |{{flagdeco|CEY}} [[Miss Universe Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] |Shiranthi Wickremesinghe<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shauketaly|first=Faraz|date=6 October 2018|title=Shiranthi Rajapaksa the next president of Sri Lanka in 2020?|url=https://www.independent.lk/shiranthi-rajapaksa-next-president-sri-lanka-2020/|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Ceylon Independent|language=en-GB}}</ref> |20 |[[Badulla]] |- | {{flag|Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)|name=Suriname}}|| Yvonne Ma Ajong<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 June 1973|title=Miss Suriname|language=nl|pages=3|work=Amigoe di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010461288:mpeg21:p003|access-date=11 October 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> | 18|| [[Paramaribo]] |- | {{flag|Sweden}} || Monica Sundin<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1973|title=Athene|language=nl|pages=7|work=Leeuwarder Courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010619384:mpeg21:p007|access-date=11 October 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> | 20|| [[Stockholm]] |- | {{flag|Switzerland}} || Barbara Schöttli<ref>{{Cite web|last=Denzel|first=Ralph|date=14 March 2018|title=Warum Schaffhausen Stephen Hawking niemals gefallen hätte|url=https://www.shn.ch/region/kanton/2018-03-14/warum-schaffhausen-stephen-hawking-niemals-gefallen-haette|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Schaffhauser Nachrichten|language=de}}</ref> | 19|| [[Zürich]] |- | {{flagdeco|THA}} [[Miss Thailand|Thailand]] || {{sortname|Kanok-orn|Phowma|Kanok-orn Bunma}} || 20 || [[Chachoengsao province|Chachoengsao]] |- | {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || Camella King<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|date=21 July 1973|title=61 beauties in final acts of queen race|language=en|pages=3|work=Gettysburg Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DFYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rfIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=919%2C3360107|access-date=11 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 25|| [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]] |- | {{flag|Turkey}} || Yildiz Arhan<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 November 2012|title=Eski Türkiye güzeli Arhan Mavitan soyuldu|url=https://www.ensonhaber.com/magazin/eski-turkiye-guzeli-arhan-mavitan-soyuldu-2012-11-02|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Ensonhaber|language=tr}}</ref> | –|| [[Istanbul]] |- | {{flag|United States}} || [[Amanda Jones (Miss USA)|Amanda Jones]]<ref name="Nonpareil">{{cite news |date=May 20, 1973 |title=Illinois Beauty Is Miss USA |page=1 |work=[[The Daily Nonpareil]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/960773384/ |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref> | 22|| [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]] |- | {{flag|United States Virgin Islands}} || Cindy Richards<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 April 1973|title=Miss Virgin Islands of 1973|language=en|pages=1|work=The Virgin Islands Daily News|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6a8wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x0QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2794%2C3084941|access-date=11 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 19|| [[Saint Croix]] |- | {{flag|Uruguay}} || Yolanda Ferrari<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 June 1973|title=Yolanda Ferrari, "Miss Uruguay"|language=es|pages=22|work=La Nacion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qQgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vs8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4855%2C1354848|access-date=11 October 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 21|| [[Montevideo]] |- | {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} || Desirée Rolando<ref>{{Cite web|last=Garcés|first=Ever|date=16 November 2022|title=Miss Venezuela: Ni tan niñas, ni tan venezolanas…|url=https://diariodelosandes.com/miss-venezuela-ni-tan-ninas-ni-tan-venezolanas/|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Diario de Los Andes|language=es}}</ref> | 18|| [[Carabobo]] |- | {{flag|Wales}} || Deirdre Greenland<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 1973 |title=Untitled |pages=1 |work=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QeI9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VkgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2564%2C3340905 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> | 23|| [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] |- | {{flag|West Germany}} || [[Dagmar Wöhrl|Dagmar Winkler]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 September 2017|title=Dagmar Wöhrl: Ihr Weg von der Misswahl ins Parlament|url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/dagmar-wohrl-ihr-weg-von-der-misswahl-ins-parlament-1.2907953|access-date=11 October 2025|website=Nürnberger Nachrichten|language=de}}</ref> | 18|| [[Bavaria]] |}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.missuniverse.com/ Miss Universe official website] {{Miss Universe}} {{Miss Universe 1973 delegates}}
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