# Miss Universe 1973

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22nd Miss Universe pageant

Miss Universe 1973 Margarita Moran Date 21 July 1973[a] Presenters Bob Barker Venue Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, Greece Broadcaster CBS (international) EIRT (official broadcaster) Entrants 61 Placements 12 Debuts Cyprus Withdrawals Bahamas Ecuador Iceland Iraq Peru Zaire Returns Ceylon Lebanon Nicaragua Panama Trinidad and Tobago Winner Margarita Moran Philippines Congeniality Jeanette Robertson (Chile) Best National Costume Rocío Martín (Spain) Photogenic Margarita Moran (Philippines) ← 1972 1974 →

**Miss Universe 1973** was the 22nd [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, held at the [Odeon of Herodes Atticus](/source/Odeon_of_Herodes_Atticus) in [Athens](/source/Athens), Greece, on 21 July 1973. This was the first Miss Universe event to be held in [Europe](/source/Europe).

At the conclusion of the event, [Kerry Anne Wells](/source/Kerry_Anne_Wells) of Australia crowned [Margarita Moran](/source/Margarita_Moran) of the Philippines as Miss Universe 1973. It is the second victory for the Philippines in the pageant's history.[1]

Contestants from sixty-one countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [Bob Barker](/source/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.[2][3] 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.[2]

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.[4][5]

On May 10, the Miss Universe Inc. announced that the 22nd edition would be held in Athens from July 11 to July 21.[6] According to Glasser and Chrysanthos Demetriadis, president of the Greek National Tourist Organization, the competition will be broadcast in more than 30 countries.[7][8]

### 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 [1970](/source/Miss_Universe_1970); and Lebanon, Nicaragua, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago which last competed in [1971](/source/Miss_Universe_1971).[9]

Cyprianna Munnings of the Bahamas withdrew in order to join the celebration of her country's independence from the United Kingdom.[10] Katrin Gisladóttir of Iceland withdrew for health reasons.[11] Mary Núñez of Peru was not allowed by her government to participate due to the weak diplomatic relations with the United States and Peru.[12] Ecuador, Iraq, and Zaire withdrew from the competition after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

## Results

Miss Universe 1973 participating countries and territories.

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1973 Philippines – Margarita Moran[13] 1st Runner-Up United States – Amanda Jones[13] 2nd Runner-Up Norway – Aina Walle[13] 3rd Runner-Up Spain – Rocío Martín[13] 4th Runner-Up Israel – Limor Shreibman[13] Top 12 Argentina – Susana Romero[13] Brazil – Sandra Ferreira[13] Colombia – Ana Agudelo[13] Greece – Vana Papadaki[13] India – Farzana Habib[13] Japan – Miyoko Sometani[13] Lebanon – Marcelle Herro[13]

### Special awards

Award Contestant Miss Photogenic Philippines – Margarita Moran[14] Miss Amity Chile – Wendy Robertson Best National Costume Spain – Rocío Martín[15]

## Pageant

### Format

Same with [1971](/source/Miss_Universe_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.[16][17] From twelve, five finalists were shortlisted to advance to the final interview.[18]

### Selection committee

- [Jean-Pierre Aumont](/source/Jean-Pierre_Aumont) – French actor[19]

- [Horst Buchholz](/source/Horst_Buchholz) – German actor[19]

- [El Cordobés](/source/El_Cordob%C3%A9s) – Spanish bullfighter[19]

- [Walt Frazier](/source/Walt_Frazier) – American basketball player[19]

- [Apasra Hongsakula](/source/Apasra_Hongsakula) – [Miss Universe 1965](/source/Miss_Universe_1965) from Thailand[19]

- Herakles Mathiopoulos – Chairman of the chamber of hotels in Greece[19]

- [Hanae Mori](/source/Hanae_Mori) – Japanese fashion designer[19]

- [Lynn Redgrave](/source/Lynn_Redgrave) – British-American actress[19]

- [Ginger Rogers](/source/Ginger_Rogers) – American actress and singer[19]

- Edilson Cid Varela – Brazilian journalist[19]

- [Earl Wilson](/source/Earl_Wilson_(columnist)) – American columnist and journalist[19]

## Contestants

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[b] Hometown Argentina Susana Romero[20] 20 Buenos Aires Aruba Ethline Oduber[21] 18 Oranjestad Australia Susan Mainwaring[22] 22 Brisbane Austria Roswitha Kobald[23] 18 Styria Belgium Christiane Devisch[24] 20 Antwerp Bermuda Judy Richards[25] 19 Hamilton Bolivia Roxana Sittic[26] 18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Brazil Sandra Ferreira[27] 21 São Paulo Canada Deborah Ducharme[28] 20 Ontario Chile Jeanette Robertson[29] 18 Santiago Colombia Ana Agudelo[30] 20 Valle del Cauca Costa Rica Rosario Mora[31] 18 Alajuela Curaçao Ingerborg Zielinski[32] 18 Willemstad Cyprus Johanna Melaniodos[33] 18 Nicosia Denmark Anette Grankvist[34] 20 Copenhagen Dominican Republic Liliana Fernández 18 Salcedo El Salvador Gloria Ivette Romero[35] – San Salvador England Veronica Ann Cross[36] 23 London Finland Raija Stark[37] 20 Helsinki France Isabelle Krumacker[38] 18 Lorraine Greece Vana Papadaki[39] 19 Athens Guam Beatrice Benito 18 Agana Holland Monique Borgeld[40] 23 Amsterdam Honduras Nelly Suyapa González[41] 17 El Paraíso Hong Kong Elaine Sung[42] 18 Hong Kong India Farzana Habib[43] 18 New Delhi Ireland Pauline Fitzsimons 20 Dublin Israel Limor Shreibman[44] 19 Tel Aviv Italy Antonella Barci[45] 18 Milan Jamaica Reta Faye Chambers[46] 20 Saint James Japan Miyoko Sometani 22 Ibaraki Lebanon Marcelle Herro[47] 21 Beirut Luxembourg Lydia Maes 18 Esch-sur-Alzette Malaysia Margaret Loo[48] 19 Cheras Malta Marthese Vigar 20 Msida Mexico Rossana Villares[49] 18 Yucatán New Zealand Pamela King[50] 20 Auckland Nicaragua Ana Cecilia Saravia[51] 18 Leon Norway Aina Walle[52] 20 Oslo Panama Jeanine Lizuaín[53] 26 Panama City Paraguay Teresita María Cano[54] 20 Concepción Philippines Margarita Moran[55] 19 Manila Portugal Carla Barros[56] 20 Lisbon Puerto Rico Gladys Colón 18 Orocovis Scotland Caroline Meade[57] 18 Glasgow Singapore Debra de Souza[58] 19 Singapore South Korea Young-joo Kim 18 Seoul Spain Rocío Martín[59] 19 Seville Sri Lanka Shiranthi Wickremesinghe[60] 20 Badulla Suriname Yvonne Ma Ajong[61] 18 Paramaribo Sweden Monica Sundin[62] 20 Stockholm Switzerland Barbara Schöttli[63] 19 Zürich Thailand Kanok-orn Phowma 20 Chachoengsao Trinidad and Tobago Camella King[64] 25 San Fernando Turkey Yildiz Arhan[65] – Istanbul United States Amanda Jones[66] 22 Evanston United States Virgin Islands Cindy Richards[67] 19 Saint Croix Uruguay Yolanda Ferrari[68] 21 Montevideo Venezuela Desirée Rolando[69] 18 Carabobo Wales Deirdre Greenland[70] 23 Newport West Germany Dagmar Winkler[71] 18 Bavaria

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** The event was televised live at 08:00 pm local time ([UTC+02:00](/source/UTC%2B02%3A00)) in various broadcasters around the world. For the United States, it was tape delayed to make way for the primetime broadcast.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** Ages at the time of the pageant

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## External links

- [Miss Universe official website](http://www.missuniverse.com/)

v t e Miss Universe 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Scorings

v t e Miss Universe 1973 national titleholders ARG: Susana Romero ENG: Veronica Ann Cross GER: Dagmar Winkler ISR: Limor Schreibman PHI: Margarita Moran (winner) THA: Kanok-orn Bunma USA: Amanda Jones

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