# Miss World 1973 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1973 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1973.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1973 > Source revision: 1352275401 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Beauty pageant edition 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 "Marji" Wallace United States (dethroned)[1][2][3] ← 1972 1974 → **Miss World 1973** was the 23rd edition of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, held on 23 November 1973 at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall) in [London](/source/London), United Kingdom. 54 delegates vied for the crown won by [Marjorie "Marji" Wallace](/source/Marjorie_Wallace) of [United States](/source/United_States).[1] She was crowned by [Belinda Green](/source/Belinda_Green) of [Australia](/source/Australia). Wallace won £7,200 in prize money for the first-place result.[4][5] ## Background 104 days after her reign, 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](/source/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] [Patricia "Patsy" Yuen](/source/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](/source/Miss_World_1968), Colombia and Lebanon last competed in [1970](/source/Miss_World_1970) and Cyprus, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sri Lanka (as Ceylon) last competed in [1971](/source/Miss_World_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] 1st runner-up Philippines – Evangeline Pascual[7] 2nd runner-up Jamaica – Patsy Yuen[7] 3rd runner-up Israel – Chaja Katzir[7] 4th runner-up South Africa – Shelley Latham[7] Top 7 Dominican Republic – Clariza Duarte 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 "Pam" King Seychelles – June Gouthier South Africa[a] – Ellen Peters ## Contestants - **[Argentina](/source/Argentina)** – Beatriz Callejón - **[Aruba](/source/Netherlands_Antilles)** – Edwina Diaz - **[Australia](/source/Australia)** – Virginia Radinas - **[Austria](/source/Austria)** – Roswitha Kobald - **[Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas)** – Deborah Louise Isaacs - **[Belgium](/source/Belgium)** – Christine Devisch - **[Bermuda](/source/Bermuda)** – Judy Joy Richards - **[Botswana](/source/Botswana)** – Priscilla Molefe - **[Brazil](/source/Brazil)** – Florence Gambogi Alvarenga - **[Canada](/source/Canada)** – Deborah Anne Ducharme - **[Colombia](/source/Colombia)** – Elsa María Springstube Ramírez - **[Cyprus](/source/Cyprus)** – Demetra Heraklidou - **[Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)** – Clariza Duarte Garrido - **[Finland](/source/Finland)** – Seija Mäkinen - **[France](/source/France)** – Isabelle Nadia Krumacker - **[Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar)** – Josephine Rodríguez - **[Greece](/source/Greece)** – Katerina Papadimitriou - **[Guam](/source/Guam)** – Shirley Ann Brennan - **[Holland](/source/Netherlands)** – [Anna Maria Groot](/source/Anna_Maria_Groot) - **[Honduras](/source/Honduras)** – Belinda Handal - **[Hong Kong](/source/British_Hong_Kong)** – Judy Yung Chu-Dic - **[Iceland](/source/Iceland)** – Nína Breiðfjörd - **[Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)** – Yvonne Costelloe - **[Israel](/source/Israel)** – Chaja Katzir - **[Italy](/source/Italy)** – Marva Bartolucci - **[Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)** – [Patricia "Patsy" Yuen](/source/Patsy_Yuen) - **[Japan](/source/Japan)** – Keiko Matsunaga - **[Lebanon](/source/Lebanon)** – Sylva Ohannessian - **[Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg)** – Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri - **[Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)** – Narimah Mohd Yusoff - **[Malta](/source/Malta)** – Carmen Farrugia - **[Mauritius](/source/Mauritius)** – Daisy Ombrasine - **[Mexico](/source/Mexico)** – Roxana Villares Moreno - **[New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)** – Pamela "Pam" King[9] - **[Norway](/source/Norway)** – Wenche Steen - **[Peru](/source/Peru)** – Mary Núñez - **[Philippines](/source/Philippines)** – [Evangeline Pascual](/source/Evangeline_Pascual)[10] - **[Portugal](/source/Portugal)** – Maria Helene Pereira Martins - **[Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)** – Milagros García - **[Seychelles](/source/Seychelles)** – June Gouthier - **[Singapore](/source/Singapore)** – Debra Josephine de Souza - **[South Africa](/source/South_Africa)**[b] – Ellen Peters - **[South Africa](/source/South_Africa)** – Shelley Latham - **[South Korea](/source/South_Korea)**[c] – An Soon-young - **[Spain](/source/Spain)** – Mariona Russell - **[Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)** – Shiranthi Wickremesinghe - **[Sweden](/source/Sweden)** – Mercy Nilsson - **[Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)** – Magda Lepori - **[Thailand](/source/Thailand)** – Pornpit Sakornvijit - **[Turkey](/source/Turkey)** – Beyhan Kıral[11] - **[United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)** – [Veronica Ann Cross](/source/Veronica_Ann_Cross) - **[United States](/source/United_States)** – **[Marjorie "Marji" Wallace](/source/Marjorie_Wallace)**[1][7][3] - **[Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)** – Edicta de los Ángeles García Oporto - **[Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia)** – Atina Golubova ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Black representative from South Africa competed as Miss Africa South in the pageant 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Competed as Africa South in the pageant 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** 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".[12] 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. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Pelling_2015_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Pelling_2015_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Pelling_2015_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Pelling_2015_1-3) Pelling, Rowan (13 July 2015). ["What's so wrong about being a beauty queen?"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11735998/Whats-so-wrong-about-being-a-beauty-queen.html). *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)*. Retrieved 23 January 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-google.com_2-0)** ["*The Southeast Missourian*"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=20070121&id=AuopAAAAIBAJ&pg=6168,2437055&hl=en). Retrieved 26 January 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-1) [*The Pittsburgh Press*](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19741127&id=rlQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wVYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7240,5989735&hl=en) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["*Daytona Beach Morning Journal*"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19731124&id=b-MpAAAAIBAJ&pg=2095,3142415&hl=en). Retrieved 26 January 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["First Yank Chosen Miss World"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NYFhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nVQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3091%2C2935960). *[The Pittsburgh Press](/source/The_Pittsburgh_Press)*. 24 November 1973. p. 1. 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Retrieved 23 January 2016. v t e Miss World Editions 1950s 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Related Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Beauty with a Purpose v t e Miss World 1973 national titleholders Anna Maria Groot Patsy Yuen Evangeline Pascual Marjorie Wallace --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss World 1973](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1973) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1973?action=history)). 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