Miss Universe 1973

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Miss Universe 1973
Margie Moran Miss Universe 2016.jpg
Margarita Moran, Miss Universe 1973
Date21 July 1973 [lower-alpha 1]
Presenters Bob Barker
Venue Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, Greece
Broadcaster CBS (international)
EIRT (official broadcaster)
Entrants61
Placements12
Debuts Cyprus
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner Margarita Moran
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
CongenialityJeanette Robertson
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Best National CostumeMaría del Rocío Martín
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Photogenic Margarita Moran
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
←  1972
1974  →

Miss Universe 1973 was the 22nd Miss Universe pageant, held on 21 July 1973 at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, Greece. Margarita Moran of the Philippines was crowned by Kerry Anne Wells of Australia at the end of the event, thus making her the second Filipino to win the title after Gloria Diaz. [1]

Contents

There were 61 delegates from around the world who competed for the 1973 title. This was the first Miss Universe event to be held in Europe, as well as in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1973
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 12

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Amity
  • Flag of Chile.svg  Chile – Jeanette Robertson
Miss Photogenic
Best National Costume
  • Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain – María Martín

Contestants

Miss Universe 1973 participating countries and territories. Miss Universe 1973 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 1973 participating countries and territories.

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [lower-alpha 2] Hometown
Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg  Argentina Susana Romero [3] 20 Buenos Aires
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Aruba Ethline Oduber [4] 18 Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Susan Mainwaring [5] 22 Brisbane
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Roswitha Kobald [6] 18 Styria
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Christiane Devisch20 Antwerp
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Judy Richards19 Hamilton
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Roxana Sittic Harb18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Sandra Mara Ferreira21 São Paulo
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Deborah Ducharme20 Ontario
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Ceylon Shiranthi Wickremesinghe 20 Badulla
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Jeanette Robertson18 Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Ana Lucía Agudelo [7] 20 Valle del Cauca
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica María del Rosario Mora18 Alajuela
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Curaçao Ingerborg Zielinski18 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Johanna Melaniodos– Nicosia
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Anette Grankvist20 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Liliana Fernández18 Salcedo
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Gloria Ivete Romero– San Salvador
Flag of England.svg  England Veronica Ann Cross 23 London
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Raija Stark20 Helsinki
Flag of France.svg  France Isabelle Krumacker18 Lorraine
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dagmar Winkler 18 Bavaria
Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece Sikta Vana Papadaki19 Athens
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Beatrice Benito– Agana
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Monique Borgeld [8] 23 Amsterdam
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Nelly Suyapa González– El Paraíso
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Elaine Sung18 Hong Kong
Flag of India.svg  India Farzana Habib18 New Delhi
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Pauline Fitzsimons20 Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Limor Schreibman 19 Tel Aviv
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Antonella Barci18 Milan
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Reta Faye Chambers20 Saint James
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Miyoko Sometani22 Ibaraki
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Marcelle Herro21 Beirut
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Lydia Maes– Esch-sur-Alzette
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Margaret Loo [9] 19 Cheras
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Marthese Vigar– Msida
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Rossana Villares [10] 18 Yucatán
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Pamela King20 Auckland
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Ana Cecilia Saravia18 Leon
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Aina Walle [11] 20 Oslo
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Jeanine Lizuaín [12] – Panama City
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay Teresita María Cano20 Concepción
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Margarita Moran [13] 19 Manila
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Carla Barros– Lisbon
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico Gladys Colón19 Orocovis
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Caroline Meade18 Glasgow
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Debra de Souza19 Singapore
Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea Kim Young-joo– Seoul
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain María del Rocío Martín [14] 19 Seville
Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg  Suriname Yvonne Ma Ajong18 Paramaribo
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Monica Sundin20 Stockholm
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Barbara Schöttli19 Zürich
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Kanok-orn Bunma 20 Chachoengsao
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Camella King– San Fernando
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Yildiz Arhan– Istanbul
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Yolanda Ferrari– Montevideo
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Amanda Jones [15] 22 Evanston
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands Cindy Richards– Saint Croix
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Desirée Rolando18 Carabobo
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Deirdre Greenland [16] 23 Newport

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Filipinas, Miss Universo; la colombiana, finalista" [Philippines, Miss Universe; the Colombian, finalist]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 22 July 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 18 July 2023– via Google News Archive.
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