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Miss Universe 1973
Margarita Moran
Date21 July 1973[a]
PresentersBob Barker
VenueOdeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, Greece
BroadcasterCBS (international)
EIRT (official broadcaster)
Entrants61
Placements12
DebutsCyprus
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerMargarita Moran
Philippines
CongenialityJeanette Robertson (Chile)
Best National CostumeMaría del Rocío Martín (Spain)
PhotogenicMargarita Moran (Philippines)
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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]

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

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

Contestants

Miss Universe 1973 participating countries and territories.

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[b] Hometown
 Argentina Susana Romero[3] 20 Buenos Aires
 Aruba Ethline Oduber[4] 18 Oranjestad
 Australia Susan Mainwaring[5] 22 Brisbane
 Austria Roswitha Kobald[6] 18 Styria
 Belgium Christiane Devisch 20 Antwerp
 Bermuda Judy Richards 19 Hamilton
 Bolivia Roxana Sittic Harb 18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 Brazil Sandra Mara Ferreira 21 São Paulo
 Canada Deborah Ducharme 20 Ontario
 Ceylon Shiranthi Wickremesinghe 20 Badulla
 Chile Jeanette Robertson 18 Santiago
 Colombia Ana Lucía Agudelo[7] 20 Valle del Cauca
 Costa Rica María del Rosario Mora 18 Alajuela
 Curaçao Ingerborg Zielinski 18 Willemstad
 Cyprus Johanna Melaniodos – Nicosia
 Denmark Anette Grankvist 20 Copenhagen
 Dominican Republic Liliana Fernández 18 Salcedo
 El Salvador Gloria Ivete Romero – San Salvador
 England Veronica Ann Cross 23 London
 Finland Raija Stark 20 Helsinki
 France Isabelle Krumacker 18 Lorraine
 West Germany Dagmar Winkler 18 Bavaria
 Greece Sikta Vana Papadaki 19 Athens
 Guam Beatrice Benito – Agana
 Holland Monique Borgeld[8] 23 Amsterdam
 Honduras Nelly Suyapa González – El Paraíso
 Hong Kong Elaine Sung 18 Hong Kong
 India Farzana Habib 18 New Delhi
 Ireland Pauline Fitzsimons 20 Dublin
 Israel Limor Schreibman 19 Tel Aviv
 Italy Antonella Barci 18 Milan
 Jamaica Reta Faye Chambers 20 Saint James
 Japan Miyoko Sometani 22 Ibaraki
 Lebanon Marcelle Herro 21 Beirut
 Luxembourg Lydia Maes – Esch-sur-Alzette
 Malaysia Margaret Loo[9] 19 Cheras
 Malta Marthese Vigar – Msida
 Mexico Rossana Villares[10] 18 Yucatán
 New Zealand Pamela King 20 Auckland
 Nicaragua Ana Cecilia Saravia 18 Leon
 Norway Aina Walle[11] 20 Oslo
 Panama Jeanine Lizuaín[12] – Panama City
 Paraguay Teresita María Cano 20 Concepción
 Philippines Margarita Moran[13] 19 Manila
 Portugal Carla Barros – Lisbon
 Puerto Rico Gladys Colón 19 Orocovis
 Scotland Caroline Meade 18 Glasgow
 Singapore Debra de Souza 19 Singapore
 South Korea Kim Young-joo – Seoul
 Spain María del Rocío Martín[14] 19 Seville
 Suriname Yvonne Ma Ajong 18 Paramaribo
 Sweden Monica Sundin 20 Stockholm
  Switzerland Barbara Schöttli 19 Zürich
 Thailand Kanok-orn Bunma 20 Chachoengsao
 Trinidad and Tobago Camella King – San Fernando
 Turkey Yildiz Arhan – Istanbul
 Uruguay Yolanda Ferrari – Montevideo
 United States Amanda Jones[15] 22 Evanston
 United States Virgin Islands Cindy Richards – Saint Croix
 Venezuela Desirée Rolando 18 Carabobo
 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

References

  1. ^ "Miss Universe Title Won By Filipino Beauty Queen". Herald-Journal. July 22, 1973. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "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.
  3. ^ Alegre, Alvaro (13 February 2022). "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" [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]. Gente Online (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Election of Miss Aruba 1973 held in Holiday Inn June 2". Aruba Esso News (in English and Papiamento). 15 June 1973. pp. 1, 4–5. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Beauty and the best". The Age. 23 July 1973. p. 5. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ Grabenhofer, Anneliese (4 December 2021). "Nachruf Herwig Heran: Ein großartiger Journalist, der fehlen wird" [Obituary Herwig Heran: A great journalist who will be missed]. MeinBezirk.at (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Carolina, as de Cali en Buenaventura". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 20 June 1996. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Miss-parade op het scherm". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 7 March 1973. p. 11. Retrieved 14 November 2023 – via Delpher.
  9. ^ "Miss Malaysia returns–downcast". The Straits Times. 26 July 1973. p. 10. Retrieved 14 November 2023 – via National Library Board.
  10. ^ Rodríguez, Yazmín (27 August 2015). "Detienen a Miss México 1973 por evasión fiscal". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Miss Universe-deltaker fra Vennesla røk ut før semifinalen". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Pigeon pal". Eugene Register-Guard. 18 July 1973. pp. 15A. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  13. ^ Tayag, Voltaire (6 June 2019). "The Binibining Pilipinas legacy through the years". Rappler. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  14. ^ Manzano, Aurelio (10 September 2014). "El tenso divorcio entre la ex Miss España Rocío Martín y el contertulio de laSexta". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Illinois Beauty Is Miss USA". The Daily Nonpareil. Associated Press. May 20, 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Untitled". The Glasgow Herald. 16 March 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
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