Miss World 1973
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Royal Albert Hall
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on November 23, 1973. Fifty-four delegates vied for the crown won by an American, Marjorie Wallace of Indiana.
Pageant Controversy
Marjorie Wallace
Marjorie Wallace
Marjorie Wallace is an American model, actress, beauty queen and television presenter. In 1973, Wallace made history as the first American to be crowned Miss World. But just 104 days later, pageant officials stunned the UK when they announced Wallace would be the first Miss World to have her title...
was the first Miss World titleholder from the United States. She was also the first titleholder to not complete her reign when the pageant unceremoniously fired her just 104 days after she won the crown. Pageant officials stated that Wallace "had failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job." The first runner-up, Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines was not offered the title but only the duties. The second runner-up, Patricia Teresa Yuen Leung of Jamaica accepted the offer to complete the duties of Miss World 1973 without being officially crowned Miss World. Pageant officials would later say that a decision was made by the Miss World organization to not offer the title to any of the runners-up.
Results
| Final Results | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1973 |
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| 1st Runner-up |
 Philippines - Evangeline Luis Pascual |
| 2nd Runner-up |
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| 3rd Runner-up |
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| 4th Runner-up |
 South Africa - Shelley Latham |
| 5th Runner-up |
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| 6th Runner-up |
 United Kingdom - Veronica Ann Cross |
| Semifinalists |
 Brazil - Florence Gambogi Alvarenga Greece - Katerina Papadimitriou Seychelles - June Gouthier |
Special Awards
- Miss Personality: Seychelles, June Gouthier
- Miss Photogenic: ', Anna Maria Groot
Contestants
Africa SouthSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
- Ellen Peters
Argentina - Beatriz Callejón †- ' - Edwina Diaz
Australia - Virginia Radinas
Austria - Roswitha Kobald
The Bahamas - Deborah Louise Isaacs
Belgium - Christine Devisch
Bermuda - Judy Joy Richards
Botswana - Priscilla Molefe- Brazil - Florence Gambogi Alvarenga
Canada - Deborah Anne Ducharme
Colombia - Elsa María Springtube Ramírez
Cyprus - Demetra Heraklidou
Dominican Republic - Clariza Duarte Garrido
Finland - Seija Mäkinen
Early Modern France - Isabelle Nadia Krumacker
Gibraltar - Josephine Rodríguez- Greece - Katerina Papadimitriou
Guam - Shirley Ann Brennan- ' - Anna Maria Groot
Honduras - Belinda Handal
Hong Kong - Judy Yung Chu-Dic
Iceland - Nina Breidfjord
Republic of Ireland - Yvonne Costelloe
Israel - Chaja Katzir
Italy - Marva Bartolucci
Jamaica - Patricia Teresa Yuen Leung
Japan - Keiko Matsunaga
Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
- An Soon-young
Lebanon - Sylva Ohannessian
Luxembourg - Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri
Malaysia - Narimah Mohd Yusoff
Malta - Carmen Farrugia
Mauritius - Daisy Ombrasine
Mexico - Roxana Villares Moreno
New Zealand - Pamela King
Norway - Wenche Steen
Peru - Mary Nuñez
Philippines - Evangeline Luis Pascual
Portugal - Maria Helene Pereira Martins
Puerto Rico - Milagros García- Seychelles - June Gouthier
Singapore - Debra Josephine de Souza- South Africa - Shelley Latham
Spain - Mariona Russell
Sri Lanka - Shiranthi WickremesingheShiranthi RajapaksaShiranthi Rajapaksa is the wife of the sixth President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and the First Lady of Sri Lanka. She a professional in child psychology and pre-school education.-Early life:...
Sweden - Mercy Nilsson
Switzerland - Magda Lepori
Thailand - Pornpit Sakornujiara
Turkey - Beyhan Kiral- United Kingdom - Veronica Ann Cross
United States - Marjorie WallaceMarjorie WallaceMarjorie Wallace is an American model, actress, beauty queen and television presenter. In 1973, Wallace made history as the first American to be crowned Miss World. But just 104 days later, pageant officials stunned the UK when they announced Wallace would be the first Miss World to have her title...
Venezuela - Edicta de los Angeles Garcia Oporto
Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Atina Golubova
Returning countries
- Sri Lanka last competed in 1971Miss World 1971Miss World 1971, the 21st annual Miss World pageant, was held on November 10, 1971 at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 56 contestants competed for the Miss World...
replacing the name Ceylon. Shiranthi Wickremesinghe, the Sri Lankan Miss World of 1973 is currently the First Lady of Sri Lanka, married to Sri Lankan President Mahinda RajapaksaMahinda RajapaksaPercy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...
. - Peru last competed in 1968Miss World 1968Miss World 1968, the 18th Miss World pageant was held at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom on November 14, 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown...
. - Colombia and Lebanon last competed in 1970Miss World 1970Miss World 1970, the 20th annual Miss World contest, was held on November 20, 1970 at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 58 contestants competed for the Miss World. Jennifer Hosten from Grenada won the crown of Miss World 1970...
. - Cyprus, Korea, and Luxembourg last competed in 1971Miss World 1971Miss World 1971, the 21st annual Miss World pageant, was held on November 10, 1971 at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 56 contestants competed for the Miss World...
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Historical significance
- Philippines marks its highest position in the competition beating its previous record of 4th runner- up (1968), and it's their second consecutive appearance in the Top 15.