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]

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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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.