Miss Universe 1973

Miss Universe 1973
Margarita Moran at the 2016 Miss Universe in Manila
Date	21 July 1973 [a]
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, Greece
Broadcaster	CBS (international) EIRT (official broadcaster)
Entrants	61
Placements	12
Debuts	Cyprus
Withdrawals	Bahamas Ecuador Iceland Iraq Peru Zaire
Returns	Ceylon Lebanon Nicaragua Panama Trinidad and Tobago
Winner	Margarita Moran Philippines
Congeniality	Jeanette Robertson (Chile)
Best National Costume	María del Rocío Martín (Spain)
Photogenic	Margarita 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	Philippines – Margarita Moran [2]
1st runner-up	United States – Amanda Jones [2]
2nd runner-up	Norway – Aina Walle [2]
3rd runner-up	Spain – María Martín [2]
4th runner-up	Israel – Limor Schreibman [2]
Top 12	Argentina – Susana Romero [2] Brazil – Sandra Ferreira [2]   Colombia – Ana Agudelo [2] Greece – Vana Papadaki [2]   India – Farzana Habib [2] Japan – Miyoko Sometani [2]   Lebanon – Marcelle Herro [2]

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	18	Nicosia
Denmark	Anette Grankvist	20	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Liliana Fernández	18	Salcedo
El Salvador	Gloria Ivette Romero	–	San Salvador
England	Veronica Ann Cross	23	London
Finland	Raija Stark	20	Helsinki
France	Isabelle Krumacker	18	Lorraine
Greece	Sikta Vana Papadaki	19	Athens
Guam	Beatrice Benito	18	Agana
Holland	Monique Borgeld [8]	23	Amsterdam
Honduras	Nelly Suyapa González	17	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	18	Esch-sur-Alzette
Malaysia	Margaret Loo [9]	19	Cheras
Malta	Marthese Vigar	20	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	20	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Gladys Colón	19	Orocovis
Scotland	Caroline Meade	18	Glasgow
Singapore	Debra de Souza	19	Singapore
South Korea	Kim Young-joo	18	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	25	San Fernando
Turkey	Yildiz Arhan	–	Istanbul
United States	Amanda Jones [15]	22	Evanston
United States Virgin Islands	Cindy Richards	–	Saint Croix
Uruguay	Yolanda Ferrari	21	Montevideo
Venezuela	Desirée Rolando	18	Carabobo
Wales	Deirdre Greenland [16]	23	Newport
West Germany	Dagmar Winkler	18	Bavaria

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. "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.

External links

• Miss Universe official website