1973

Bottom Africa South, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Finland, France & Gibraltar

Middle Greece, Guam, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius & New Zealand

Top Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, U.S.A., Venezuela & Yugoslavia

Absent Mexico

Miss World 1973 - an amalgam of news reports - For the first time in 22 years a United States girl has won the Miss World crown in competitions conducted in London. Blonde Marjorie Wallace, 19, of Indianapolis, seemed shaky but kept a bright smile on her face as she sat in the throne, accepted the orb of office from the white-wigged attendant and acknowledged the applause of the crowd at the Royal Albert Hall. Tears glistened in Miss Wallace’s brown eyes as Belinda Green of Australia, last year’s winner, placed the crown on her head. Marjorie Wallace thought her legs were too short to win but her mother was more optimistic. She bet $50 that her 19-year-old daughter would become the first American Miss World in the contest’s 22-year history. At 12-1 odds Mrs. Wallace is $600 richer today and her blonde brown-eyed daughter is the 1973 Miss World after having defeated contestants from 53 other countries Friday night. “I’m sure pleased with my baby,” said Mrs. Alice Wallace, who along with her daughter lives in Indianapolis, Ind. Miss Wallace, a 5-foot-7 fashion model who measures 35-24-35 and tips the scales at 112 pounds, was selected from an over-all field of 54 girls from various countries which was narrowed down to seven finalists. “It’s unbelievable, it’s marvelous,” she said after being crowned before some 3,500 spectators and a television audience estimated at more than 30 million. “Listen, I want to go and phone my boy friend with the good news.” The boy friend she said is millionaire racing driver Peter Revson. “We are not engaged,” she said, “but Peter is my steady. I have no intention of marrying just yet and I bet a year as Miss World might test our relationship to the full.” Her boyfriend “doesn’t mind my being a beauty queen - he thinks it’s great,” she said. The victory brought Miss Wallace a cash prize of $7,200. And Mecca Limited, the dance hall chain that organizes the beauty contest, guarantees another $25,000 in earnings over the year. A hard-working queen can earn as much as $100,000, an official said. The runner-up was Miss Philippines, 18-year-old Evangeline Pascual. She said she wants to be a painter but in the meantime is studying karate “to fight off unwanted wolves.” In third place is Miss Jamaica, 21-year-old salesgirl Patricia Yuen. Miss Israel, 18-year-old Haya Katzir, was fourth and Miss South Africa, Shelley Latham, was fifth. The other two finalists were Miss Dominican Republic, Clariza Duarte, 18, and Miss United Kingdom, Veronica Cross, 24. Mecca Limited, the dance hall chain that has organized the contest since it began in 1950, imposed a security clamp-down to avoid disturbances which marred previous competitions.
	Mexico, U.S.A., South Africa & Norway
	Israel	Jamaica	U.S.A.	Venezuela

	The judges made their final rankings of the seven finalists by assessing each one's personality, stage presence and the ability to speak before an audience. The Majority Vote System determined the final rankings of the seven finalists. Odd numbers of judges were always used, to prevent ties from occurring. Chairman of the judges in 1973 was Peter Dimmock, Head of BBC Outside Broadcasts. Marjorie Wallace was fired on March 8, 1974, because she had failed to live up to the "first-class public image" of the position. However, she is still the official titleholder, as the Miss World title was not offered to the runners-up.

1973 November 23 London, England 54 entries Results 1 U.S.A. Marjorie "Marji" Wallace 2 Philippines Evangeline Luis Pascual 3 Jamaica Patricia "Patsy" Teresa Yuen Leung 4 Israel Chaja Katzir 5 South Africa Shelley Latham Finalists 6 Dominican Republic Clariza Ana Duarte Garrido 7 United Kingdom Veronica Ann Cross Semi-finalists Africa South Ellen Peters Brazil Florence Gambogi Alvarenga Greece Katerina Papadimitriou Holland Anna Maria Groot Italy Marva Bartolucci Lebanon Sylva Ohannesian New Zealand Pamela King Seychelles June Gouthier Remainder Argentina Beatriz Callejón Aruba Edwina Diaz Australia Virginia Radinas Austria Roswitha Kobald Bahamas Deborah Louise Isaacs Belgium Christiane Devisch Bermuda Judy Joy Richards Botswana Priscilla Molefe Canada Deborah Anne Ducharme Colombia Elsa María Springtube Ramírez Cyprus Demetra Heraklidou Finland Seija Mäkinen France Isabelle Nadia Krumacker Gibraltar Josephine Rodríguez Guam Shirley Ann Brennan Honduras Belinda Handal Hong Kong Judy Yung Chu-Dic Iceland Nina Breidfjord Ireland Yvonne Costelloe Japan Keiko Matsunaga Korea An Soon-young Luxembourg Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri Malaysia Narimah Mohd Yusoff Malta Carmen Farrugia Mauritius Daisy Ombrasine Mexico Roxana Villares Moreno Norway Wenche Steen Peru Mary Núñez Portugal Maria Helena Pereira Martins Puerto Rico Milagros García Singapore Debra Josephine de Souza Spain Mariona Rosell Sri Lanka Shiranthi Wickremesinghe Sweden Mercy Nilsson Switzerland Magda Lepori Thailand Pornpit Sakornujiara Turkey Beyhan Kiral Venezuela Edicta de los Angeles García Oporto Yugoslavia Atina Golubova Awards Miss Personality Seychelles Miss Photogenic Holland Did not compete Costa Rica Rossy Mora Badilla	Turkey & Eric Morley


	South Africa (4th runner-up), Jamaica (2nd runner-up), U.S.A. (winner), Philippines (1st runner-up) & Israel (3rd runner-up)
Cross-references to some of the other pageants Austria Universe 1973 & Europe 1973 Belgium Universe 1973 & Europe 1973 (3rd runner-up) Bermuda Universe 1973 Canada Universe 1973 Colombia Coffee 1973 & Ambar 1977 (semi-finalist) France Universe 1973 & International 1975 (semi-finalist & Miss Photogenic) Greece Europe 1974 Holland Europe 1973 (winner) Iceland Scandinavia 1974 Ireland Europe 1974, Universe 1974 & International 1974 Luxembourg Young International 1973, International 1973 & Universe 1974 Mexico Universe 1973 New Zealand Universe 1973 Norway Young International 1970, Charming 1972 (winner) & unofficial Europe 1974 (winner) Singapore Universe 1973, Asia-Pacific 1974 (4th runner-up) & Queen of the Pacific 1975 Spain Young International 1974 Sri Lanka Universe 1973 United Kingdom Universe-England 1973