Miss Universe 1973

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, Miss Universe 1973
Date21 July 1973[lower-alpha 1]
PresentersBob Barker
VenueOdeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, Greece
BroadcasterCBS (international)
ERT1 (official broadcaster)
Entrants61
Placements12
DebutsCyprus
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerMargarita Moran
 Philippines
CongenialityJeanette Robertson
 Chile
Best National CostumeMaría del Rocío Martín
 Spain
PhotogenicMargarita Moran
 Philippines

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

Special awards
Award Contestant
Miss Amity
  •  Chile – Jeanette Robertson
Miss Photogenic
Best National Costume
  •  Spain – María Martín

Contestants
Miss Universe 1973 participating countries and territories.

61 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 2] Hometown
 ArgentinaSusana Romero[3] 20Buenos Aires
 ArubaEthline Oduber 18Oranjestad
 AustraliaSusan Mainwaring[4] 22Brisbane
 AustriaRoswitha Kobald[5] 18Styria
 BelgiumChristiane Devisch 20Antwerp
 BermudaJudy Richards 19Hamilton
 BoliviaRoxana Sittic Harb 18Santa Cruz
 BrazilSandra Mara Ferreira 21São Paulo
 CanadaDeborah Ducharme 20Ontario
 CeylonShiranthi Wickremesinghe 20Badulla
 ChileJeanette Robertson 18Santiago
 ColombiaAna Lucía Agudelo 20Valle del Cauca
 Costa RicaMaría del Rosario Mora 18Alajuela
 CuraçaoIngerborg Zielinski 18Willemstad
 CyprusJohanna Melaniodos –Nicosia
 DenmarkAnette Grankvist 20Copenhagen
 Dominican RepublicLiliana Fernández 18Salcedo
 El SalvadorGloria Ivete Romero –San Salvador
 EnglandVeronica Cross 23London
 FinlandRaija Stark 20Helsinki
 FranceIsabelle Krumacker 18Lorraine
 GermanyDagmar Winkler 18Bavaria
 GreeceSikta Vana Papadaki 19Athens
 GuamBeatrice Benito –Agana
 HollandMonique Borgeld 23Amsterdam
 HondurasNelly Suyapa González –El Paraíso
 Hong KongElaine Sung 18Hong Kong
 IndiaFarzana Habib 18New Delhi
 IrelandPauline Fitzsimons 20Dublin
 IsraelLimor Schreibman 19Tel Aviv
 ItalyAntonella Barci 18Milan
 JamaicaReta Faye Chambers 20Saint James
 JapanMiyoko Sometani 22Ibaraki
 LebanonMarcelle Herro 21Beirut
 LuxembourgLydia Maes –Esch-sur-Alzette
 MalaysiaMargaret Loo 19Cheras
 MaltaMarthese Vigar –Msida
 MexicoRossana Villares 18Yucatán
 New ZealandPamela King 20Auckland
 NicaraguaAna Cecilia Saravia 18Leon
 NorwayAina Walle 20Oslo
 PanamaJeanine Lizuaín[6] –Panama City
 ParaguayTeresita María Cano 20Concepción
 PhilippinesMargarita Moran 19Manila
 PortugalCarla Barros –Lisbon
 Puerto RicoGladys Colón 19Orocovis
 ScotlandCaroline Meade 18Glasgow
 SingaporeDebra de Souza 19Singapore
 South KoreaKim Young-joo –Seoul
 SpainMaría Martín 19Seville
 SurinameYvonne Ma Ajong 18Paramaribo
 SwedenMonica Sundin 20Stockholm
  SwitzerlandBarbara Schöttli 19Zürich
 ThailandKanok-orn Bunma 20Chachoengsao
 Trinidad and TobagoCamella King –San Fernando
 TurkeyYildiz Arhan –Istanbul
 UruguayYolanda Ferrari –Montevideo
 United StatesAmanda Jones 22Evanston
 United States Virgin IslandsCindy Richards –Saint Croix
 VenezuelaDesirée Rolando 18Carabobo
 WalesDeirdre Greenland[7] 23Newport

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. "Beauty and the best". The Age. 23 July 1973. p. 5. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  5. 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.
  6. "Pigeon pal". Eugene Register-Guard. 18 July 1973. pp. 15A. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  7. "Untitled". The Glasgow Herald. 16 March 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
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