Miss Universe 1974

Miss Universe 1974 was the 23rd Miss Universe pageant, held on 21 July 1974[lower-alpha 1][1] at the Folk Arts Theater in the City of Manila, Philippines. It was the first Miss Universe pageant to ever be held in the Philippines, and in extension, Asia.[2] Margarita Moran of the Philippines crowned her successor Amparo Muñoz of Spain at the end of the event, marking the first and so far only time Spain has ever won a Miss Universe competition.

Miss Universe 1974
Date21 July 1974[lower-alpha 1]
PresentersBob Barker, Helen O'Connell
VenueFolk Arts Theater, City of Manila, Philippines
BroadcasterCBS (international)
KBS (official broadcaster)
Entrants65
Placements12
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner† Amparo Muñoz
 Spain
CongenialityAnna Bjorn
 Iceland
Best National CostumeKim Jae-kyu
 Korea
PhotogenicJohanna Raunio
 Finland

There were 65 delegates from around the world who competed for the 1974 title. Six months later, Amparo Muñoz, after refusing a planned travel to Japan, decided to relinquish her title.[3] Helen Morgan, the first runner up, was unable to assumed the title and fulfill the duties of Miss Universe 1974, because she went on to win Miss World 1974, then was forced to resign 4 days later.[4] The title of Miss Universe 1974 was not offered to any of the runners-up and Amparo Muñoz still remained as the official titleholder for that year.

Results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1974
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
  •  Aruba – Maureen Ava Vieira
Top 12

Contestants
Miss Universe 1974 participating nations and results

65 contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantHometown
 ArgentinaLeonor Celmira GugginiBuenos Aires
 ArubaMaureen Ava Vieira[5]Oranjestad
 AustraliaYasmin Nagy[6]Sydney
 AustriaEveline EnglederVienna
 BahamasAgatha WatsonNassau
 BelgiumAnne-Marie SikorskiLiège
 BermudaJoyce De RosaHamilton
 BoliviaIsabel CallaúSanta Cruz de la Sierra
 BrazilSandra GuimarãesSão Paulo
 CanadaDeborah ToneHamilton
 ChileRebecca GonzalezSantiago
 ColombiaElla EscandonBucaramanga
 Costa RicaRebeca MontagneSan José
 CuraçaoCatherine De Jongh[7]Willemstad
 CyprusAndri TsangaridouFamagusta
 Dominican RepublicJacqueline María CabreraSanto Domingo
 El SalvadorAna Carlota AraujoSan Salvador
 EnglandKathleen AndersManchester
 FinlandJohanna RaunioHelsinki
 FranceLouise Le CalvezArcachon
 GermanyUrsula FaustleMunich
 GreeceLena KleopaAthens
 GuamElizabeth Clara Tenorio
 HollandNicolone BroecksMaastricht
 HondurasEtelinda MejiaEl Progreso
 Hong KongJojo CheungHong Kong
 IcelandAnna BjornsdóttirReykjavik
 IndiaShailini Dholakia[8]Mumbai
 IndonesiaNia Kurniasih ArdikoesoemaBandung
 IrelandYvonne CostelloeDublin
 IsraelEdna LevyAshkelon
 ItalyLoretta PersichettiVenice
 JamaicaLennox Anne BlackManchester
 JapanEriko TsuboiTokyo
 LebanonLaudy GabacheBeirut
 LiberiaMaria Yatta JohnsonMonrovia
 LuxembourgGiselle Azzeri
 MalaysiaLily ChongJohor
 MaltaJosette Pace
 MexicoGuadalupe ElorriagaMazatlán
 New ZealandDianne Deborah WinyardWellington
 NicaraguaFrancis DuarteLeón
 PanamaJazmine PanayPanama City
 ParaguayMaria Angela MedinaAsuncion
 PhilippinesGuadalupe Sanchez[9]Manila
 PortugalAnna Paula Freitas
 Puerto RicoSonia Maria StegeSan Juan
 ScotlandCatherine RobertsonAberdeen
 SenegalThioro Thiam
 SingaporeAngela Teo
 South KoreaKim Jae-kyuSeoul
 SpainAmparo Muñoz[10]Málaga
 Sri LankaMelani WijendraColombo
 SurinamBernadette Werners
 SwedenEva RoempkeLinköping
  SwitzerlandChristine LavanchyLausanne
 ThailandBenjamas PolpatpijarnBangkok
 Trinidad & TobagoStephanie Lee PackPort of Spain
 TurkeySimiten GakirgozIstanbul
 UruguayMirta Grazilla RodriguezTacuarembó
 United StatesKaren MorrisonSt. Charles
 United States Virgin IslandsThelma SantiagoSt. Thomas
 VenezuelaNeyla Moronta
 WalesHelen Elizabeth MorganCardiff
 YugoslaviaNada Jovanovsky

Notes
  1. The event was held at 8:00 am Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was July 20 in their local times.

References
  1. "Miss Universe". The Spokesman-Review. 22 July 1974. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  2. Requintina, Robert (2 August 2016). "PH eyes MOA or Philippine Arena as venue for Miss Universe 2016". Tempo (in English and Filipino). Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. "Amparo Muñoz, la mujer más guapa del mundo: por qué renunció a MissUniverso y el rumor que destrozó su carrera". COPE (in Spanish). 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  4. "Search for 'missing' Miss World". BBC. 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  5. "Oranjestad". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 4 June 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via Delpher.
  6. "Girl takes three beauty titles". The Canberra Times. 17 September 1973. p. 3. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via Trove.
  7. ""Cathy" De Jongh Miss Curacao 1974". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 4 June 1974. p. 3. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via Delpher.
  8. "50 years of Miss India: Winners through the years". The Times of India. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  9. Lo, Ricky (15 March 2008). "Whatever happened to Guada Sanchez?". Philippine Star. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  10. "Amparo Muñoz muere a los 56 años" [Amparo Muñoz dies at the age of 56]. El Periodico (in Spanish). 28 February 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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