Miss World 1973

Miss World 1973
Date	23 November 1973
Presenters	Michael Aspel, David Vine
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	54
Debuts	Sri Lanka
Withdraws	Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, India, Liberia, Paraguay
Returns	Colombia, Cyprus, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Peru
Winner	Marjorie Wallace  United States

Miss World 1973, the 23rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 23 November 1973 at the Royal Albert Hall. 54 delegates vied for the crown won by Marjorie Wallace of United States. She was crowned by Belinda Roma Green of Australia.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Special awards

Contestants

Notes

Returning countries

• Sri Lanka last competed in 1971 replacing the name Ceylon. Shiranthi Wickremesinghe, the Sri Lankan Miss World of 1973 is the former First Lady of Sri Lanka, married to the sixth President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka.
• Peru last competed in 1968.
• Colombia and Lebanon last competed in 1970.
• Cyprus, Korea, and Luxembourg last competed in 1971.

Historical significance

Marjorie Wallace became the first Miss USA to be crowned Miss World. The United States' representative had previously finished as first runner-up on five occasions, in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1965, and 1969. Wallace would also become the first winner not to complete her reign when she was fired in March 1974, because she had "failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job". She was never officially replaced by any of her runners-up.^[1]

References

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1973