| Winner: | Marjorie Wallace |
| Represented: | United States (dethroned)[1] [2] [3] |
| Date: | 23 November 1973 |
| Entrants: | 54 |
| Placements: | 15 |
| Before: | 1972 |
| Next: | 1974 |
Miss World 1973 was the 23rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 23 November 1973 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. 54 delegates vied for the crown won by Marjorie Wallace of United States.[1] She was crowned by Belinda Green of Australia. Wallace won £7,200 in prize money for the first-place result.[4] [5]
104 days after her reign, Marjorie Wallace was dethroned from her title. The Miss World 1973 title was not offered to any of the other participants. The Miss World organizers offered 1st runner-up Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines the duties but not the title. However, Pascual turned down the offer because she already have commitments in being an actress in the Philippines at the time.[6] Patsy Yuen of Jamaica who placed 2nd Runner-Up performed some of the duties and responsibilities of Miss World that had already been scheduled, without holding the title.
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South Africa – Ellen Peters
Argentina – Beatriz Callejón †
Australia – Virginia Radinas
Austria – Roswitha Kobald
Bahamas – Deborah Louise Isaacs
Belgium – Christine Devisch
Bermuda – Judy Joy Richards
Botswana – Priscilla Molefe
Brazil – Florence Gambogi Alvarenga
Canada – Deborah Anne Ducharme
Colombia – Elsa María Springstube Ramírez
Cyprus – Demetra Heraklidou
Dominican Republic – Clariza Duarte Garrido
Finland – Seija Mäkinen
France – Isabelle Nadia Krumacker
Gibraltar – Josephine Rodríguez
Greece – Katerina Papadimitriou
Guam – Shirley Ann Brennan
Honduras – Belinda Handal
Iceland – Nína Breiðfjörd
Ireland – Yvonne Costelloe
Israel – Chaja Katzir
Italy – Marva Bartolucci
Jamaica – Patsy Yuen
Japan – Keiko Matsunaga
Lebanon – Sylva Ohannessian
Luxembourg – Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri
Malaysia – Narimah Mohd Yusoff
Malta – Carmen Farrugia
Mauritius – Daisy Ombrasine
Mexico – Roxana Villares Moreno
New Zealand – Pamela King
Norway – Wenche Steen
Peru – Mary Núñez
Philippines – Evangeline Pascual
Portugal – Maria Helene Pereira Martins
Puerto Rico – Milagros García
Seychelles – June Gouthier
Singapore – Debra Josephine de Souza South Africa – Shelley Latham
Spain – Mariona Russell
Sri Lanka – Shiranthi Wickremesinghe
Sweden – Mercy Nilsson
Switzerland – Magda Lepori
Thailand – Pornpit Sakornvijit
Turkey – Beyhan Kiral
United Kingdom – Veronica Ann Cross
United States – Marjorie Wallace[1] Cyprus Luxembourg Sri Lanka (as )