# 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.
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 | Philippines – Margarita Moran |
| 1st runner-up | United States – Amanda Jones |
| 2nd runner-up | Norway – Aina Walle |
| 3rd runner-up | Spain – María Martín |
| 4th runner-up | Israel – Limor Schreibman |
| Top 12 | Argentina – Susana Romero  Brazil – Sandra Ferreira  Colombia – Ana Agudelo  Greece – Vana Papadaki  India – Farzana Habib  Japan – Miyoko Sometani  Lebanon – Marcelle Herro |

## Contestants

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Argentina | Susana Romero | 20 | Buenos Aires |
| Aruba | Ethline Oduber | 18 | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Susan Mainwaring | 22 | Brisbane |
| Austria | Roswitha Kobald | 18 | Styria |
| Belgium | Christiane Devisch | 20 | Antwerp |
| Bermuda | Judy Richards | 19 | Hamilton |
| Bolivia | Roxana Sittic Harb | 18 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Brazil | Sandra Mara Ferreira | 21 | São Paulo |
| Canada | Deborah Ducharme | 20 | Ontario |
| Ceylon | Shiranthi Wickremesinghe | 20 | Badulla |
| Chile | Jeanette Robertson | 18 | Santiago |
| Colombia | Ana Lucía Agudelo | 20 | Valle del Cauca |
| Costa Rica | María del Rosario Mora | 18 | Alajuela |
| Curaçao | Ingerborg Zielinski | 18 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Johanna Melaniodos | – | Nicosia |
| Denmark | Anette Grankvist | 20 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Liliana Fernández | 18 | Salcedo |
| El Salvador | Gloria Ivete Romero | – | San Salvador |
| England | Veronica Ann Cross | 23 | London |
| Finland | Raija Stark | 20 | Helsinki |
| France | Isabelle Krumacker | 18 | Lorraine |
| West Germany | Dagmar Winkler | 18 | Bavaria |
| Greece | Sikta Vana Papadaki | 19 | Athens |
| Guam | Beatrice Benito | – | Agana |
| Holland | Monique Borgeld | 23 | Amsterdam |
| Honduras | Nelly Suyapa González | – | El Paraíso |
| Hong Kong | Elaine Sung | 18 | Hong Kong |
| India | Farzana Habib | 18 | New Delhi |
| Ireland | Pauline Fitzsimons | 20 | Dublin |
| Israel | Limor Schreibman | 19 | Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Antonella Barci | 18 | Milan |
| Jamaica | Reta Faye Chambers | 20 | Saint James |
| Japan | Miyoko Sometani | 22 | Ibaraki |
| Lebanon | Marcelle Herro | 21 | Beirut |
| Luxembourg | Lydia Maes | – | Esch-sur-Alzette |
| Malaysia | Margaret Loo | 19 | Cheras |
| Malta | Marthese Vigar | – | Msida |
| Mexico | Rossana Villares | 18 | Yucatán |
| New Zealand | Pamela King | 20 | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | Ana Cecilia Saravia | 18 | Leon |
| Norway | Aina Walle | 20 | Oslo |
| Panama | Jeanine Lizuaín | – | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Teresita María Cano | 20 | Concepción |
| Philippines | Margarita Moran | 19 | Manila |
| Portugal | Carla Barros | – | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | Gladys Colón | 19 | Orocovis |
| Scotland | Caroline Meade | 18 | Glasgow |
| Singapore | Debra de Souza | 19 | Singapore |
| South Korea | Kim Young-joo | – | Seoul |
| Spain | María del Rocío Martín | 19 | Seville |
| Suriname | Yvonne Ma Ajong | 18 | Paramaribo |
| Sweden | Monica Sundin | 20 | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Barbara Schöttli | 19 | Zürich |
| Thailand | Kanok-orn Bunma | 20 | Chachoengsao |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Camella King | – | San Fernando |
| Turkey | Yildiz Arhan | – | Istanbul |
| Uruguay | Yolanda Ferrari | – | Montevideo |
| United States | Amanda Jones | 22 | Evanston |
| United States Virgin Islands | Cindy Richards | – | Saint Croix |
| Venezuela | Desirée Rolando | 18 | Carabobo |
| Wales | Deirdre Greenland | 23 | Newport |