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] Margie 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
WinnerAmparo Muñoz
 Spain†
CongenialityAnna Bjornsdóttir
 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, didin't accept the title of Miss Universe 1974, because she went on to win Miss World 1974, then was forced to resign 4 days later.[4] As no runner up accepted to take over the title, it remained vacant until the 1975 Miss Universe Pageant.

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 Cabrera
 El SalvadorAna Carlota Araujo
 EnglandKathleen Anders
 FinlandJohanna Raunio
 FranceLouise Le Calvez
 GermanyUrsula Faustle
 GreeceLena Kleopa
 GuamElizabeth Clara Tenorio
 HollandNicolone Broecks
 HondurasEtelinda Mejia
 Hong KongJojo Cheung
 IcelandAnna Bjornsdóttir
 IndiaShailini Dholakia[8]
 IndonesiaNia Kurniasih Ardikoesoema
 IrelandYvonne Costelloe
 IsraelEdna Levy
 ItalyLoretta Persichetti
 JamaicaLennox Anne Black
 JapanEriko Tsuboi
 LebanonLaudy Gabache
 LiberiaMaria Yatta Johnson
 LuxembourgGiselle Azzeri
 MalaysiaLily Chong
 MaltaJosette Pace
 MexicoGuadalupe Elorriaga
 New ZealandDianne Deborah Winyard
 NicaraguaFrancis Duarte
 PanamaJazmine Panay
 ParaguayMaria Angela Medina
 PhilippinesGuadalupe Sanchez[9]Manila
 PortugalAnna Paula Freitas
 Puerto RicoSonia Maria Stege
 ScotlandCatherine Robertson
 SenegalThioro Thiam
 SingaporeAngela Teo
 South KoreaKim Jae-kyu
 SpainAmparo Muñoz[10]Málaga
 Sri LankaMelani Wijendra
 SurinamBernadette Werners
 SwedenEva Roempke
 SwitzerlandChristine Lavanchy
 ThailandBenjamas Polpatpijarn
 Trinidad & TobagoStephanie Lee Pack
 TurkeySimiten Gakirgoz
 UruguayMirta Grazilla Rodriguez
 United StatesKaren Morrison
 United States Virgin IslandsThelma Santiago
 VenezuelaNeyla Moronta
 WalesHelen Elizabeth Morgan
 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.

Debuts

Returns

Withdrawals

Name Change
  •  Ceylon began competing as Sri Lanka after the country became a republic.

Awards

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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