Miss USA 1973
| Miss USA 1973 | |
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| Date | May 19, 1973 |
| Presenters | Bob Barker and Helen O'Connell |
| Entertainment | The Lettermen |
| Venue | Broadway Theatre, New York City, New York |
| Broadcaster | CBS, WCBS-TV |
| Entrants | 51 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Winner | Amanda Jones Illinois |
| Congeniality |  Kiki Kirkland |
| Photogenic |  Janice Geiler |
Miss USA 1973 was the 22nd Miss USA pageant, televised live by CBS from Broadway Theatre, New York City, New York on May 19, 1973, Hosted by Bob Barker who 8 months earlier began hosting The Price Is Right on CBS.
The pageant was won by Amanda Jones of Illinois, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Tanya Wilson of Hawaii. Jones was the third woman from Illinois to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as 1st runner-up to Margarita Moran of the Philippines at Miss Universe 1973.
Results
| Final Results | Contestant |
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| Miss USA 1973 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 12 |
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Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best State Costume |
Historical significance
- Illinois wins competition for the third time.
- New York earns the 1st runner-up position for the fourth time. The last time it placed this was in 1972. It reaches the same position as the previous year.
- Rhode Island earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
- Arizona earns the 3rd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1969.
- Maryland earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
- States that placed in semifinals the previous year were California, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana and New York.
- California placed for the seventeenth consecutive year.
- Florida placed for the fifth consecutive year.
- District of Columbia placed for the fourth consecutive year.
- Louisiana and New York made their second consecutive placement.
- Arizona, Maryland and Texas last placed in 1971.
- Illinois last placed in 1967.
- Nebraska and Rhode Island last placed in 1961.
- Kansas placed for the first time.
- Michigan breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1971.
Delegates
The Miss USA 1973 delegates were:
Alabama - Diane Fouilhe
Alaska - Wendy Curwen
Arizona - Sherry Nix
Arkansas - Christal Phiffer
California - Carol Herrema
Colorado - Lenita Mosley
Connecticut - Wendy Vecchiarino
Delaware - Linda Sue Graves
District of Columbia - Nancy Paltcha
Florida - Stacy Evans
Georgia - Melanie Chapman
Hawaii - Camille Deubel
Idaho - Karen Hammond
Illinois - Amanda Jones
Indiana - Debbie Ausenbaugh
Iowa - Dianne Roberts
Kansas - Brenda Kopmeyer
Kentucky - Nancy Coplen
Louisiana - Storm Hensley
Maine - Brenda Davis
Maryland - Betty Jo Grove
Massachusetts - Judy Gregrory
Michigan - Linda East
Minnesota - Cindy James
Mississippi - Karen Clements
Missouri - Camilla Crist
Montana - Jeri Shandorf
Nebraska - Janice Geiler
Nevada - Laura Fritz
New Hampshire - Grace Knox
New Jersey - Patricia Everett
New Mexico - Carolyn Cline
New York - Susan Carlson
North Carolina - Vivian Craig
North Dakota - Barbara Lundeen
Ohio - Jackie Urbanek
Oklahoma - Martha Buchanan
Oregon - Judy Bishop
Pennsylvania - Jill Unbewust
Rhode Island - Gayle White
South Carolina - Kiki Kirkland
South Dakota - Rebecca Bunkers
Tennessee - Tommye Hooker
Texas - Lavon McConnell
Utah - Julia Nebeker
Vermont - Bonnie Height
Virginia - Brenda Childress
Washington - Cindi Arnett
West Virginia - Kathy Rowand
Wisconsin - Diane Marie Modrow
Wyoming - Michele Walter
Judges
- Arlene Dahl
- Patrick O'Neal
- Dr. Joyce Brothers
- Joe Frazier
- Maria Remenyi
External links
Categories:
- Miss USA
- May 1973 events in the United States
- 1973 beauty pageants
- 1973 in New York (state)