Miss USA 1973

Miss USA 1973
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, the 22nd Miss USA pageant, was 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
Miss USA 1973	Illinois – Amanda Jones
1st Runner-Up	New York –Susan Carlson
2nd Runner-Up	Rhode Island – Gayle White
3rd Runner-Up	Arizona – Sherry Nix
4th Runner-Up	Maryland –Betty Jo Grove
Top 12	California – Carol Herrema District of Columbia – Nancy Paltcha Florida – Stacy Evans Kansas – Brenda Kopmeyer Louisiana – Storm Hensley Nebraska – Janice Geiler Texas – Lavon McConnell

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	South Carolina –Kiki Kirkland
Miss Photogenic	Nebraska –Janice Geiler
Best State Costume	Texas – LaVon McConnell Wisconsin – Diane Marie Modrow

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.

The Miss USA 1973 delegates were:

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