Miss USA 1973
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 |
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| 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 |
Illinois – Amanda JonesSpecial awards
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
- 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