The World Stage
On November 23, 1973, Wallace defeated 53 competitors at Royal Albert Hall as the first American to be crowned Miss World.
During her time in the UK, the British tabloids were full of reports and photos describing Wallace's dates with a string of celebrities including Tom Jones, Northern Irish soccer star George Best, and American Indianapolis 500 and Formula One driver Peter Revson, with whom she was reportedly engaged to be married. According to People, this violated Wallace's Miss World contract, which prompted pageant authorities to take away her title on March 7, 1974. Contest officials announced Wallace "had failed to fulfill the basic requirements of the job."
First runner-up, Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines was not offered the title but only the winner's official duties. The second runner-up, Patricia Teresa Yuen Leung of Jamaica accepted the offer to complete the Miss World duties without being officially crowned as Miss World. Pageant officials would later say that a decision was made by the Miss World organization to not offer the title to any of the runners-up.
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