Before Megan Young winning the crown four decades later, the Philippines marked its highest position in this competition (and duplicated by Gwendoline Ruais on 2011) beating its then previous record of 4th runner-up (1968).
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Shiranthi Wickremesinghe, the Sri Lankan Miss World of 1973 is currently the First Lady of Sri Lanka, married to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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This was the Philippines' first high place in Miss World since Evangeline Pascual placed 1st Runner-up at Miss World 1973 and Ruffa Gutierrez placed 2nd Runner-up at Miss World 1993.
Morgan was the first Miss World titleholder to officially resign, and the third not to finish her reign as Miss World, after Marjorie Wallace in 1973 and Lúcia Petterle in 1971.