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Top Michigan, Florida,
Texas, Indiana, Missouri, Oregon, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Philadelphia
(PA), Nebraska, Utah, New Jersey, Louisiana, Rhode Island, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Arizona, Delaware, Miami Beach (FL), Georgia, St. Louis
(MO), Ohio, New York & Wyoming
Middle Venezuela, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Vermont,
Connecticut, Virginia, Colorado, Illinois, California, North Dakota, Iowa,
Greece, Alaska, Uruguay, British Guiana, Tennessee, New Mexico, Minnesota,
Massachusetts, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Washington &
Nevada
Bottom Israel, Sweden, Holland, Mexico, Belgium, Peru,
Brazil, France, Chile, Italy, Germany, Philippines, England, Iceland,
Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, Japan, Dominican Republic, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa
Rica & Turkey |
MISS UNIVERSE 1956
1956 July 20
Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
30 entries
Results
1 U.S.A. Carol Laverne Morris
2 Germany Marina Orschel
3 Sweden Ingrid Goude (1st RU Europe '56)
4 England Iris Alice Kathleen Waller (World '56)
5 Italy Rossana Galli
Semi-finalists
Argentina Ileana Carré
Belgium Lucienne Auquier
Brazil Maria José Cardoso
Cuba Marcia Rodríguez
Echevarría
France Anita Treyens
Greece Rita Gouma
Israel Sara Tal
Mexico Erna Marta Bauman
Peru Lola Sabogal Morzán
Venezuela Blanquita Heredia Osío
Remainder
Alaska Barbara Maria Sellar
British Guiana Rosalind Iva Joan Fung
Canada Elaine Evelyn Bishenden
Chile Concepción Obach Chacana
Costa Rica Anabella Granados
Dominican Republic Olga Fernánda Fiallo
Oliva de los Rosario
Ecuador Maria Mercedes Flores Espín
Guatemala Ileana Garlinger Díaz
Holland Rita Schmidt (4th RU Europe '56)
Iceland Gudlaug Gudmundsdóttir
Japan Yoshie Baba
Philippines Isabel Rodriguez
Puerto Rico Paquita Vivo
Turkey Can Uysaloglu
Uruguay Titina Aguirre
Replaced
Philippines Edith Noble Nakpil
Did not compete
Finland Mirva Orvokki Arvinen
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Awards
Miss Friendship
1 Costa Rica
2 New Mexico (Jackie Brown)
Miss Photogenic
1 Germany
2 Sweden
3 Venezuela
4 Italy
5 California (Shurlee Witty)
Most Popular Girl
1 Iowa (Carol Morris)
2 Texas (Jo Dodson)
3 Germany
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Guest
Miss Welcome to Long Beach (Sibyl Smith) |
New York City
Belgium, Sweden, Canada, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy & Turkey |
Top 15
Top Italy, Mexico, Peru, Miss Universe 1955 (Hillevi
Rombin), Sweden,
U.S.A. & Venezuela
Middle Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, England, Israel
& France
Bottom Greece & Germany |
England (3rd RU), Germany (1st RU), U.S.A. (winner), Sweden (2nd
RU) & Italy (4th RU) |
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