Miss Universe 1956

Miss Universe 1956

Date	20 July 1956
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA
Entrants	30
Placements	15
Debuts	British Guiana, Dominican Republic, Holland, Iceland
Withdrawals	El Salvador, Finland, Honduras, Korea, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Norway, Ceylon, West Indies
Returns	Peru, Turkey
Winner	Carol Morris USA
Congeniality	Anabella Granados Costa Rica
Photogenic	Marina Orschel Germany

Miss Universe 1956, the 5th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1956 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, USA. They had 30 young ladies in the competition. Miss USA 19-year-old Carol Morris won the competition, becoming the second American to win the Miss Universe competition and was crowned by Miss Universe 1955, Hillevi Rombin of Sweden.

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Miss Universe 1956 Top 15

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1956	USA - Carol Morris
1st runner-up	Germany - Marina Orschel
2nd runner-up	Sweden - Ingrid Goude
3rd runner-up	England - Iris Alice Kathleen Waller
4th runner-up	Italy - Rossana Galli
Semi-finalists	Argentina - Ileana Carré Belgium - Lucienne Auquier Brazil - Maria José Cardoso Cuba - Marcia Rodríguez France - Anita Treyens Greece - Rita Gouma Israel - Sara Tal Mexico - Erna Marta Bauman Peru - Lola Sabogal Morzán Venezuela - Blanca Heredia

Special awards

The Miss Photogenic award was first awarded in this year's Miss Universe and Miss USA pageant.

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Costa Rica - Anabella Granados
Miss Photogenic	Germany - Marina Orschel
Most Popular Girl in Parade	Iowa (turned USA) - Carol Ann Laverne Morris^{^}

^ ^{^} As Miss Universe and Miss USA were held jointly, candidates from both pageants were eligible for the special awards.

Judges

Claude Berr
Max Factor
Betty Jones
Tom Kelley
Dorothy Kirsten

James H. Noguer
Robert Palmer
Vincent Trotta
Alberto Vargas
Earl Wilson

Contestants

Alaska - Barbara Maria Sellar
Argentina – Ileana Carré
Belgium - Lucienne Auquier
Brazil - Maria José Cardoso
British Guiana - Rosalind Iva Joan Fung
Canada - Elaine Bishenden
Chile - Concepción Obach Chacana
Costa Rica - Anabella Granados
Cuba - Marcia Rodríguez
Dominican Republic - Olga Fiallo Oliva
Ecuador - Mercedes Flores Espín
England - Iris Alice Kathleen Waller
France - Anita Treyens
Germany - Marina Orschel
Greece - Rita Gouma

Guatemala - Ileana Garlinger Díaz
Holland - Rita Schmidt
Iceland - Guðlaug Guðmundsdóttir
Israel - Sara Tal
Italy - Rossana Galli
Japan - Yoshie Baba
Mexico - Erna Marta Bauman
Peru - Lola Sabogal Morzán
Philippines - Isabel Escobar Rodriguez
Puerto Rico - Paquita Vivo
Sweden - Ingrid Goude
Turkey - Can Yusal
Uruguay - Titina Aguirre
USA - Carol Morris
Venezuela - Blanca Heredia

Notes

Debuts

British Guiana
Dominican Republic

Holland
Iceland

Returns

Last competed in 1953:

Turkey

Last competed in 1954:

Peru

Replacement

Philippines - Edith Noble Nakpil was replaced by Isabel Escobar Rodriguez.

Withdrawals

Ceylon
El Salvador
Finland - Mirva Orvokki Arvinen

Honduras
Korea
Lebanon

Crossovers

Miss World

1956: England - Iris Alice Kathleen Waller (as Great Britain)

Miss Europe

1956: Sweden - Ingrid Goude (1st runner-up)
1956: Holland - Rita Schmidt (4th runner-up)

External links

Pageantopolis - Miss Universe 1956

Miss Universe

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