MISS UNIVERSE 1956

Miss Universe 1956

1956 July 20

Long Beach, California, USA  

30 participants

Results

1  USA  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

Top 15

• 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  Rosa Dolores "Lola" Sabogal Morzán
• VENEZUELA  Blanca "Blanquita" Heredia Osío

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

Remainder

• ALASKA  Barbara Maria Sellar
• BRITISH GUIANA  Rosalind Iva Joan Fung
• CANADA  Elaine Evelyn Bishenden
• CHILE  Inelia 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 Escobar Rodriguez
• PUERTO RICO  Antonia "Paquita" Vivo Cólon
• TURKEY  Can Uysaloglu
• URUGUAY  Titina Aguirre

Replaced

PHILIPPINES  Edith Noble Nakpil

Did not compete

FINLAND  Mirva Orvokki Arvinen

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Sibyl Smith