MISS UNIVERSE 1976

Miss Universe 1976

1976 July 10

Chinese Theatre, Hong Kong HKG

72 participants

Results

1  ISRAEL  Rina Messinger

2  VENEZUELA  Judith Josefina Castillo Uribe

3  WALES  Sian Helen Adey-Jones (Europe '76, International-Britain '77)

4  SCOTLAND  Carol Jean Grant (3rd RU World-United Kingdom '76)

5  AUSTRALIA  Julie Anne Ismay

Top 12

• ARGENTINA  Lilian Noemí De Asti (World '75, SF Ambar '77)
• CHILE  María Verónica Sommer Mayer
• COLOMBIA  Maria Helena Reyes Abisambra
• CURACAO  Anneke Dijkhuizen
• ENGLAND  Pauline Davies (Europe '76)
• HONG KONG  Rowena Lam Leung-Wai
• NORWAY  Bente Lihaug (5th RU Europe '76, winner Scandinavia '77, International '77)

Awards

Miss Amity  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Miss Photogenic  ENGLAND

Best National Costume  PERU

Remainder

• ARUBA  Cynthia Marlene Bruin (World '75)
• AUSTRIA  Heidi-Marie Passian (Europe '76)
• BAHAMAS  Sharon Elaine Smith
• BARBADOS  Jewell Sharon Nightingale
• BELGIUM  Yvette Maria Aelbrecht (World '76, Europe '76, International '77)
• BERMUDA  Vivienne Anne Hollis (World '76)
• BOLIVIA  Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves
• BRAZIL  Katia Celestina Moretto
• CANADA  Normande Jacques (International '75, World '75)
• COSTA RICA  Silvia Jiménez Pacheco
• DENMARK  Brigitte Trolle
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Norma Eugenia Lora de Rosario del Río (Ambar '76)
• ECUADOR  Gilda Lucía de las Mercedes Plaza Guerra
• EL SALVADOR  Mireya Carolina Calderon Tovar
• FINLAND  Suvi Lukkarinen (2nd RU Scandinavia '77)
• FRANCE  Monique Uldaric (Europe '76, World '76)
• GERMANY  Birgit Margot Hamer
• GREECE  Melina Michailidou (3rd RU Europe '76)
• GUAM  Pilar Martha Laguana (Asia '77)
• GUATEMALA  Blanca Alicia Montenegro
• HOLLAND  Nannetje Johanna Nielen (SF International '75, World '79)
• HONDURAS  Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortín
• ICELAND  Gudmunda Hulda Johannesdóttir
• INDIA  Naina Sudhir Balsaver
• INDONESIA  Yuliarti Rahayun
• IRELAND  Elaine Rosemary O’Hara (World '75, Europe '76)
• ITALY  Diana Scapolan (winner unofficial Europe '73, SF Ambar '76)
• JAPAN  Miyako Iwakuni
• KOREA  Chung Kwang-hyun
• LIBERIA  Laurine Wede Johnson
• LUXEMBOURG  Monique Wilmes (Europe '76, World '76)
• MALAYSIA  Teh-Faridah Ahmad Norizan
• MALTA  Mary Grace Ciantar (World '75)
• MAURITIUS  Marielle Tse Sik-Sun (SF World '75)
• MEXICO  Carla Jean Evert Reguera (Young International '76, World '76, 3rd RU Ambar '77)
• NEW ZEALAND  Janey Kingscote
• NICARAGUA  Ivania Dolores Navarro Genie (winner Teenage Intercontinental '76)
• NORTHERN MARIANAS  Candelaria Flores Borja
• PANAMA  Carolina Maria Chiari
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Eva Regina Arni (winner Asia '75)
• PARAGUAY  Nidia Fatima Cardenas
• PERU  Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica  (World '76)
• PHILIPPINES  Elizabeth "Lizbeth" Samson de Padua
• PUERTO RICO  Elizabeth Zayas Ortíz (1st RU Ambar '76, winner Maja '77)
• ST. MAARTEN  Angela Huggins
• SAMOA  Taliilani Ellen Letuli
• SINGAPORE  Linda Tham
• SOUTH AFRICA  Cynthia Classen
• SPAIN  Olga Fernández Pérez (Europe '76)
• SRI LANKA  Genevieve Bernedette Parsons
• SURINAM  Peggy Van der Leuv
• SWEDEN  Caroline Westerberg (Europe '76, 4th RU Scandinavia '77)
• SWITZERLAND  Isabelle Fischbacher (2nd RU Europe '76)
• THAILAND  Katareeya Areekul
• TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane
• TURKEY  Manolya Onur
• URUGUAY  Lelia Luisa Vinas Martinez
• USA  Barbara Elaine Petersen
• VIRGIN ISLANDS  Lorraine Patricia Baa
• YUGOSLAVIA  Svetlana Radojcic

Did not compete

• ANTIGUA  Cleopatra Saunders
• BELIZE  Janet Joan Joseph
• BONAIRE  (no pageant)
• BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Irene Penn
• GUADELOUPE  Marie-Therese Preville
• HAITI  (no pageant)
• JAMAICA  Angela Ruddock
• LEBANON  Silvia Ghoui
• MOROCCO  Saida Lakhdar
• ST. KITTS  Jennifer Evelyn
• TAHITI  Moea Marie-Therese Amiot (withdrew during pageant, mother sick)