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

Nicaragua  Norway  West Indies

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