Miss Universe 1976
| Miss Universe 1976 | |
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| File:Miss Universe 1976 opening titles.jpg | |
| Date | 11 July 1976[a] |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Lee Theatre, Hong Kong |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 72 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Rina Messinger  Israel |
| Congeniality | Margaret McFarlane  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Best National Costume | Rocío Lazcano  Peru |
| Photogenic | Pauline Davies  England |
Miss Universe 1976, the 25th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 11 July 1976[a] at the Lee Theatre in Hong Kong. Rina Messinger of Israel was crowned by Anne Marie Pohtamo of Finland. This was the first time that an Israeli has won the competition.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1976 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| 3rd Runner-up |
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| 4th Runner-up |
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| Top 12 |
Contestants
Argentina - Lilian Noemi De Asti
Aruba - Cynthia Marlene Bruin
Australia - Julie Anne Ismay
Austria - Heidi-Marie Passian
Bahamas - Sharon Elaine Smith
Barbados - Jewell Sharon Nightingale
Belgium - Yvette Maria Aelbrecht
Bermuda - Vivienne Anne Hollis
Bolivia - Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves
Brazil - Katia Celestina Moretto †
Canada - Normande Jacques
Chile - Maria Veronica Sommer
Colombia - Maria Helena Reyes Abisambra
Costa Rica - Silvia Jiminez Pacheco
Curaçao - Anneke Dijkhuizen
Denmark - Brigitte Trolle
Dominican Republic - Norma Lora
Ecuador - Gilda Plaza
El Salvador - Mireya Carolina Calderon Tovar
England - Pauline Davies
Finland - Suvi Lukkarinen
France - Monique Uldaric
Germany - Birgit Margot Hamer
Greece - Melina Michailidou
Guam - Pilar Martha Laguana
Guatemala - Blanca Alicia Montenegro
Holland - Nannetje Johanna Nielen
Honduras - Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortin
Hong Kong - Rowena Lam
Iceland - Gudmunda Hulda Johannesdottir
India - Naina Sudhir Balsavar
Indonesia - Yuliarti Rahayu
Ireland - Elaine Rosemary O'Hara
Israel - Rina Messinger
Italy - Diana Scapolan
Japan - Miyako Iwakuni
Korea - Chung Kwang-hyun
Liberia - Laurine Wede Johnson
Luxembourg - Monique Wilmes
Malaysia - Teh-Faridah Norizan
Malta - Mary Grace Ciantar
Mauritius - Marielle Tse-Sik-Sun
Mexico - Carla Jean Evert Reguera †
New Zealand - Janey Kingscote
Nicaragua - Ivania Navarro Yenic
Northern Mariana Islands - Candelaria Flores Borja
Norway - Bente Lihaug
Panama - Carolina Maria Chiari
Papua New Guinea - Eva Regina Arni
Paraguay - Nidia Fatima Cardenas
Peru - Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica †
Philippines - Elizabeth Samson de Padua
Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Zayas Ortiz
American Samoa - Taliilani Ellen Letuli
Scotland - Carol Jean Grant
Singapore - Linda Tham
South Africa - Cynthia Classen
Spain - Olga Fernandez Perez
Sri Lanka - Genevieve Bernedette Parsons- Sint Maarten - Angela Huggins
Surinam - Peggy Vandeleuv
Sweden - Caroline Westerberg
Switzerland - Isabelle Fischbacher
Thailand - Katareeya Areekul
Trinidad and Tobago - Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane
Turkey - Manolya Onur †
Uruguay - Leila Luisa Vinas Martinez
United States - Barbara Elaine Peterson
Venezuela - Judith Josefina Castillo
Virgin Islands - Lorraine Patricia Baa
Wales - Sian Adey-Jones
Yugoslavia - Svetlana Radojcic
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Last competed in 1973:
Last competed in 1974:
Withdrawals
Belize - Janet Joan Joseph
Haiti
Jamaica - Angela Ruddock
Lebanon - Ramona Karam
Morocco
Micronesia - Instead of the region, the delegates from Northern Marianas had been represented themselves as the individual territory since then.
Did not Compete
Antigua - Cleopatra Sanders
British Virgin Islands - Irene Penn- Tahiti - Amiot Mora
Awards
- Trinidad and Tobago - Miss Amity (Margaret McFarlane)
- England - Miss Photogenic (Pauline Davies)
- Peru - Best National Costume (Rocío Lazcano)
General references
- ^ a b The event was held at 8:00 am Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was July 10 in their local times.
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1976". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.