Miss Universe 1956

Miss Universe 1956
File:Carol Morris at the Miss Universe 1956.jpg
Date	20 July 1956
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
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

Miss Universe 1956, the fifth beauty pageant of the Miss Universe franchise, was held on 20 July 1956 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California. There were thirty contestants on stage. The nineteen-year-old Carol Morris was the second American representative (styled as "Miss USA") to win the contest. As was normal for the event, she was crowned by her immediate predecessor, Hillevi Rombin of Sweden.

Results

Miss Universe 1956 participating nations and results

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

Contestants

Miss Universe 1956 Top 15

• 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