Miss Universe 1976

Miss Universe 1976
Date	11 July 1976
Presenters	Bob Barker, Helen O'Connell
Venue	Lee Theatre, Hong Kong
Broadcaster	CBS, TVB
Entrants	72
Placements	12
Debuts	Barbados, Northern Marianas, Papua New Guinea, St. Maarten
Withdrawals	Belize, Haiti, Jamaica, Lebanon, Micronesia, Morocco
Returns	Honduras, Norway, Surinam
Winner	Rina Mor Israel
Congeniality	Margaret McFarlane Trinidad & 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 at the Lee Theatre in Hong Kong. Rina Messinger of Israel was crowned by Anne Marie Pohtamo of Finland. This is the first, and so far only time, that Israel has won the competition.

For the first time in the pageant's history, the USA, represented by Barbara Petersen, failed to place in the Top 12 semifinalists. This is not to happen again until 1999.

Results

Placements

Participating Nations and Results.

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1976	Israel - Rina Mor
1st runner-up	Venezuela - Judith Castillo
2nd runner-up	Wales - Sian Adey-Jones
3rd runner-up	Scotland - Carol Grant
4th runner-up	Australia - Julie Ismay
Semi-finalists	Argentina - Lilian Deasti Chile - Verónica Sommers Colombia - María Reyes Curaçao - Anneke Dijkhuizen England - Pauline Davies Hong Kong - Rowena Lam Norway - Bente Lihaug

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Best National Costume	Peru - Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica
Miss Congeniality	Trinidad & Tobago - Margaret McFarlane
Miss Photogenic	England - Pauline Davies

Order of announcements

Top 12

1. England
2. Curaçao
3. Hong Kong
4. Israel
5. Argentina
6. Australia
7. Norway
8. Chile
9. Colombia
10. Wales
11. Venezuela
12. Scotland

Top 5

1. Israel
2. Scotland
3. Australia
4. Wales
5. Venezuela

Judges

• Margareta Arvidsson - Miss Universe 1966 from Sweden
• Florinda Bolkan
• Britt Ekland
• Margot Fonteyn
• Aldo Gucci

• Henri d'Orléans
• David Newbigging
• Roman Polanski
• Run Run Shaw
• Fred Williamson

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 - Nur Arifin
• Ireland - Elaine Rosemary O'Hara
• Israel - Rina Mor
• Italy - Diana Scapolan
• Japan - Miyako Iwakuni

• Korea - Chung Kwang-hyun
• Liberia - Laurine Wede Johnson
• Luxembourg - Monique Wilmes
• Malaysia - Teh-Faridah Ahmed Norizan
• Malta - Mary Grace Ciantar
• Mauritius - Marielle Tse-Sik-Sun
• Mexico - Carla Jean Evert Reguera
• New Zealand - Janey Kingscote
• Nicaragua - Ivania Navarro Yenic
• Northern Marianas - 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
• Samoa - Taliilani Ellen Letuli
• Scotland - Carol Jean Grant
• Singapore - Linda Tham
• South Africa - Cynthia Classen
• Spain - Olga Fernandez Perez
• Sri Lanka - Genevieve Bernedette Parsons
• St. Maarten - Angela Huggins
• Surinam - Peggy Vandeleuv
• Sweden - Caroline Westerberg
• Switzerland - Isabelle Fischbacher
• Thailand - Katareeya Areekul
• Trinidad & Tobago - Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane
• Turkey - Manolya Onur
• Uruguay - Leila Luisa Vinas Martinez
• USA - Barbara Elaine Peterson
• Venezuela - Judith Josefina Castillo Uribe
• Virgin Islands - Lorraine Patricia Baa
• Wales - Sian Helen Adey-Jones
• Yugoslavia - Svetlana Radojcic

Notes

Withdrawals

• Jamaica - Angela Ruddock
• Tahiti - Amiot Mora

Crossovers

Miss World

• 1975: Argentina - Lilian Noemi De Asti
• 1975: Aruba - Cynthia Marlene Bruin
• 1975: Canada - Normande Jacques
• 1975: Ireland - Elaine Rosemary O'Hara
• 1975: Malta - Mary Grace Ciantar
• 1975: Mauritius - Marielle Tse-Sik-Sun (Semi-finalist)
• 1976: Scotland - Carol Jean Grant (3rd runner-up, as United Kingdom)
• 1976: Belgium - Yvette Maria Aelbrecht
• 1976: Bermuda - Vivienne Anne Hollis
• 1976: France - Monique Uldaric
• 1976: Luxembourg - Monique Wilmes
• 1976: Mexico - Carla Jean Evert Reguera
• 1976: Peru - Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica
• 1979: Holland - Nannetje Johanna Nielen

Miss International

• 1975: Canada - Normande Jacques
• 1975: Holland - Nannetje Johanna Nielen (Semi-finalist)
• 1977: Belgium - Yvette Maria Aelbrecht
• 1977: Norway - Bente Lihaug
• 1977: Wales - Sian Helen Adey-Jones (as United Kingdom)

Miss Teenage Intercontinental

• 1976: Nicaragua - Ivania Navarro Yenic (Winner)

Miss Young International

• 1976: Mexico - Carla Jean Evert Reguera

Maja Internacional

• 1977: Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Zayas Ortiz (Winner)

Miss Ambar del Mundo

• 1976: Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Zayas Ortiz (1st runner-up)
• 1976: Italy - Diana Scapolan (Semi-finalist)
• 1977: Argentina - Lilian Noemi De Asti (Semi-finalist, Best National Costume)
• 1977: Mexico - Carla Jean Evert Reguera (3rd runner-up, Miss Amity)

Miss Europe

• 1976: Austria - Heidi-Marie Passian
• 1976: Belgium - Yvette Maria Aelbrecht
• 1976: England - Pauline Davies
• 1976: France - Monique Uldaric
• 1976: Greece - Melina Michailidou (3rd runner-up)
• 1976: Ireland - Elaine Rosemary O'Hara
• 1976: Luxembourg - Monique Wilmes
• 1976: Norway - Bente Lihaug (Semi-finalist)
• 1976: Spain - Olga Fernandez Perez
• 1976: Sweden - Caroline Westerberg
• 1976: Switzerland - Isabelle Fischbacher (1st runner-up)
• 1976: Wales - Sian Helen Adey-Jones

Miss Scandinavia

• 1977: Finland - Suvi Lukkarinen (2nd runner-up)
• 1977: Norway - Bente Lihaug (Winner)
• 1977: Sweden - Caroline Westerberg (4th runner-up)

Miss Asia

• 1975: Papua New Guinea - Eva Regina Arni (Winner, Miss Talent)
• 1977: Guam - Pilar Martha Laguana

Queen of the Pacific

• 1974: Papua New Guinea - Eva Regina Arni

External links

• Miss Universe official website