Miss Universe 1956
Encyclopedia
The fifth edition of the Miss Universe
pageant was held on 20 July 1956, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach
, California
, USA
. They had 30 young ladies in the competition. Miss USA, 20-year-old Carol Morris
, won the competition. She became the second American
to win the Miss Universe competition.
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^ As Miss Universe and Miss USA were held jointly, candidates from both pageants were eligible for the special awards
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant was held on 20 July 1956, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. They had 30 young ladies in the competition. Miss USA, 20-year-old Carol Morris
Carol Morris
Carol Ann Laverne Morris , Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956....
, won the competition. She became the second American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to win the Miss Universe competition.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1956 |
|
| 1st runner-up |
 Germany - Marina Orschel |
| 2nd runner-up |
 Sweden - Ingrid GoudeIngrid Goude Ingrid Goude is a model from Sandviken, in Gästrikland, Sweden.She became an actress in B-movie and sci-fi motion pictures of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Edward K.... |
| 3rd runner-up |
 Kingdom of England - Iris Alice Kathleen Waller |
| 4th runner-up |
 Italy - Rossana Galli |
| Top 15 |
 Argentina - Ileana Carré Belgium - Lucienne Auquier Brazil - Maria José Cardoso Cuba - Marcia Rodríguez Early Modern France - Anita Treyens Greece - Rita Gouma Israel - Sara Tal Mexico - Erna Marta Bauman Peru - Lola Sabogal Marzán Venezuela - Blanquita Heredia OsíoBlanca Heredia Blanca "Blanquita" Heredia Osío is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on 1934. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1956, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1956 pageant held in Long Beach, California, USA, on July 20, 1956, when she... |
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
Germany - Marina Orschel |
| Most Popular Girl in Parade |
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^ As Miss Universe and Miss USA were held jointly, candidates from both pageants were eligible for the special awards
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- Kingdom of England - Iris Alice Kathleen Waller
- Early Modern France - Anita Treyens
- Germany - Marina Orschel
- Greece - Rita Gouma
Guatemala - Ileana Garlinger Díaz
- ' - Rita Schmidt
Iceland - Gudlaug Gudmundsdóttir- Israel - Sara Tal
- Italy - Rossana Galli
Japan - Yoshie Baba- Mexico - Erna Marta Bauman
- Peru - Lola Sabogal Marzán
Philippines - Isabel Rodriguez
Puerto Rico - Paquita Vivo- Sweden - Ingrid GoudeIngrid GoudeIngrid Goude is a model from Sandviken, in Gästrikland, Sweden.She became an actress in B-movie and sci-fi motion pictures of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Edward K....
Turkey - Can Yusal
Uruguay - Titina Aguirre
United States - Carol Ann Laverne MorrisCarol MorrisCarol Ann Laverne Morris , Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956....
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Venezuela - Blanquita Heredia OsíoBlanca HerediaBlanca "Blanquita" Heredia Osío is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on 1934. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1956, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1956 pageant held in Long Beach, California, USA, on July 20, 1956, when she...
- Misses
Finland (Mirva Orvokki Arvinen) and Philippines (Edith Noble Nakpil) did not compete.
Panel of Judges
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