Miss World 1956

Miss World 1956
Date	15 October 1956
Presenters	Eric Morley
Venue	Lyceum Theatre, London, UK
Entrants	24
Debuts	Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, South Africa, and Tunisia
Withdraws	Australia, Ceylon, Cuba, Honduras, and Monte Carlo
Returns	Egypt, Switzerland, and Turkey
Winner	Petra Susanna Schürmann  West Germany

Miss World 1956, the sixth annual Miss World pageant, was held on 15 October 1956 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom. 24 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was Petra Schürmann, represented West Germany.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 1956	Germany - Petra Susanna Schürmann
1st Runner-up	United States - Betty Lane Cherry
2nd Runner-up	Israel - Rina Weiss
3rd Runner-up	Japan - Midoriki Tokura
4th Runner-up	Denmark - Anne Rye Nielsen
5th Runner-up	Sweden - Eva Bränn

Contestants

•  Austria - Margaret Scherz
•  Belgium - Madeleine Hotelet
•  Denmark - Anne Rye Nielsen
•  Egypt - Norma Dugo
•  Finland - Sirpa Helena Koivu
•  France - Genevieve Solare
•  Germany - Petra Susanna Schürmann
•  Great Britain - Iris Alice Kathleen Waller
•  Greece - Maria Paraloglou
•  Holland - Ans van Pothoven
•  Iceland - Agusta Gudmundsdóttir
•  Ireland - Amy Kelly
•  Israel - Rina Weiss
•  Italy - Angela Portaluri
•  Japan - Midoriki Tokura
•  Morocco - Lydia Marin
•  New Zealand - Jeannette de Montalk
•  South Africa - Norma Vorster
•  Sweden - Eva Bränn
•  Switzerland - Yolanda Daetwyler
•  Tunisia - Pascaline Agnes
•  Turkey - Suna Tekin
•  United States - Betty Lane Cherry
•  Venezuela - Celsa Pieri

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, and Tunisia competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Egypt, Switzerland, and Turkey last competed in 1954.

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis - Official results of Miss World 1956