- Miss World 1956
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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.
Contents
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.
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