Miss Universe 1956

Miss Universe 1956
Date	20 July 1956
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA
Entrants	30
Placements	15
Debuts	British Guiana (Guyana), Dominican Republic, Holland, Iceland
Withdraws	El Salvador, Finland, Honduras, Korea, Nicaragua, Norway, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), West Indies
Returns	Peru
Winner	Carol Morris USA
Congeniality	Anabella Granados  Costa Rica
Photogenic	Marina Orschel  Germany

Participating Nations and Results.

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.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1956	USA - Carol Ann Laverne 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
Top 15	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 Marzán  Venezuela - Blanquita Heredia Osío

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Costa Rica - Anabella Granados
Miss Photogenic	Germany - Marina Orschel
Most Popular Girl in Parade	Iowa - Carol Ann Laverne Morris^

^^{^} 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  England - Iris Alice Kathleen Waller  France - Anita Treyens  Germany - Marina Orschel  Greece - Rita Gouma  Guatemala - Ileana Garlinger Díaz

Holland - 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 Goude  Turkey - Can Yusal  Uruguay - Titina Aguirre  USA - Carol Ann Laverne Morris (IA)  Venezuela - Blanquita Heredia Osío

• Misses  Finland (Mirva Orvokki Arvinen) and  Philippines (Edith Noble Nakpil) did not compete.

Panel of Judges

Claude Berr Max Factor Betty Jones Tom Kelley Dorothy Kirsten

James H. Noguer Robert Palmer[disambiguation needed ] Vincent Trotta Alberto Vargas Earl Wilson[disambiguation needed ]

External links

• Official Miss Universe website