User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1956

Miss Universe 1956, the 5th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1956 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. There were thirty contestants on stage. The nineteen-year-old Carol Morris was the second American representative (styled as "Miss USA") to win the contest. As was normal for the event, she was crowned by her immediate predecessor, Hillevi Rombin of Sweden.

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
 *  West Germany - Marina Orschel
 *  Kingdom of Greece - Rita Gouma
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - Ileana Garlinger Díaz
 *  Holland - Rita Schmidt
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Guðlaug Guðmundsdóttir
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - Sara Tal
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Rossana Galli
 * 🇯🇵 Japan - Yoshie Baba
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - Erna Marta Bauman
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Lola Sabogal
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Isabel Escobar Rodriguez
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Paquita Vivo
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Ingrid Goude
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Can Yusal
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Titina Aguirre
 * 🇺🇸 United States - Carol Morris
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Blanca Heredia

Debuts

 *  British Guiana
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
 *  Holland
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland

Returns

 * Last competed in 1953:
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * Last competed in 1954:
 * 🇵🇪 Peru

Replacement

 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Edith Noble Nakpil was replaced by Isabel Escobar Rodriguez.

Withdrawals

 *  Dominion of Ceylon
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Mirva Orvokki Arvinen
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
 * 🇳🇴 Norway
 *  West Indies Federation

Awards

 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Miss Friendship (Anabella Granados)
 *  West Germany - Miss Photogenic (Marina Orschel)
 * 🇺🇸 United States - Most Popular Girl (Carol Morris)