Miss Universe: Mis Universe 1956

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.

Result

Final resultsContestant

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

AwardContestant

Miss Congeniality

Costa Rica - Anabella Granados

Miss Photogenic

Germany - Marina Orschel

Most Popular Girl in Parade

Iowa - Carol Ann Laverne Morris^{^}

Contestant

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

Did not compete.

Finland (Mirva Orvokki Arvinen)