Miss Universe 1956
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Miss Universe 1956, the 5th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1956 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, USA. They had 30 young ladies in the competition. Miss USA 19-year-old Carol Morris won the competition, becoming the second American to win the Miss Universe competition and was crowned by Miss Universe 1955, Hillevi Rombin of Sweden.
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Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1956 | |
| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Semi-finalists |
Contestants
File:Miss Universe 1956 Top-15.jpg
Miss Universe 1956 Top 15
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Alaska - Barbara Maria Sellar
Argentina – Ileana Carré
Belgium - Lucienne Auquier- 23x15px 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 - Guðlaug Guðmundsdóttir
Israel - Sara Tal
Italy - Rossana Galli
Japan - Yoshie Baba
Mexico - Erna Marta Bauman
Peru - Lola Sabogal Morzán
Philippines - Isabel Escobar Rodriguez
Puerto Rico - Paquita Vivo
Sweden - Ingrid Goude
Turkey - Can Yusal
Uruguay - Titina Aguirre
USA - Carol Morris
Venezuela - Blanca Heredia
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Notes
Debuts
Returns
Replacement
- Philippines - Edith Noble Nakpil was replaced by Isabel Escobar Rodriguez.
Withdrawals
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