Miss Universe 1956
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The fifth edition of the Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant was held on 20 July 1956, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
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, California
California
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, USA
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. They had 30 young ladies in the competition. Miss USA, 20-year-old Carol Morris
Carol Morris
Carol Ann Laverne Morris , Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956....

, won the competition. She became the second American
United States
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 to win the Miss Universe competition.

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 1956
  •  United States - Carol Ann Laverne Morris
    Carol Morris
    Carol Ann Laverne Morris , Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956....

1st runner-up
  •  Germany - Marina Orschel
  • 2nd runner-up
  •  Sweden - Ingrid Goude
    Ingrid Goude
    Ingrid Goude is a model from Sandviken, in Gästrikland, Sweden.She became an actress in B-movie and sci-fi motion pictures of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Edward K....

  • 3rd runner-up
  •  Kingdom of 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
  •  Early Modern France - Anita Treyens
  •  Greece - Rita Gouma
  •  Israel - Sara Tal
  •  Mexico - Erna Marta Bauman
  •  Peru - Lola Sabogal Marzán
  •  Venezuela - Blanquita Heredia Osío
    Blanca Heredia
    Blanca "Blanquita" Heredia Osío is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on 1934. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1956, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1956 pageant held in Long Beach, California, USA, on July 20, 1956, when she...


  • Special awards

    Award Contestant
    Miss Congeniality
    Miss Photogenic
  •  Germany - Marina Orschel
  • Most Popular Girl in Parade
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    ^ As Miss Universe and Miss USA were held jointly, candidates from both pageants were eligible for the special awards

    Contestants


    • ' - 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
      Ingrid Goude
      Ingrid Goude is a model from Sandviken, in Gästrikland, Sweden.She became an actress in B-movie and sci-fi motion pictures of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Edward K....

    •  Turkey - Can Yusal
    •  Uruguay - Titina Aguirre
    •  United States - Carol Ann Laverne Morris
      Carol Morris
      Carol Ann Laverne Morris , Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956....

       (IA)
    •  Venezuela - Blanquita Heredia Osío
      Blanca Heredia
      Blanca "Blanquita" Heredia Osío is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on 1934. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1956, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1956 pageant held in Long Beach, California, USA, on July 20, 1956, when she...


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

    Panel of Judges

    • Claude Berr
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    • Betty Jones
    • Tom Kelley
      Tom Kelley (photographer)
      Tom Kelley was an American photographer. Tom photographed the Hollywood celebrities throughout the 1940s and 1950s in Hollywood. David O...

    • Dorothy Kirsten
      Dorothy Kirsten
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    • James H. Noguer
    • Robert Palmer
      Robert Palmer
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    • Vincent Trotta
    • Alberto Vargas
      Alberto Vargas
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    • Earl Wilson
      Earl Wilson
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