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{{Short description|5th Miss Universe pageant}}
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo        = Carol Morris Miss Universe 1956.jpg
| caption      = Carol Morris
| date         = {{Start date|1956|07|20|df=y}}
| presenters   = [[Bob Russell (entertainer)|Bob Russell]]
| venue        = [[Long Beach Municipal Auditorium]], [[Long Beach, California]], United States
| broadcaster  = [[CBS]]
| entrants     = 30
| placements   = 15
| debuts       = {{Hlist|British Guiana|Dominican Republic|Holland|Iceland}}
| withdraws    = {{Hlist|Ceylon|El Salvador|Finland|Honduras| Lebanon|Nicaragua|Norway|South Korea|West Indies}}
| returns      = {{Hlist|Peru|Turkey}}
| winner       = [[Carol Morris]]
| represented  = United States
| congeniality = Anabella Granados (Costa Rica)
| photogenic   = [[Marina Orschel]] (West Germany)
| before       = [[Miss Universe 1955|1955]]
| next         = [[Miss Universe 1957|1957]]
}}
'''Miss Universe 1956''' was the fifth [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Long Beach Municipal Auditorium]] in [[Long Beach, California]], United States on 20 July 1956.

At the end of the event, [[Hillevi Rombin]] of Sweden crowned [[Carol Morris]] of the United States as Miss Universe 1956.<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 July 1956|title=Iowa preacher's daughter wins "Miss Universe"|language=en|page=10-A|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iq4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J3YDAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss-universe&pg=7439%2C2101984|access-date=15 May 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|location=St. Petersburg, Florida}}</ref> It is the second victory of the United States in the history of the pageant.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=21 July 1956|title=Carol Morris, Iowa entry, wins Miss Universe title|language=en|page=2|work=[[Youngstown Vindicator]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N3E_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=rlQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3154%2C1183174|access-date=15 May 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|location=Warren, Ohio}}</ref>

Contestants from thirty countries and territories competed in this edition. The pageant was hosted by Bob Russell for the fifth time.

== Background ==
[[File:LBarena.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, the venue of Miss Universe 1956]]

=== Selection of participants ===
Contestants from thirty countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. This is the last edition before [[Miss Universe 2023|2023]] where women who are married and have children can participate.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Vera |date=23 March 1952 |title=Pageant of Pulchritude |pages=50 |work=[[Long Beach Press-Telegram]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/long-beach-press-telegram-lb-pt-23-mar-1/78107882/ |access-date=7 July 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=19 July 1957 |title=Miss USA turns out to be a Mrs. |pages=1 |work=Park City Daily News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7wgeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=30UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5120%2C1553698 |access-date=19 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2022 |title=Miss Universe announces inclusive change to pageant after more than 70 years |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/miss-universe-2023-mothers-married-women-b2143616.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114161127/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/miss-universe-2023-mothers-married-women-b2143616.html |archive-date=14 November 2022 |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> Two contestants were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.

==== Replacements ====
Guðlaug Guðmundsdóttir, the first runner-up of Miss Iceland 1956, was appointed to replace Miss Iceland 1956 Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir after it was discovered that the latter was already married.<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 May 1985|title=Islenskar fegurðardrottningar í 34 ar|language=is|trans-title=Icelandic beauty queens for 34 years|pages=4B–5B|work=[[Morgunblaðið]]|url=https://timarit.is/page/1612494?iabr=on|access-date=26 July 2023|via=[[Tímarit.is]]}}</ref> Edith Noble Nakpil was replaced by Isabel Escobar Rodriguez as the representative of the Philippines due to undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dolor |first=Danny |date=16 December 2018 |title=Edith Nakpil: ‘Woman of grace and courage’ |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2018/12/16/1877281/edith-nakpil-woman-grace-and-courage |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=[[Philippine Star]]}}</ref>

==== Debuts, returns, and withdrawals ====
This edition saw the debuts of British Guiana, the Dominican Republic, Holland, and Iceland,<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 April 1956|title=More nations enter Miss Universe Contest|language=en|pages=16|work=[[The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)|The Royal Gazette]]|url=https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/170896/rec/13|access-date=26 July 2023|via=[[Bermuda National Library]]|location=Hamilton, Bermuda}}</ref> and the returns of Turkey and Peru, who last competed in 1953 and 1954, respectively. Mirva Arvinen of Finland withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. Ceylon, El Salvador, Finland, Honduras, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Norway, South Korea, and the West Indies withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or designate a contestant.

==Results==
[[File:Miss Universe 1956 Top-15.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1956 Top 15 semi-finalists together with Hillevi Rombin (center)]]

=== Placements ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|- 
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| Miss Universe 1956
|
* {{flag|United States|1912}} – [[Carol Morris]]<ref name=":4" />
|-
| 1st runner-up
|
* {{flag|West Germany}} – [[Marina Orschel]]<ref name=":4" />
|-
| 2nd runner-up
|
* {{flag|Sweden}} – [[Ingrid Goude]]<ref name=":4" />
|-
| 3rd runner-up
|
* {{flag|England}} – Iris Waller<ref name=":4" />
|-
| 4th runner-up
|
* {{flag|Italy}} – Rossana Galli<ref name=":4" />
|-
| Top 15
|
* {{flag|Argentina}} – Ileana Carré<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=20 July 1956 |title=Miss USA gets finalist spot |language=en |pages=1 |work=Lodi News-Sentinel |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=woYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6831%2C2018458 |access-date=19 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
* {{flag|Belgium}} – Lucienne Auquier<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Brazil|1889}} – Maria José Cardoso<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Cuba}} – Marcia Rodríguez<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|France|1830}} – Anita Treyens<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Greece|otto}} – Rita Gouma<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Israel}} – Sara Tal<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Mexico|1934}} – Erna Bauman<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Peru}} – Lola Sabogal<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Blanca Heredia]]<ref name=":0" />
|}

=== Special awards ===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Award
!Contestant
|-
|Miss Friendship
|
* {{flag|Costa Rica}} – Anabella Granados<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=20 July 1956|title=She's friendliest|language=en|page=8|work=[[Toledo Blade]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cbpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uwAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7521%2C6138838|access-date=26 July 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|location=Toledo, Ohio}}</ref>
|-
|Miss Photogenic
|
* {{flag|West Germany}} – [[Marina Orschel]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=18 July 1956 |title=Miss America will be named today in world beauty test |pages=10 |work=[[Ocala StarBanner]] |location=Ocala, Florida |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1HRPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wgQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1529%2C2812112 |access-date=27 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|-
|Miss Popular Girl
|
* {{flag|United States|1912}} – [[Carol Morris]]<ref name=":2" />
|}

== Pageant ==
=== Format ===
Same with 1955, fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast using their native languages. Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the five finalists were eventually chosen.<ref name=":1" />

=== Selection committee ===

* Vincent Trotta – Artistic Director at [[Paramount Pictures]]
* James H. Noguer – American professor of Foreign Languages
* [[Tom Kelley (photographer)|Tom Kelley]] – American photographer
* [[Dorothy Kirsten]] – American opera singer<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=7 July 1956 |title=Judges for Miss Universe named |pages=12 |work=Lodi News-Sentinel |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u4YzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=5337%2C630373 |access-date=19 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
* [[Earl Wilson (columnist)|Earl Wilson]] – American journalist and columnist<ref name=":1" />
* [[Alberto Vargas]] – Peruvian-American painter known for his "Vargas Girls"<ref name=":1" />
* [[Max Factor Jr.|Max Factor]] – American businessman and make-up man<ref name=":1" />
* Claude Berr – Founder and president of the ''Comite Pour Election de Miss Europe<ref name=":1" />''

== Contestants ==
[[Image:Miss Universe 1956 Map.PNG|right|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1956 participating countries and territories.]]Thirty contestants competed for the title.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=15 July 1956 |title=Globe's Most Beautiful Girls |pages=8 |work=[[Long Beach Press-Telegram]] |location=[[Long Beach, California]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/long-beach-press-telegram-july-15-1956/124707230/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Country/Territory
!Contestant
!Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}}
!Hometown
|-
|{{flagicon|Alaska}} [[Miss Alaska USA|Alaska]]
|Barbara Sellar<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 March 1956|title=Barbara Sellar crowned queen|language=en|pages=1|work=[[Fairbanks Daily News-Miner]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83628219/newsminer-mar-12-1956/|access-date=26 July 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Fairbanks, Alaska}}</ref>
|18
|[[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina|1861}} [[Miss Argentina|Argentina]]
|Ileana Carré
|19
|[[Buenos Aires]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]
|Lucienne Auquier<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 September 1959|title=A role in a cast|language=en|pages=2|work=The Daily Notes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13352547/the-daily-notes/|access-date=25 August 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} [[Miss Brazil|Brazil]]
|Maria José Cardoso<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lobel|first=Fabrício|date=31 May 2019|title=Mortes: Miss Brasil de 1956 esteve a dois passos do Universo|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2019/05/mortes-miss-brasil-de-1956-esteve-a-dois-passos-do-universo.shtml|access-date=25 August 2023|website=[[Folha de S. Paulo]]|language=pt-BR|trans-title=Deaths: Miss Brazil 1956 was two steps away from the Universe}}</ref>
|21
|[[Porto Alegre]]
|-
|{{flagicon|British Guiana|1955}} [[Miss Guyana|British Guiana]]
|Rosalind Iva Joan Fung<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 October 2011|title=Beauty pageants – a look back|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/10/08/the-scene/beauty-pageants-–-a-look-back/|access-date=25 August 2023|website=[[Stabroek News]]|language=en-us}}</ref>
|20
|[[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Canada|1921}} [[Miss Universe Canada|Canada]]
|Elaine Bishenden<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|date=13 July 1956|title=Miss Universe hopefuls arrive at California battle site|language=en|page=2|work=[[Youngstown Vindicator]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PYc_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UVUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=707%2C3700589|access-date=25 August 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|18
|[[Toronto]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile|1956}} [[Miss Chile|Chile]]
|Concepción Obach<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abreu|first=Veronica|date=23 December 2020|title=Legendary actress Conchita Obach passed away|url=https://en.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/fallecio-la-legendaria-actriz-conchita-obach/|access-date=25 August 2023|website=[[Últimas Noticias]]|language=en}}</ref>
|20
|[[Santiago]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Costa Rica|1906}} [[Miss Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]
|Anabella Granados<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1956|title="Miss Costa Rica" en el salon de belleza oriental|language=es|pages=26|work=La Nación|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RvgcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MHwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2070%2C4633606|access-date=25 August 2023|trans-title=Miss Costa Rica in the oriental beauty salon|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|18
|[[Alajuela]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Cuba|1902}} [[Miss Cuba|Cuba]]
|Marcia Rodríguez<ref name=":22">{{Cite news|date=16 July 1956|title=Beauties from many lands join in opening Miss Universe Contest|language=en|page=13|work=[[Youngstown Vindicator]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MnE_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=rlQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=687%2C77332|access-date=25 August 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Havana]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Dominican Republic|1865}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]
|Olga Fiallo<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 1956 |title=La Srita. República Dominicana llego ya a Los Angeles |language=es |trans-title=Miss Dominican Republic arrived in Los Angeles |pages=7 |work=La Opinion |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GV5EAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E7IMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5313%2C3620594 |access-date=25 August 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|22
|[[Santo Domingo|Ciudad Trujillo]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Ecuador|1900}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]]
|Mercedes Flores Espín<ref name=":5" />
|18
|[[Guayaquil]]
|-
|{{flagicon|England|1417}} [[Miss England|England]]
|Iris Waller<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 July 1956|title=Teamed up in this act|language=en|page=4|work=[[Toledo Blade]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z7pOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uwAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7464%2C3168575|access-date=25 August 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|21
|[[Gateshead]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France|1830}} France
|[[:fr:Anita_Treyens|Anita Treyens]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 1956 |title=Foreign beauties are seeking title of Miss Universe |language=en |page=2 |work=[[Youngstown Vindicator]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NHE_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=rlQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=602%2C365485 |access-date=11 October 2022 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|18
|[[Paris]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]]
|Rita Gouma<ref name=":5" />
|20
|[[Athens]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Guatemala|1956}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]]
|Ileana Garlinger<ref name=":5" />
|21
|[[Guatemala City]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Netherlands|1814}} [[Miss Holland|Holland]]
|Rita Schmidt<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 July 1956|title=Rita Schmidt werd uitgeschakeld|language=nl|pages=2|work=[[Friese Koerier]]|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=%22Rita+Schmidt%22&coll=ddd&page=1&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1950-1959%7C1956%7C&identifier=ddd:010687091:mpeg21:a0028&resultsidentifier=ddd:010687091:mpeg21:a0028&rowid=1|access-date=15 May 2023|via=[[Delpher]]|trans-title=Rita Schmidt was eliminated|location=Leeuwarden, Netherlands}}</ref>
|20
|[[Alkmaar]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Iceland|1944}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]]
|Guðlaug Guðmundsdóttir<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 July 1956|title=International figures pool resources|language=en|page=2|work=[[Toledo Blade]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aLpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uwAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7412%2C3378367|access-date=26 August 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Kópavogur]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Israel|1956}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]]
|Sara Tal<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 July 1956|title=Choice beauties from Israel|language=en|page=3|work=[[Youngstown Vindicator]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ooc_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UVUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=810%2C2915639|access-date=26 August 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|22
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy|1946}} [[Miss Italia|Italy]]
|Rossana Galli<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 July 1956|title=Italy's choice for "Miss Universe" - You can see why|language=en|page=A15|work=[[Youngstown Vindicator]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OIc_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UVUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=757%2C2137364|access-date=26 August 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|21
|[[Rome]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan|1952}} [[Miss Japan|Japan]]
|Yoshie Baba<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 July 1956 |title=Japanese beauty specifies a tall spouse |pages=6 |work=[[The Calgary Herald]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sjBkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=73sNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5449%2C4456328 |access-date=26 August 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Aizuwakamatsu]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} [[Señorita México|Mexico]]
|Erna Marta Bauman<ref>{{Cite web|last=Orona|first=Karla|date=17 March 2022|title=Actriz que fue reina de belleza triunfó en el Cine Mexicano como mujer vampiro|url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2022/3/17/actriz-que-fue-reina-de-belleza-triunfo-en-el-cine-mexicano-como-mujer-vampiro-387620.html|access-date=26 August 2023|website=[[El Heraldo de México]]|language=es|trans-title=Actress who was a beauty queen triumphed in Mexican cinema as a vampire woman}}</ref>
|18
|[[Mexico City]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Peru|1950}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]]
|Lola Sabogal<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=12 November 2017|title=Miss Perú: las peruanas más bellas de las últimas décadas|url=https://elcomercio.pe/tvmas/farandula/miss-peru-peruanas-bellas-ultimas-decadas-noticia-473145-noticia/|access-date=26 August 2023|website=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]|language=es|trans-title=Miss Peru: the most beautiful Peruvians of the last decades}}</ref>
|21
|[[Lima]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Binibining Pilipinas|Philippines]]
|Isabel Rodriguez<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |last=Lo |first=Ricky |author-link=Ricky Lo |date=12 February 2010 |title=Misses RP for Miss U pageant, 1952-'63 |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2010/02/12/548556/misses-rp-miss-u-pageant-1952-63 |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=[[Philippine Star]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Manila]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico|1952}} [[Miss Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]
|Paquita Vivo<ref name=":12" />
|20
|[[Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Santurce, San Juan]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden|1906}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]]
|[[Ingrid Goude]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 July 1957|title=Lovely blonde|language=en|pages=5|work=The Singapore Free Press|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19570710-1.2.36?ST=1&AT=search&SortBy=Oldest&K=Miss+Universe&P=37&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=miss,universe&oref=article|access-date=26 August 2023|via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Turkey|1936}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]]
|Can Uysaloğlu<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|date=9 July 1956|title=European entries in Miss Universe Contest beautify skyline|page=5|work=[[Youngstown Vindicator]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OYc_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UVUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=687%2C2747836|access-date=26 August 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=4 May 2020|last=Tarihi|first=Güncelleme|title=Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu|trans-title=Beauties met on live broadcast|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|access-date=29 April 2025|website=[[Hürriyet]]|language=Turkish|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102125519/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|url-status=live}}</ref>
|18
|[[Istanbul]]
|-
|{{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Miss USA|United States]]
|[[Carol Morris]]<ref name="tolb560719">{{cite news|date=19 July 1956|title=Iowa beauty wins title of Miss U.S.A.|language=en|page=2|newspaper=[[Toledo Blade]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19560719&id=cLpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uwAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5210,5829290|access-date=15 May 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|location=Toledo, Ohio}}</ref>
|20
|[[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Uruguay|1830}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]]
|Titina Aguirre<ref name=":22" />
|19
|[[Montevideo]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Venezuela|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Veneuzela]]
|[[Blanca Heredia]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hidalgo |first=Carla |date=18 December 2022 |title=Falleció Miss Venezuela 1956, Blanca Heredia, a sus 88 años |url=https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/en-boga/fallecio-miss-venezuela-1956-blanca-heredia-a-sus-88-anos/ |access-date=16 April 2025 |website=Últimas Noticias |language=es}}</ref>
|22
|[[Caracas]]
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany|1949}} [[Miss Germany|West Germany]]
|[[Marina Orschel]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1956|title=Miss Germany cries|language=en|page=7|work=[[The Brownsville Herald]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1410142/mo-w-beauty-con-t/|access-date=26 July 2023|location=Brownsville, Texas|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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|[[Berlin]]
|}

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.missuniverse.com/ Miss Universe official website]
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