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{{short description|16th edition of the Miss International competition}}
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner = [[Sophie Perin]]
| represented = France
| date = July 2, 1976
| image = Imperial Garden Theater 2012.JPG
| presenters = Bill Graham
| venue = [[Imperial Garden Theater]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| congeniality = Debbie Lee <br> Hawaii
| photogenic = Elvira Botempo <br> Austria
| entrants = 45
| placements = 15
| withdraws = {{Hlist|[[Denmark]]|[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]|[[Lebanon]]|[[Malta]]|[[Turkey]]}}
| returns = [[Thailand]]
| before = [[Miss International 1975|1975]]
| next = [[Miss International 1977|1977]]
}}

'''Miss International 1976''', the 16th [[Miss International]] pageant, was held on 2 July 1976 at the [[Imperial Garden Theater]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].

At the end of the event, [[Lidija Manić]] of [[Yugoslavia]] crowned [[Sophie Perin]] of France as Miss International 1976. This is France's first ever [[Miss International]] crown.

Contestants from 45 countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Bill Graham.

==Results==

===Placements===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Miss International 1976'''
|
* '''{{flag|France}}''' – '''[[Sophie Perin]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 1976 |title=French student crowned Miss International |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19760705-1.2.14.6 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=2 |language=en |via=National Library Board}}</ref>'''<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=3 July 1976 |title=Miss belleza internacional |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7HQbAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Nafisa+Ali%22&pg=PA2 |access-date=6 June 2024 |work=El Tiempo |pages=2 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1st runner-up
|
* {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – Vionete Revoredo<ref name=":2" />
|-
| 2nd runner-up
|
* {{flag|India}} – [[Nafisa Ali]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
| 3rd runner-up
|
* {{flag|United States}} – Susan Carlson<ref name=":2" />
|-
| 4th runner-up
|
* {{flag|Japan|1947}} – Kumie Nakamura<ref name=":2" />
|-
| Top 15
|
* {{flag|Austria}} – Elvira Botempo
* {{flag|Colombia}} – Alicia Sáenz Madrid
* {{flag|Great Britain}} – Janet Withey
* {{flag|Honduras|1949}} – Victoria Ann Baker
* {{flag|New Zealand}} – Priscilla Foyle<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sophie Perin, gagnante du concours de la 'Miss International.' à... |url=https://www.gettyimages.es/detail/fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/sophie-perin-gagnante-du-concours-de-la-miss-fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/1269063874 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Getty Images |date=27 August 2020 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sophie Perin, gagnante du concours de la 'Miss International.' à... |url=https://www.gettyimages.es/detail/fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/sophie-perin-gagnante-du-concours-de-la-miss-fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/1269063861 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Getty Images |date=27 August 2020 |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=8 December 2018 |title=Lovely Miss Auckland, New Zealand Priscrilla Foyle, 21 from Tokoroa... |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/lovely-miss-auckland-new-zealand-priscrilla-foyle-21-from-news-photo/1078770394 |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=Getty Images |language=en-us}}</ref>
* {{flag|Philippines}} – Maria Dolores Ascalon<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Villano |first=Alexa |date=6 June 2019 |title=The Binibining Pilipinas legacy through the years |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/232209-legacy-through-the-decades/ |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=[[Rappler]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* {{flag|Puerto Rico}} – Yvonne Torres
* {{flag|Spain|1945}} – Victoria Martín González
* {{flag|Sweden}} – Marie Borhall
* {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – Betsabé Ayala
|}

==Contestants==
Forty-five contestants competed for the title.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Country/Territory
!Contestant
!Age
!Hometown
|-
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|Johanna Fonseca<ref>{{Cite web |last=Braillard |first=Miguel |date=29 January 2022 |title=Fue Miss Argentina y estuvo comprometida con un actor estadounidense: la historia de amor de Johanna Fonseca |trans-title=She was Miss Argentina and was engaged to an American actor: the love story of Johanna Fonseca |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/fue-miss-argentina-y-estuvo-comprometida-con-un-actor-estadounidense-la-historia-de-amor-de-johanna-nid28012022/ |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=La Nacion |language=es}}</ref>
|19
|[[Rosario]]
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|Patrice Newell<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 September 1975 |title=Anne – a dream come true |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOBUAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+International%22&pg=PA2 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=The Age |pages=2 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Adelaide]]
|-
|{{flag|Austria}}
|Elvira Botempo
|–
|[[Vienna]]
|-
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|Béatrice Libert
|23
|[[Mons, Belgium|Mons]]
|-
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|Martha Rosa Baeza
|–
|[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]]
|-
|{{flag|Brazil|1968}}
|Vionete Revoredo<ref name=":2" />
|20
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|-
|{{flag|Canada}}
|Lynn Hore
|–
|–
|-
|{{flag|Chile}}
|Maria Antonieta Rosselló
|–
|–
|-
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|Alicia Sáenz<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 1976 |title=La nuestra...! |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XQbAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Alicia+Saenz%22&pg=PA11 |access-date=6 June 2024 |work=El Tiempo |pages=11 |language=es |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
|–
|[[Bolívar Department|Bolivar]]
|-
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|Maritza Elizabeth Ortiz<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 May 1976 |title=Silvia Jimenez Fue Electa Anoche Senorita Costa Rica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bUEfAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+Internacional%22&pg=PA3 |access-date=6 June 2024 |work=La Nacion |pages=3 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
|–
|[[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]]
|-
|{{flag|Finland}}
|Maarit Leso<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asikainen |first=Merja |date=25 June 2018 |title=70-luvun kauneuskuningatar Maarit Leso, 62, elää kansainvälistä luksuselämää: "Huolet ja tunteet ovat ihan samoja kuin kaikilla muillakin" |trans-title=70s beauty queen Maarit Leso, 62, lives an international life of luxury: "The worries and feelings are just the same as everyone else's" |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000005732277.html |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref>
|–
|[[Helsinki]]
|-
|{{flag|France}}
|[[Sophie Perin]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dematte|first=Delphine|date=18 November 2021|title=Metz. Savez-vous qui a été élue Miss France puis Miss International ?|url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/insolite/2021/11/18/savez-vous-qui-a-ete-elu-miss-france-puis-miss-international|access-date=6 June 2024|website=Le Républicain Lorrain|language=FR-fr}}</ref>
|18
|[[Talange]]
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}
|Paula Bergner
|–
|–
|-
|{{flag|Great Britain}}
|Janet Withey
|20
|[[London]]
|-
|{{flag|Greece|old}}
|Maria Sinanidou
|–
|[[Athens]]
|-
|{{flag|Guam}}
|Thelma Hechanova
|–
|[[Hagåtña, Guam|Hagåtña]]
|-
|{{flag|Hawaii}}
|Debbie Lee
|–
|[[Honolulu]]
|-
|{{flag|Holland}}
|Cornelia Kitsz<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 April 1976 |title=Bij verkiezing Miss International: Cora Kitsz wil in Tokio Friesland "verkopen" |trans-title=At Miss International election: Cora Kitsz wants to "sell" Friesland in Tokyo |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010620179:mpeg21:p021 |access-date=6 June 2024 |work=Leeuwarder courant |pages=21 |language=nl |via=Delpher}}</ref>
|20
|[[Leeuwarden]]
|-
|{{flag|Honduras|1949}}
|Victoria Ann Baker
|–
|[[Francisco Morazán (department)|Francisco Morazán]]
|-
|{{flag|Hong Kong|colonial}}
|Margaret Tsui Mei-Ling
|–
|Hong Kong
|-
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|Sigrun Saevarsdóttir
|–
|[[Reykjavík]]
|-
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Nafisa Ali]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 December 2019 |title=Nafisa Ali’s throwback post after Miss India 1976 win is a must-see |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/nafisa-ali-sodhi-throwback-miss-india-1976-6168092/ |access-date=31 March 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|19
|[[Kolkata]]
|-
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|Treesye Ratri Astuti<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=30 June 1976 |title=Beauties flash a smile |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19760630-1.1.2 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=2 |via=National Library Board}}</ref>
|18
|[[Ungaran]]
|-
|{{flag|Israel}}
|Dorit Cohen
|21
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}
|Joanna Avana
|–
|[[Rome]]
|-
|{{flag|Japan|1947}}
|Kumie Nakamura<ref name=":2" />
|–
|[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]]
|-
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|Carmen Pick
|20
|[[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]]
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|Fauziah Haron
|19
|[[Johor]]
|-
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|Alejandra Mora
|–
|[[Mexico City]]
|-
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|Priscilla Foyle<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
|21
|[[Auckland]]
|-
|{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|María Fiallos
|–
|[[Granada Department|Granada]]
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|Maria Dolores Ascalon<ref name=":3" />
|22
|[[Bacolod]]
|-
|{{flag|Puerto Rico}}
|Yvonne Torres
|–
|[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|Sandra Binny<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 June 1976 |title=Sandra off to Tokyo 'to do my best for Singapore' |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19760626-1.2.58 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=10 |via=National Library Board}}</ref>
|20
|Singapore
|-
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|Han Young-ae
|–
|[[Seoul]]
|-
|{{flag|Spain|1945}}
|Victoria Martín
|–
|[[Tenerife]]
|-
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|Sudhaama Kitchilan
|–
|[[Colombo]]
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|Marie Gunilla Borhäll
|–
|[[Stockholm]]
|-
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|Beatrice Aschwanden<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 November 2013 |title=Sheilas Mami war Miss Schweiz |trans-title=Sheila's mom was Miss Switzerland |url=https://www.20min.ch/story/sheilas-mami-war-miss-schweiz-105083470502 |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=20 Minuten |language=de}}</ref>
|–
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|{{flag|Tahiti}}
|Patricia Servonnat
|18
|[[Papeete]]
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|Duangratana Thaweechokesubsin<ref name=":4" />
|–
|[[Bangkok]]
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|Susan Carlson
|21
|[[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]]
|-
|{{flag|Uruguay}}
|Isabel Ana Ferrero
|–
|[[Montevideo]]
|-
|{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}
|Iris Betsabé Ayala
|–
|[[Miranda (state)|Miranda]]
|-
|{{flag|West Germany}}
|Paula Bergner
|–
|–
|-
|{{flag|Yugoslavia}}
| colspan="3" |{{center|''unidentified''}}
|}

==Notes==

===Designations===
* '''{{flag|Greece|old}}''' - Due to her mother's illness, Rania Theofilou (World '76) cancelled her participation and was replaced by Maria Sinanidou.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.miss-international.org/en/}}

{{Miss International}}
{{Miss International 1976 delegates}}

[[Category:Miss International|1976]]
[[Category:1976 beauty pageants]]
[[Category:Beauty pageants in Japan]]
[[Category:1976 in Tokyo]]

Miss International 1976 - Revision history

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