Results

1  USA  Carol Laverne Morris

2  GERMANY  Marina Orschel

3  SWEDEN  Ingrid Goude (1st RU Europe '56)

4  ENGLAND  Iris Alice Kathleen Waller (World '56)

5  ITALY  Rossana Galli

Top 15

ARGENTINA  Ileana Carré

BELGIUM  Lucienne Auquier

BRAZIL  Maria José Cardoso

CUBA  Marcia Rodríguez Echevarría

FRANCE  Anita Treyens

GREECE  Margaret "Rita" Gouma

ISRAEL  Sara Tal

MEXICO  Erna Marta Baumann

PERU  Rosa Dolores "Lolita" Sabogal Morzán

VENEZUELA  Blanca "Blanquita" Heredia Osío

Awards

Miss Friendship  1) COSTA RICA, 2) NEW MEXICO   (Jackie Brown)

Miss Photogenic  1) GERMANY, 2) SWEDEN, 3) VENEZUELA, 4) ITALY, 5) CALIFORNIA (Shurlee Witty)

Most Popular Girl  1) IOWA (Carol Morris), 2) TEXAS (Jo Dodson), 3) GERMANY

Remainder

ALASKA  Barbara Maria Sellar

BRITISH GUIANA  Rosalind Iva Joan Fung

CANADA  Elaine Evelyn Bishenden

CHILE  Inelia Concepción Obach Chacana

COSTA RICA  Anabelle Granados

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Olga Fernanda Fiallo Oliva de los Rosario

ECUADOR  María Mercedes "Mercy" Flores Espín

GUATEMALA  Ana Marta Ileana Girlinger Díaz

HOLLAND  Rita Schmidt (4th RU Europe '56)

ICELAND  Gudlaug Gudmundsdóttir

JAPAN  Yoshie Baba

PHILIPPINES  Isabel Escobar Rodriguez

PUERTO RICO  Antonia "Paquita" Vivo Cólon

TURKEY  Can Uysal

URUGUAY  Guillermina "Titina" Aguirre

NO SHOWS:

AUSTRALIA  Maureen Kistle

AUSTRIA  Traudl Eichinger

BOLIVIA  Consuelo Díaz Lima

BURMA  Louisa Charmaine Benson (Underage)

DENMARK  Anne Rye Nielsen

FINLAND  Sirpa Helena Koivu (Suomen Neito pageant was canceled due to lack of sponsorship, Miss Suomi took the franchise)

KOREA  Kim-mom Dong 

NICARAGUA  Aura Lila Aguilar

SWITZERLAND  Yvonne Bridel

VIRGIN ISLANDS  Miriam Edna Golden

WEST INDIES  Marlene Fenton

HAWAII  Olan Peltier

YUGOSLAVIA  Tania Velia

PARAGUAY  ???

REPLACED:

PHILIPPINES  Edith Merced Noble Nakpil

DEBUTS: Dominican Republic, Holland, Iceland, The Guianas

WITHDRAWALS:  Ceylon, El Salvador, Finland, Honduras, Korea, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Norway, West Indies

RETURNS:  Peru, Turkey

JUDGES:

1- Vincent Trotta - Dean of America's beauty judges and formerly art director of Paramount Pictures.

2- Tom Kelley - Hollywood fashion photographer.

3- Betty Jones - Manager of Slenderella International.

4- Earl Wilson - Columnist from New York. 

5- Alberto Varga - Artist and creator of the Varga Girl.

6- Claude Berr, French producer of the preliminary pageant in Europe.

7- Max Factor - Hollywood makeup artist.

8- Robert Palmer - Business executive.

9- Dorothy Kirsten - Opera singer. 

10- James H. Noguer - Professor of foreign languages at Long Beach State College.