MISS USA 1956

1956 July 18

Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California

43  participants

Results

1  IOWA  Carol Laverne Morris (America '54, winner Universe '56)

2  SOUTH CAROLINA  Betty Lane Cherry (World '56)

3  ARKANSAS  Nancy McCollum

4  NEBRASKA  Shari Lewis (winner American Dairy Princess '56)

5  TEXAS  Jo Dobson

Top 16

ARIZONA  Maija Bertulson

COLORADO  Karen Keeler

MARYLAND  Charlene Holt

MICHIGAN  Barbara Sias

NEW JERSEY  Dolores Winfield

NORTH CAROLINA  Shirley Bagwell

OHIO  Eleanor Wood

OREGON  Maralyn Turner

TENNESSEE  Stella Wilson

UTAH  Cheryl Brown

WASHINGTON  June Marie Svedin

Awards

Miss Amity  COSTA RICA

Miss Photogenic  GERMANY

Remainder

CALIFORNIA  Shirlee Garner Witty

CONNECTICUT  Dorothy Jean Bailey

DELAWARE  Sandra McCabe

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Joanne Holler

FLORIDA  Kim Meyer

GEORGIA  Mary Delleney Ruff

ILLINOIS  Mickey Blair

INDIANA  Beverly Mattox

LOUISIANA  Cecile Morris

MASSACHUSETTS  Elaine Murphy

MIAMI BEACH (FL)  Beverly Rogers (USA '55 as Miss New Jersey)

MINNESOTA  Marilyn Johnson

MISSOURI  Carol Rea Thrower

NEVADA  Marley Sanderson

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Rita Leclerc

NEW MEXICO  Jackie Brown

NEW YORK  Kay Douglas (married & mother of 10-month-old son)

NORTH DAKOTA  Mary Jane Harroun

PENNSYLVANIA  Serena Kifer

PHILADELPHIA (PA)  Miriam Uniman

RHODE ISLAND  Sandra Vozella

ST. LOUIS (MO)  Diana Stopke

VERMONT  Dolores Wettock

VIRGINIA  Audra Stark

WEST VIRGINIA  Janet Marilyn Cardi

WISCONSIN  Priscilla Perkins

WYOMING  Marilyn Scott

Replaced:

DELAWARE  Karen Neilson

TEXAS  Alison McElhone

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Sibyl Smith