miss world 1956
monDAY, october 15, 1956
Lyceum Ballroom, London, england
24 participants
PRESENTERs: Ben Lyon, eric morley
commentator: Alex Mackintosh
entertainment: joan regan
Results
1 GERMANY Petra Susanna Schürmann
2 USA Betty Lane Cherry
3 ISRAEL Rina Weiss
4 JAPAN Midoriko Tokura
5 DENMARK Anne Rye Nielsen
6 SWEDEN Eva Bränn
Remainder
AUSTRIA Margaret Scherz
BELGIUM Madeleine Hotelet (Europe '57)
EGYPT Norma Dugo
FINLAND Sirpa Helena Koivu (Europe '56)
FRANCE Genevieve Solare Cuzin
GREAT BRITAIN Iris Alice Kathleen Waller (3rd RU England-Universe '56)
GREECE Maria Paraloglou
HOLLAND Ansje Johanna van Pothoven
ICELAND Agusta Gudmundsdóttir
IRELAND Amy Kelly
ITALY Angela Portaluri
MOROCCO Lydia Marin
NEW ZEALAND Jeannette de Montalk
SOUTH AFRICA Norma Vorster
SWITZERLAND Yolande Daetwyler
TUNISIA Pascaline Agnes
TURKEY Suna Özekin
VENEZUELA Celsa de Jesús Pieri
NO SHOWS:
AUSTRALIA Maureen Kistle
BRAZIL Leda Brandão Rau
CANADA Dorothy Germaine Moreau
COTE D'IVOIRE Marthe Niankoury
CUBA Marcia Rodríguez Echevarria
PERU Rosa Dolores "Lolita" Sabogal Morzan
DEBUTS: Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, South Africa, Tunisia
WITHDRAWALS: Australia, Ceylon, Cuba, Honduras, Monte Carlo (Monaco)
RETURNS: Egypt, Switzerland, Turkey
JUDGES:
1- Val Parnell, Actor, Managing Director and Presenter of British TV.
2- Lady Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon and wife of Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
3- Stirling Moss, British Formula One racing driver.
4- the renowned Swedish actress Anita Ekberg.
5- Charles Eade, Director of the Sunday Dispatch newspaper.
6- Anthony Steele, English actor and singer.
7- Lydia Lyle Russell, Duchess of Bedford.
8- Claude Berr of the Miss Europe Committee.
9- Charles Creed, British Fashion Designer.