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


DEBUTSJapan, Morocco, New Zealand, South Africa, Tunisia

WITHDRAWALS: Australia, Ceylon, Cuba, Honduras, Monte Carlo (Monaco)

RETURNSEgypt, 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.