Miss World 1956
Appearance
Miss World 1956 | |
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Date | 15 October 1956 |
Presenters | Eric Morley |
Venue | Lyceum Ballroom,London,United Kingdom |
Entrants | 24 |
Placements | 6 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Petra Schürmann West Germany |
Miss World 1956was the sixth edition of theMiss Worldpageant, held on 15 October 1956 at theLyceum BallroominLondon,United Kingdom.24 contestants competed for title of Miss World. The winner wasPetra Schürmann,who representedGermany.She was crowned by Miss World 1955,Susana DuijmofVenezuela.
The announcement of the winner was marked by a moment of confusion. The United States representative,Miss USA 1956first runner-up Betty Lane Cherry, was given the winner's sash to wear just before the ceremony, and briefly it was reported that she was the winner. She ultimately was named as the first runner-up, commenting to the press that "two seconds don't make one first".[1][2]
Results
[edit]Placement | Contestant |
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Miss World 1956 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up | |
4th runner-up |
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5th runner-up |
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Contestants
[edit]- Austria– Margaret Scherz
- Belgium– Madeleine Hotelet
- Denmark– Anne Rye Nielsen
- Egypt– Norma Dugo
- Finland– Sirpa Helena Koivu
- France– Geneviève Solare
- West Germany–Petra Schürmann
- Great Britain– Iris Alice Kathleen Waller
- Greece– Maria Paraloglou
- Holland– Ans van Pothoven
- Iceland– Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir[4]
- Ireland– Amy Kelly[4]
- Israel– Rina Weiss[5]
- Italy– Angela Portaluri
- Japan– Midoriko Tokura[3]
- Morocco– Lydia Marin
- New Zealand– Jeannette de Montalk
- South Africa– Norma Vorster
- Sweden– Eva Bränn
- Switzerland– Yolanda Daetwyler
- Tunisia– Pascaline Agnes
- Turkey– Suna Tekin
- United States– Betty Lane Cherry
- Venezuela– Celsa Pieri
Notes
[edit]Debuts
[edit]Returns
[edit]Last competed in1954:
Withdrawals
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Eddy Gilmore,"Miss Germany Wins World Beauty Title",Associated PressinSan Mateo Times,16 October 1956. Retrieved 2017-02-17 viaNewspapers
- ^Dale Linder-Altman,"It's happened before: Orangeburg queen also incorrectly labeled winner",The Times and Democrat,22 December 2015.
- ^ab"OPERA HOUSE RECITAL".The Sydney Morning Herald.17 August 1964.Retrieved14 April2016.
- ^ab"Miss World Competition Through the Years".E!.12 December 2014.Retrieved23 January2016.
- ^"Israeli beauties".The News-Dispatch.17 July 1956. p. 5.Retrieved17 November2022.