Miss Universe 1976

Miss Universe 1976
Date	July 11, 1976
Presenters	Bob Barker, Helen O'Connell
Venue	Lee Theatre, Hong Kong
Broadcaster	CBS, TVB (HK)
Entrants	72
Placements	12
Debuts	Barbados, Northern Marianas, Papua New Guinea, St. Maarten
Withdraws	Belize, Haiti, Jamaica, Lebanon, Micronesia, Morocco
Returns	Honduras, Norway, Surinam
Winner	Rina Messinger  Israel
Congeniality	Margaret McFarlane  Trinidad & Tobago
Best National Costume	Rocío Lazcano  Peru
Photogenic	Pauline Davies  England

Miss Universe 1976, the 25th Miss Universe pageant was held at Lee Theatre in Hong Kong on July 11, 1976 morning, namely July 10 evening in United States. Rina Messinger earned Israel's first Miss Universe crown. For the first time ever in a Miss Universe pageant, USA's representative failed to advance to the semifinal - Barbara Peterson.

Results

Placements

Participating Nations and Results.

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1976	Israel - Rina Messinger
1st runner-up	Venezuela - Judith Castillo
2nd runner-up	Wales - Sian Adey-Jones
3rd runner-up	Scotland - Carol Jean Grant
4th runner-up	Australia - Julie Anne Ismay
Top 12	Argentina - Lilian Noemí Deasti  Chile - Verónica Sommers  Colombia - María Elena Reyes Abisambra  Curaçao - Anneke Dijkhuizen  England - Pauline Davies  Hong Kong - Rowena Lam  Norway - Bente Lihaug

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Peru - Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica
Miss Congeniality	Trinidad & Tobago - Margaret McFarlane
Miss Photogenic	England - Pauline Davies

Contestants

Argentina - Lilian Noemi De Asti  Aruba - Cynthia Marlene Bruin  Australia - Julie Anne Ismay  Austria - Heidi-Marie Passian  Bahamas - Sharon Elaine Smith  Barbados - Jewell Sharon Nightingale  Belgium - Yvette Maria Aelbrecht  Bermuda - Vivienne Anne Hollis  Bolivia - Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves  Brazil - Katia Celestina Moretto  Canada - Normande Jacques  Chile - Maria Veronica Sommer  Colombia - Maria Helena Reyes Abisambra  Costa Rica - Silvia Jiminez Pacheco  Curaçao - Anneke Dijkhuizen  Denmark - Brigitte Trolle  Dominican Republic - Norma Lora  Ecuador - Gilda Plaza  El Salvador - Mireya Carolina Calderon Tovar  England - Pauline Davies  Finland - Suvi Lukkarinen  France - Monique Uldaric  Germany - Birgit Margot Hamer  Greece - Melina Michailidou  Guam - Pilar Martha Laguana  Guatemala - Blanca Alicia Montenegro  Holland - Nannetje Johanna Nielen  Honduras - Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortin  Hong Kong - Rowena Lam  Iceland - Gudmunda Hulda Johannesdottir  India - Naina Sudhir Balsavar  Indonesia - Julianti Rahayu  Ireland - Elaine Rosemary O'Hara  Israel - Rina Messinger  Italy - Diana Scapolan  Japan - Miyako Iwakuni

Korea - Chung Kwang-hyun  Liberia - Laurine Wede Johnson  Luxembourg - Monique Wilmes  Malaysia - Teh-Faridah Ahmed Norizan  Malta - Mary Grace Ciantar  Mauritius - Marielle Tse-Sik-Sun  Mexico - Carla Jean Evert Reguera  New Zealand - Janey Kingscote  Nicaragua - Ivania Navarro Yenic  Northern Marianas - Candelaria Flores Borja  Norway - Bente Lihaug  Panama - Carolina Maria Chiari  Papua New Guinea - Eva Regina Arni  Paraguay - Nidia Fatima Cardenas  Peru - Rocio Rita Lazcano Mujica  Philippines - Lizbeth de Padua  Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Zayas Ortiz  Samoa - Taliilani Ellen Letuli  Scotland - Carol Jean Grant  Singapore - Linda Tham  South Africa - Cynthia Classen  Spain - Olga Fernandez Perez  Sri Lanka - Genevieve Bernedette Parsons  St. Maarten - Angela Huggins  Surinam - Peggy Vandeleuv  Sweden - Caroline Westerberg  Switzerland - Isabelle Fischbacher  Thailand - Katareeya Areekul  Trinidad & Tobago - Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane  Turkey - Manolya Onur  Uruguay - Leila Luisa Vinas Martinez  USA - Barbara Elaine Peterson  Venezuela - Judith Josefina Castillo Uribe Virgin Islands - Lorraine Patricia Baa  Wales - Sian Helen Adey-Jones  Yugoslavia - Svetlana Radojcic

Withdrawals

•  Jamaica - Angela Ruddock
•  Tahiti - Amiot Mora

Panel of Judges

Margareta Arvidsson Florinda Bolkan Britt Ekland Margot Fonteyn Aldo Gucci

Henri d'Orléans David Newbigging Roman Polanski Run Run Shaw Fred Williamson

External links

• Miss Universe official website