Miss Universe 1976
Miss Universe 1976, the 25th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 11 July 1976[lower-alpha 1] at the Lee Theatre in Hong Kong. Rina Messinger of Israel was crowned by Anne Marie Pohtamo of Finland. This was the first time that an Israeli has won the competition.
| Miss Universe 1976 | |
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| Date | 11 July 1976[lower-alpha 1] |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Lee Theatre, Hong Kong |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 72 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Rina Messinger |
| Congeniality | Margaret McFarlane |
| Best National Costume | Rocío Lazcano |
| Photogenic | Pauline Davies |
Results

Miss Universe 1976 participating nations and results
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 - Yuliarti 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 Norizan
Malta - Mary Grace Ciantar
Mauritius - Marielle Tse-Sik-Sun
Mexico - Carla Jean Evert Reguera †
New Zealand - Janey Kingscote
Nicaragua - Ivania Navarro Yenic
Northern Mariana Islands - Candelaria Flores Borja
Norway - Bente Lihaug
Panama - Carolina Maria Chiari
Papua New Guinea - Eva Regina Arni
Paraguay - Nidia Fatima Cardenas
Peru - Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica †
Philippines - Elizabeth Samson de Padua
Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Zayas Ortiz
American Samoa - Taliilani Ellen Letuli
Scotland - Carol Jean Grant
Singapore - Linda Tham
South Africa - Cynthia Classen
Spain - Olga Fernandez Perez
Sri Lanka - Genevieve Bernedette Parsons
Sint Maarten - Angela Huggins
Surinam - Peggy Vandeleuv
Sweden - Caroline Westerberg
Switzerland - Isabelle Fischbacher
Thailand - Katareeya Areekul
Trinidad and Tobago - Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane
Turkey - Manolya Onur †
Uruguay - Leila Luisa Vinas Martinez
United States - Barbara Elaine Peterson
Venezuela - Judith Josefina Castillo
Virgin Islands - Lorraine Patricia Baa
Wales - Sian Adey-Jones
Yugoslavia - Svetlana Radojcic
Notes
Withdrawals
Belize - Janet Joan Joseph
Haiti
Jamaica - Angela Ruddock
Lebanon - Ramona Karam
Morocco
Micronesia - Instead of the region, the delegates from Northern Marianas had been represented themselves as the individual territory since then.
Did not Compete
Antigua - Cleopatra Sanders
British Virgin Islands - Irene Penn
Tahiti - Amiot Mora
Awards
Trinidad and Tobago - Miss Amity (Margaret McFarlane)
England - Miss Photogenic (Pauline Davies)
Peru - Best National Costume (Rocío Lazcano)
General references
- The event was held at 8:00 am Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was July 10 in their local times.
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1976". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
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