Miss International 1976
Miss International 1976 | |
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Date | July 2, 1976 |
Presenters | Bill Graham |
Venue | Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo, Japan |
Entrants | 45 |
Placements | 15 |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | Thailand |
Winner | Sophie Perin France |
Congeniality | Debbie Lee Hawaii |
Photogenic | Elvira Botempo Austria |
Miss International 1976, the 16th Miss International pageant, was held on July 2, 1976 at the Imperial Garden Theater in Tokyo, Japan. Lidija Manić of Yugoslavia crowned her successor Sophie Perin of France. This is France's first ever Miss International crown.
Results
Placements[1]
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss International 1976 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up | |
3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 15 |
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Contestants
Forty-five contestants competed for the title.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
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Argentina | Johanna Fonseca[7] | 19 | Rosario |
Australia | Patrice Lesley Newell | – | – |
Austria | Elvira Botempo | – | – |
Belgium | Béatrice Libert | 19 | Mons |
Bolivia | Martha Rosa Baeza | – | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
Brazil | Vionete Revoredo[2] | – | Rio de Janeiro |
Canada | Lynn Hore | – | – |
Chile | Maria Antonieta Rosselló | – | – |
Colombia | Alicia Sáenz[8] | – | Bolivar |
Costa Rica | Maritza Elizabeth Ortiz[9] | – | Cartago |
Finland | Maarit Leso[10] | – | Helsinki |
France | Sophie Perin[11] | 18 | Talange |
Germany | Paula Bergner | – | – |
Great Britain | Janet Withey | 20 | London |
Greece | Maria Sinanidou | – | – |
Guam | Thelma Hechanova | – | Hagåtña |
Hawaii | Debbie Lee | – | – |
Holland | Cornelia Kitz[12] | 20 | Leeuwarden |
Honduras | Victoria Ann Baker | – | – |
Hong Kong | Margaret Tsui Mei-Ling | – | Hong Kong |
Iceland | Sigrun Saevarsdóttir | – | – |
India | Nafisa Ali | 19 | Kolkata |
Indonesia | Treesye Ratri Astuti | 18 | Ungaran |
Israel | Dorit Cohen | – | – |
Italy | Joanna Avana | – | – |
Japan | Kumie Nakamura | – | Osaka |
Luxembourg | Carmen Pick | – | – |
Malaysia | Fauziah Haron | 19 | Johor |
Mexico | Alejandra Mora | – | Mexico City |
New Zealand | Priscilla Boyle[3][5] | 21 | Auckland |
Nicaragua | María Fiallos | – | Granada |
Philippines | Maria Dolores Ascalon[6] | – | Bacolod |
Puerto Rico | Yvonne Torres | – | San Juan |
Singapore | Sandra Jane Binny | – | Singapore |
South Korea | Han Young-ae | – | Seoul |
Spain | Victoria Martín | Tenerife | |
Sri Lanka | Sudhaama Kitchilan | – | Colombo |
Sweden | Marie Gunilla Borhäll | – | – |
Switzerland | Beatrice Aschwanden[13] | – | Zürich |
Tahiti | Patricia Servonnat | 18 | Papeete |
Thailand | Duangratana Thaweechokesubsin | – | Bangkok |
United States | Susan Carlson | 21 | Schenectady |
Uruguay | Isabel Ana Ferrero | – | Montevideo |
Venezuela | Iris Betsabé Ayala | – | Miranda |
Yugoslavia | unidentified
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Notes
Designations
- Greece - Due to her mother's illness, Rania Theofilou (World '76) cancelled her participation and was replaced by Maria Sinanidou.
References
- ^ "Miss International Beauty Pageant". www.miss-international.org. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ a b "Miss belleza internacional". El Tiempo. 3 July 1976. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Sophie Perin, gagnante du concours de la 'Miss International.' à..." Getty Images (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ^ "Sophie Perin, gagnante du concours de la 'Miss International.' à..." Getty Images (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ^ a b "Lovely Miss Auckland, New Zealand Priscrilla Foyle, 21 from Tokoroa..." Getty Images. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ a b Villano, Alexa (6 June 2019). "The Binibining Pilipinas legacy through the years". Rappler. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Braillard, Miguel (29 January 2022). "Fue Miss Argentina y estuvo comprometida con un actor estadounidense: la historia de amor de Johanna Fonseca" [She was Miss Argentina and was engaged to an American actor: the love story of Johanna Fonseca]. La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "La nuestra...!". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 10 July 1976. p. 11. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Silvia Jimenez Fue Electa Anoche Senorita Costa Rica". La Nacion. 30 May 1976. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ Asikainen, Merja (25 June 2018). "70-luvun kauneuskuningatar Maarit Leso, 62, elää kansainvälistä luksuselämää: "Huolet ja tunteet ovat ihan samoja kuin kaikilla muillakin"" [70s beauty queen Maarit Leso, 62, lives an international life of luxury: "The worries and feelings are just the same as everyone else's"]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Dematte, Delphine (18 November 2021). "Metz. Savez-vous qui a été élue Miss France puis Miss International ?". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Bij verkiezing Miss International: Cora Kitsz wil in Tokio Friesland „verkopen"" [At Miss International election: Cora Kitsz wants to "sell" Friesland in Tokyo]. Leeuwarder courant (in Dutch). 1 April 1976. p. 21. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Sheilas Mami war Miss Schweiz" [Sheila's mom was Miss Switzerland]. 20 Minuten (in German). 12 November 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2024.