Miss Universe 1976, the 25th

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pageant, was held on 11 July 1976 at the

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Rina Messinger Rina Mor-Goder ( he, רינה מור-גודר; née Messinger; February 16, 1956) is an Israeli lawyer, writer and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1976. Biography Rina Goder (née Messinger) was born in Kiryat Tiv'on, near Haifa. Her ...

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was crowned by

Anne Marie Pohtamo Anne Marie Pohtamo (born 15 August 1955) is a Finnish actress, model and beauty queen who was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador. Po ...

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. This was the first and only time that an Israeli has won the competition. It was the only time in the pageant's history that the event was held in

Results

Placements

Contestants

* - Taliilani Ellen Letuli * - Lilian Noemi De Asti * - Cynthia Marlene Bruin * - Julie Anne Ismay * - Heidi-Marie Passian * - Sharon Elaine Smith * - Jewell Sharon Nightingale * - Yvette Maria Aelbrecht * - Vivienne Anne Hollis * - Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves * - Katia Celestina Moretto † * - Normande Jacques * - Maria Veronica Sommer * - Maria Helena Reyes Abisambra * - Silvia Jiminez Pacheco * - Anneke Dijkhuizen * - Brigitte Trolle * - Norma Lora * - Gilda Plaza * - Mireya Carolina Calderon Tovar * - Pauline Davies * - Suvi Lukkarinen * - Monique Uldaric * - Birgit Margot Hamer * - Melina Michailidou * - Pilar Martha Laguana * - Blanca Alicia Montenegro * - Nannetje Johanna Nielen * - Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortin * - Rowena Lam * - Gudmunda Hulda Johannesdottir * - Naina Sudhir Balsavar * - Yuliarti Rahayu * - Elaine Rosemary O'Hara * -

* - Diana Scapolan * - Miyako Iwakuni * - Chung Kwang-hyun * - Laurine Wede Johnson * - Monique Wilmes * - Teh-Faridah Norizan * - Mary Grace Ciantar * - Marielle Tse-Sik-Sun * - Carla Jean Evert Reguera † * - Janey Kingscote * - Ivania Navarro Yenic * - Candelaria Flores Borja * - Bente Lihaug * - Carolina Maria Chiari * - Eva Regina Arni * - Nidia Fatima Cardenas * - Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica † * - Elizabeth Samson de Padua * - Elizabeth Zayas Ortiz * - Carol Jean Grant * - Linda Tham * - Cynthia Classen * - Olga Fernandez Perez * - Genevieve Bernedette Parsons * - Angela Huggins * - Peggy Vandeleuv * - Caroline Westerberg * - Isabelle Fischbacher * - Katareeya Areekul * - Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane * -

Manolya Onur Manolya Onur, Princess Qhabl Begum Sahiba Manolya-i-Nur (1955 – 25 October 2017) was a Turkish pageant queen and model who became a princess of Berar by marriage. She was a former Miss Turkey. Career She competed in the Miss Turkey pageant in 1 ...

† * - Leila Luisa Vinas Martinez * - Barbara Elaine Peterson * - Judith Josefina Castillo * - Lorraine Patricia Baa * -

Sian Adey-Jones Sian Adey-Jones (born December 1957) is a former beauty queen and glamour model. Adey-Jones was born at Bodfari, Denbighshire, Wales. She won the Miss Wales title in 1976 and was second runner-up in Miss Universe 1976. She then finished first ru ...

* - Svetlana Radojcic

Notes

Debuts

* * * *

Returns

Last competed in

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

: * Last competed in

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

: * *

Withdrawals

* - Janet Joan Joseph * * - Angela Ruddock * - Ramona Karam * * - Instead of the region, the delegates from

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had been represented themselves as the individual territory since then.

Did not Compete

* - Cleopatra Sanders * - Irene Penn *

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- Amiot Mora

Awards

* - Miss Amity (Margaret McFarlane) * - Miss Photogenic (Pauline Davies) * - Best National Costume (Rocío Lazcano)

General references

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1976 delegates

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