- beauty pageant: Miss Universe
- edition: 5th
- venue: Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
- date: July 20, 1956
- host: Bob Russell
- number of candidates: 30
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CANDIDATES
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SPECIAL AWARD
- Miss Friendship: Anabella Granados (Costa Rica)
- Miss Photogenic: Marina Orschel (Germany)
- Miss Popular Girl: Carol Laverne Morris (USA)
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TOP 15
- Ileana Carré (Argentina)
- Lucienne Auquier (Belgium)
- Maria José Cardoso (Brazil)
- Marcia Rodríguez Echevarría (Cuba)
- Iris Alice Kathleen Waller (England)
- Anita Treyens (France)
- Marina Orschel (Germany)
- Rita Gouma (Greece)
- Sara Tal (Israel)
- Rossana Galli (Italy)
- Erna Marta Bauman (Mexico)
- Lola Sabogal Morzán (Peru)
- Ingrid Goude (Sweden)
- Carol Laverne Morris (USA)
- Blanca Heredia Osío (Venezuela)
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TOP 5
- Iris Alice Kathleen Waller (England)
- Marina Orschel (Germany)
- Rossana Galli (Italy)
- Ingrid Goude (Sweden)
- Carol Laverne Morris (USA)
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WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 1955 | 1956 |
| 4th runner-up | Keiko Takahashi (Japan) | Rossana Galli (Italy) |
| 3rd runner-up | Margit Nünke (Germany) | Iris Alice Kathleen Waller (England) |
| 2nd runner-up | Maureen Neliya Hingert (Ceylon) | Ingrid Goude (Sweden) |
| 1st runner-up | Maribel Arrieta Gálvez (El Salvador) | Marina Orschel (Germany) |
| MISS UNIVERSE | Hillevi Rombin (Sweden) | Carol Laverne Morris (USA) |
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