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16th edition of the Miss International competition

Miss International 1976
Date July 2, 1976
Presenters Bill Graham
Venue Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants 45
Placements 15
Withdrawals DenmarkIrelandLebanonMaltaTurkey
Returns Thailand
Winner Sophie PerinFrance
Congeniality Debbie Lee Hawaii
Photogenic Elvira Botempo Austria
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Miss International 1976, the 16th Miss International pageant, was held on 2 July 1976 at the Imperial Garden Theater in Tokyo, Japan.

At the end of the event, Lidija Manić of Yugoslavia crowned Sophie Perin of France as Miss International 1976. This is France's first ever Miss International crown.

Contestants from 45 countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Bill Graham.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss International 1976 France – Sophie Perin[1][2]
1st runner-up Brazil – Vionete Revoredo[2]
2nd runner-up India – Nafisa Ali[2]
3rd runner-up United States – Susan Carlson[2]
4th runner-up Japan – Kumie Nakamura[2]
Top 15 Austria – Elvira Botempo Britain – Janet Withey Colombia – Alicia Sáenz Madrid Honduras – Victoria Ann Baker New Zealand – Priscilla Foyle[3][4][5] Philippines – Maria Dolores Ascalon[6] Puerto Rico – Yvonne Torres Spain – Victoria Martín González Sweden – Marie Borhall Venezuela – Betsabé Ayala

Contestants

Forty-five contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
Argentina Johanna Fonseca[7] 19 Rosario
Australia Patrice Newell[8] 19 Adelaide
Austria Elvira Botempo – Vienna
Belgium Béatrice Libert 23 Mons
Bolivia Martha Rosa Baeza – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Brazil Vionete Revoredo[2] 20 Rio de Janeiro
Canada Lynn Hore – –
Chile Maria Antonieta Rosselló – –
Colombia Alicia Sáenz[9] – Bolivar
Costa Rica Maritza Elizabeth Ortiz[10] – Cartago
Finland Maarit Leso[11] – Helsinki
France Sophie Perin[12] 18 Talange
Germany Paula Bergner – –
Great Britain Janet Withey 20 London
Greece Maria Sinanidou – Athens
Guam Thelma Hechanova – Hagåtña
Hawaii Debbie Lee – Honolulu
Holland Cornelia Kitsz[13] 20 Leeuwarden
Honduras Victoria Ann Baker – Francisco Morazán
Hong Kong Margaret Tsui Mei-Ling – Hong Kong
Iceland Sigrun Saevarsdóttir – Reykjavík
India Nafisa Ali 19 Kolkata
Indonesia Treesye Ratri Astuti[14] 18 Ungaran
Israel Dorit Cohen 21 Tel Aviv
Italy Joanna Avana – Rome
Japan Kumie Nakamura[2] – Osaka
Luxembourg Carmen Pick 20 Luxembourg
Malaysia Fauziah Haron 19 Johor
Mexico Alejandra Mora – Mexico City
New Zealand Priscilla Foyle[3][5] 21 Auckland
Nicaragua María Fiallos – Granada
Philippines Maria Dolores Ascalon[6] 22 Bacolod
Puerto Rico Yvonne Torres – San Juan
Singapore Sandra Binny[15] 20 Singapore
South Korea Han Young-ae – Seoul
Spain Victoria Martín – Tenerife
Sri Lanka Sudhaama Kitchilan – Colombo
Sweden Marie Gunilla Borhäll – Stockholm
Switzerland Beatrice Aschwanden[16] – Zürich
Tahiti Patricia Servonnat 18 Papeete
Thailand Duangratana Thaweechokesubsin[14] – Bangkok
United States Susan Carlson 21 Schenectady
Uruguay Isabel Ana Ferrero – Montevideo
Venezuela Iris Betsabé Ayala – Miranda
Yugoslavia unidentified

Notes

Designations

References

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