# Miss Universe 1976

Miss Universe 1976 was the 25th Miss Universe pageant, held on 11 July 1976 at the Lee Theatre in Hong Kong. Rina Messinger of Israel was crowned by Anne Marie Pohtamo of Finland. 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 Hong Kong.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1976 | Israel – Rina Messinger |
| 1st runner-up | Venezuela – Judith Castillo |
| 2nd runner-up | Wales – Sian Adey-Jones |
| 3rd runner-up | Scotland – Carol Grant |
| 4th runner-up | Australia – Julie Ismay |
| Top 12 | Argentina – Lilian Deasti  Chile – Verónica Sommers  Colombia – María Reyes  Curaçao – Anneke Dijkhuizen  England – Pauline Davies  Hong Kong – Rowena Lam  Norway - Bente Lihaug |

## Contestants

Seventy-two contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant |
| American Samoa | Taliilani Letuli |
| Argentina | Lilian Noemí De Asti |
| Aruba | Cynthia Bruin |
| Australia | Julie Anne Ismay |
| Austria | Heidi-Marie Passian |
| Bahamas | Sharon Smith |
| Barbados | Jewell Nightingale |
| Belgium | Yvette Aelbrecht |
| Bermuda | Vivienne Hollis |
| Bolivia | Carolina Aramayo |
| Brazil | Katia Moretto |
| Canada | Normande Jacques |
| Chile | Verónica Sommer |
| Colombia | María Helena Reyes |
| Costa Rica | Silvia Jiménez |
| Curaçao | Anneke Dijkhuizen |
| Denmark | Brigitte Trolle |
| Dominican Republic | Norma Lora |
| Ecuador | Gilda Plaza |
| El Salvador | Mireya Calderón |
| England | Pauline Davies |
| Finland | Suvi Lukkarinen |
| France | Monique Uldaric |
| West Germany | Birgit Margot Hamer |
| Greece | Melina Michailidou |
| Guam | Pilar Laguana |
| Guatemala | Blanca Montenegro |
| Holland | Nannetje Nielen |
| Honduras | Victoria Alejandra Pineda |
| Hong Kong | Rowena Lam |
| Iceland | Gudmunda Hulda Johannesdottir |
| India | Naina Balsaver |
| Indonesia | Juliarti Rahayu Gunawan |
| Ireland | Elaine O'Hara |
| Israel | Rina Messinger |
| Italy | Diana Scapolan |
| Japan | Miyako Iwakuni |
| Liberia | Laurine Wede Johnson |
| Luxembourg | Monique Wilmes |
| Malaysia | Faridah Norizan |
| Malta | Mary Grace Ciantar |
| Mauritius | Marielle Tse-Sik-Sun |
| Mexico | Carla Jean Evert |
| New Zealand | Janey Kingscote |
| Nicaragua | Ivania Navarro |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Candelaria Borja |
| Norway | Bente Lihaug |
| Panama | Carolina Chiari |
| Papua New Guinea | Eva Regina Arni |
| Paraguay | Nidia Fátima Cárdenas |
| Peru | Rocío Lazcano |
| Philippines | Elizabeth de Padua |
| Puerto Rico | Elizabeth Zayas |
| Scotland | Carol Jean Grant |
| Singapore | Linda Tham |
| Sint Maarten | Angela Huggins |
| South Africa | Cynthia Classen |
| South Korea | Chung Kwang-hyun |
| Spain | Olga Fernández |
| Sri Lanka | Genevieve Parsons |
| Suriname | Peggy Vandeleuv |
| Sweden | Caroline Westerberg |
| Switzerland | Isabelle Fischbacher |
| Thailand | Katareeya Areekul |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Margaret McFarlane |
| Turkey | Manolya Onur |
| United States | Barbara Peterson |
| United States Virgin Islands | Lorraine Patricia Baa |
| Uruguay | Leila Vinas |
| Venezuela | Judith Castillo |
| Wales | Sian Adey-Jones |
| Yugoslavia | Svetlana Radojcic |