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Mauriziok/Miss International 1976
Date	July 2, 1976
Presenters	Bill Graham
Venue	Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	44
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Denmark Ireland Lebanon New Zealand Malta Turkey
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

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1976	France – Sophie Perin
1st Runner-up	Brazil – Vionete Revoredo Fonseca
2nd Runner-up	India – Nafisa Ali
3rd Runner-up	United States – Susan Elizabeth Carlson
4th Runner-up	Japan – Kumie Nakamura
Semi-finalists	Austria – Elvira Botempo Britain – Janet Withey Colombia – Alicia Sáenz Madrid Honduras – Victoria Ann Baker Indonesia – Treesye Ratri Astuti Philippines – Maria Dolores Suarez Ascalon Puerto Rico – Yvonne Torres García Spain – Victoria Martín González Sweden – Marie Borhall Venezuela – Betsabé Ayala

Contestants

44 Contestants has competed the title this year.

• Argentina - Johanna Fonseca
• Australia - Patrice Lesley Newell
• Austria - Elvira Botempo
• Belgium - Beatrice Libert
• Bolivia - Martha Rosa Baeza
• Brazil - Vionete Revoredo Fonseca
• Britain - Janet Withey
• Canada - Lynn Hore
• Chile - Maria Antonieta Rosselló
• Colombia - Alicia Sáenz Madrid
• Costa Rica - Maritza Elizabeth Ortiz Calvo
• Finland - Maarit Hannele Leso
• France - Sophie Perin
• Germany - Paula Bergner
• Greece - Maria Sinanidou
• Guam - Thelma Zenaida Hechanova
• Hawaii - Debbie Lee
• Holland - Cornelia "Cora" Yvonne Kitz
• Honduras - Victoria Ann Baker
• Hong Kong - Margaret Tsui Mei-Ling
• Iceland - Sigrun Saevarsdóttir
• India - Nafisa Ali
• Indonesia - Treesye Ratri Astuti
• Israel - Dorit Cohen
• Italy - Joanna Avana
• Japan - Kumie Nakamura
• Korea - Han Young-ae
• Luxembourg - Carmen Pick
• Malaysia - Fauziah Haron
• Mexico - Alejandra Mora Urbina
• Nicaragua - Maria Fiallos Castellón
• Philippines - Maria Dolores "Dolly" Suarez Ascalon
• Puerto Rico - Yvonne Torres García
• Singapore - Sandra Jane Binny
• Spain - Victoria Martín González
• Sri Lanka - Sudhaama Kitchilan
• Sweden - Marie Gunilla Borhäll
• Switzerland - Beatrice Aschwanden
• Tahiti - Patricia Mareva Servonnat
• Thailand - Duangratana Thaweechokesubin
• Uruguay - Isabel Ana Ferrero
• United States - Susan Elizabeth Carlson
• Venezuela - Iris Betsabé Ayala Morillo
• Yugoslavia - Tulia Nirskha Marcic

Notes

Designations

• Greece - Due to her mother's illness, Rania Theofilou (World '76) cancelled her participation and was replaced by Maria Sinanidou.

References

[[:Category:Miss International|1976]] [[:Category:1976 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in Japan]] [[:Category:1976 in Tokyo]]