| MISS AMERICA 1956 DELEGATES |
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| ARKANSAS
Charlene Bowers |
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| ARIZONA
Beth Andre SEMI-FINALIST |
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| ALABAMA
Patricia Byrd Huddleston SEMI-FINALIST PREL. TALENT |
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| CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Florence Gallagher 2nd RUNNER-UP |
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| CANADA
Dalyce Smith |
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| CALIFORNIA
Barbara Harris |
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| ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY
Emily D. Swan |
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| DIST. OF COLUMBIA
Judith Anne Dunkle |
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| DELAWARE
Joanne Sakowski |
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| CONNECTICUT
Audrey Figlar |
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| COLORADO
Sharon Kay Ritchie MISS AMERICA |
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| IDAHO
Judy Voiten |
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| HAWAII
Barbara Mamo Vieira SEMI-FINALIST PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| GEORGIA
Jeanine Parris |
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| FLORIDA
Sandra Wirth SEMI-FINALIST PREL. TALENT |
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| KANSAS
Gail White |
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| IOWA
Kay Taylor |
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| INDIANA
Carolyn Sue Turner |
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| ILLINOIS
Marian Cox |
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| MARYLAND
Carol Jennette |
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| MAINE
Janice Vaughan |
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| LOUISIANA
Jan Aline Johnston |
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| KENTUCKY
Ann Shirley Gillock |
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| MISSISSIPPI
Carolyn Cochran |
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| MINNESOTA
Marlyse Reed |
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| MICHIGAN
Margaret Devereaux |
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| MASSACHUSETTS
Virginia Maffucci SEMI-FINALIST PREL. TALENT |
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| NEW HAMPSHIRE
Margaret Johnson |
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| NEVADA
Vivienne Potter |
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| NEBRASKA
Sandra Spiecher |
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| MISSOURI
Sharon Frances Knickmeyer |
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| NEW YORK CITY
Diane Deutsch |
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| NEW JERSEY
Patricia Elmira Campbell |
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| OKLAHOMA
Ann Campbell 4th RUNNER-UP PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| OHIO
Marguerite Garr |
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| NORTH DAKOTA
Mary Ann Gibbs |
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| NORTH CAROLINA
Clara Faye Arnold 3rd RUNNER-UP PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| RHODE ISLAND
Claire Mae Emerson |
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| PENNSYLVANIA
Pam Ulrich |
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| OREGON
Dorothy Mae Johnson 1st RUNNER-UP |
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| TEXAS
June Prichard |
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| TENNESSEE
Patty Williams |
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| SOUTH DAKOTA
Connie White |
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| SOUTH CAROLINA
Martha Dean Chestnut |
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| VIRGINIA
Betty Sue Mathews |
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| VERMONT
Phyllis R. Reich |
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| UTAH
Suzanne Poulton |
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| WISCONSIN
Margaret Walls |
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| WEST VIRGINIA
Mary Lou Fryman |
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| MONTANA
Bertha Mae Huebl |