Miss USA 1976

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| winner = Barbara Peterson
{{flagicon|Minnesota|1957}} Minnesota

| photo = Gerald Ford with Barbara Peterson 02 (cropped).jpg

| caption=US President Gerald Ford meets with Peterson in 1976

| date = May 15, 1976

| presenters = Bob Barker

| acts = Engelbert Humperdinck

| venue = Niagara Falls, New York

| photogenic = Liz Wickersham
{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956}} Georgia

| placements = 12

| entrants = 51

| before = 1975

| next = 1977

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Miss USA 1976 was the 25th Miss USA pageant, televised live by CBS from Niagara Falls, New York, on May 15, 1976.

The pageant was won by Barbara Peterson of Minnesota, who succeeded outgoing titleholder Summer Bartholomew of California.{{cite news |title=It's All a Dream World for the New Miss U.S.A. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/676972793/ |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=The Kansas City Times |agency=Associated Press |date=May 17, 1976 |page=9 |language=en}} Peterson was the first – and to date only – woman from Minnesota to win the Miss USA title, and went on to participate at Miss Universe 1976, where she became the first Miss USA titleholder to fail to advance to the semi-final stage of the pageant.