Miss World 1996
Beauty pageant edition
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Miss World 1996, the 46th edition of the Miss World pageant, took place at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India on 23 November 1996.[1][2]
- Richard Steinmetz
- Ruby Bhatia
| Miss World 1996 | |
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Miss World 1996 Titlecard | |
| Date | 23 November 1996 |
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| Venue | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India |
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| Entrants | 88 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Irene Skliva Greece |
| Personality | Daisy Reyes (Philippines) |
| Best National Costume | Anuska Prado (Brazil) |
| Photogenic | Ana Cepinska (Venezuela) |
At the end of the event, Irene Skliva of Greece was crowned as Miss World 1996 by Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela. Skliva was the first Greek to win the title.[3][4]
Contestants from eighty-eighty countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Richard Steinmetz and Ruby Bhatia.
Background
Controversy
The event was organised by ABCL which was led by Amitabh Bachchan.[5] The beauty pageant saw resistance by several groups due to the perceived culture clash.[6][7][8][9] However, due to support of the local government, the event was held successfully.
Selection of participants
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals
This edition saw the debut of Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia, and the return of Grenada, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Uruguay and Yugoslavia; Grenada, which last competed in 1970, Yugoslavia last competed in 1991, Uganda and Urugauy last competed in 1993 and Kenya and Nigeria last competed in 1994.
Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Denmark, withdrew from the competition.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| Top 5[10] |
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| Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group | Contestant |
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| Africa |
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| Americas |
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| Asia & Oceania |
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| Caribbean |
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| Europe |
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Judges
- Andre Sekulic
- Linda Pétursdóttir – Miss World 1988 from Iceland
- Vijay Mallya
- Marlene Cardin
- Aamir Khan
- Aishwarya Rai – Miss World 1994 from India
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Ninibeth Leal – Miss World 1991 from Venezuela
- Tom Nuyens – Mister World 1996 from Belgium
- Parmeshwar Godrej[11]
Contestants
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] |
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 Argentina | Fernanda Fernández | 18 |
 Aruba | Afranina Henriquez | 20 |
 Australia | Nicole Smith | 24 |
 Austria | Bettina Buxbaumer | 23 |
 Bangladesh | Rehnuma Dilruba[12] | 20 |
 Belgium | Laurence Borremans | 18 |
 Bolivia | Andrea Forti | 19 |
 Bonaire | Jhane Landwier | 18 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Belma Zvrko[13] | 18 |
 Botswana | Joyce Manase | 20 |
 Brazil | Anuska Prado | 20 |
 British Virgin Islands | Ayana Glasgow | 21 |
 Bulgaria | Viara Kamenova | 21 |
 Canada | Michelle Weswaldi | 19 |
 Chile | Luz Francisca Valenzuela | 20 |
 Colombia | Carolina Arango | 19 |
 Costa Rica | Natalia Carvajal | 21 |
 Croatia | Vanja Rupena | 18 |
 Curação | Yandra Faulborn | 19 |
 Cyprus | Maria Papaprodromou | 19 |
 Czech Republic | Petra Minářová | 18 |
 Dominican Republic | Idelsa Núñez Torres | 21 |
 Ecuador | Jennifer Graham | 19 |
 Estonia | Mari-Liis Kapustin | 18 |
 Finland | Hanna Hirvonen | 20 |
 France | Séverine Derouallé | 22 |
 French Polynesia[b] | Hinerava Hiro | 18 |
 Germany | Melanie Ernst | 18 |
 Ghana | Sheila Azuntaba | 19 |
 Gibraltar | Samantha Lane | 17 |
 Greece | Irene Skliva | 18 |
 Grenada | Aria Johnson | 25 |
 Guam | Aileen Maravilla | 23 |
 Guatemala | María Gabriela Rosales | 19 |
 Holland | Petra Hoost | 20 |
 Hong Kong | Chillie Poon | 24 |
 Hungary | Andrea Deák[14] | 19 |
 India | Rani Jeyraj | 21 |
 Ireland | Niamh Redmond | 19 |
 Israel | Talia Lewenthal | 18 |
 Italy | Mara de Gennaro | 24 |
 Jamaica | Selena Delgado | 21 |
 Japan | Miyuki Fujii | 21 |
 Kenya | Pritpal Kulwant Dhamu | 18 |
 Latvia | Anta Dukere[15] | 22 |
 Lebanon | Nisrine Sami Nasser | 22 |
 Lithuania | Daiva Anužytė[16] | 18 |
 Macau | Guiomar Madeira da Silva Pedruco | 21 |
 Macedonia | Vera Mesterovic | 17 |
 Malaysia | Qu-an How Cheok Kuan | 20 |
 Mexico | Yessica Salazar | 22 |
 New Zealand | Kelly-Rose Mischiewski | 21 |
 Nigeria | Emma Komlosy | 19 |
 Norway | Eva Sjøholt | 24 |
 Panama | Norma Élida Pérez | 21 |
 Paraguay | María Ingrid Götze | 22 |
 Peru | Mónica Chacón de Vettori | 21 |
 Philippines | Daisy Reyes[17] | 20 |
 Poland | Agnieszka Zielińska | 20 |
 Portugal | Ana Mafalda Santos | 21 |
 Puerto Rico | Marissa de la Caridad Hernández | 21 |
 Romania | Carmen Radoi | 21 |
 Russia | Viktoriya Tsapitsina | 17 |
 Seychelles | Christina Pillay | 22 |
 Singapore | Carol Tan | 19 |
 Slovakia | Linda Lenčová[18][19] | 18 |
 Slovenia | Alenka Vindiš[20] | 18 |
 South Africa | Peggy-Sue Khumalo | 21 |
 South Korea[c] | Seol Soo-jin | 21 |
 Spain | Patricia Ruiz Fernández | 19 |
 Swaziland | Olive Healy | 22 |
 Sweden | Åsa Johansson | 20 |
 Switzerland | Melanie Winiger | 17 |
 Taiwan[d] | Chen Hsiao-Fen | 23 |
 Tanzania | Shose Akare Sinare | 20 |
 Thailand | Sirinya Burbridge[21] | 17 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Sharda Ramlogan | 23 |
 Turkey | Serpil Sevilay Öztürk[22] | 19 |
 Uganda | Sheba Kerere | 19 |
 Ukraine | Nataliya Shvachko | 20 |
 United Kingdom | Rachael Liza Warner | 22 |
 United States | Kelly Webber | 20 |
 United States Virgin Islands | Emoliere Williams | 18 |
 Uruguay | Claudia Verónica Gallaretta Olmedo | 19 |
 Venezuela | Ana Cepinska Miszczak | 18 |
 Yugoslavia | Slavica Krivokuća | 18 |
 Zambia | Alice Banda | 21 |
 Zimbabwe | Nomsa Ndiweni | 19 |
Notes
- Ages at the time of the pageant
- Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
- Competed as Korea in the pageant
- Also known as the Republic of China
Withdrawals
Bahamas – Nicole Symonette could not compete due to financial problems with the Miss Bahamas Committee that ran Miss Bahamas for both Miss World and Miss Universe and thus was only able to send a representative to Miss Universe 1996.
Cayman Islands – Due to financial problems
