Miss Universe 1996

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Miss Universe 1996
Alicia Machado 2016.png
Alicia Machado
Date17 May 1996
Presenters
Entertainment Michael Crawford
Venue Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts at Planet Hollywood Resorts and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Broadcaster CBS (KLAS-TV)
Entrants79
Placements10
Withdrawals
  • Guam
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Mauritius
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Seychelles
  • United States Virgin Islands
  • Zambia
Returns
  • Argentina
  • Belgium
  • Ghana
  • Honduras
  • Lebanon
  • Zimbabwe
Winner Alicia Machado
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela
Congeniality Jodie McMullen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Best National CostumeIlmira Shamsutdinova
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
PhotogenicAileen Damiles
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines
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Miss Universe 1996 was the 45th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on 17 May 1996. This was the final Miss Universe pageant produced by ITT Corp. [1]

Contents

Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned by Chelsi Smith from the United States at the conclusion of the event. 79 contestants competed in this edition. [2] This is the second time that Las Vegas to host Miss Universe since 1991. She is the fourth Venezuelan woman to win Miss Universe following Maritza Sayalero in 1979, Irene Sáez in 1981, and Barbara Palacios in 1986.

Background

The New Aladdin before being rebranded as Planet Hollywood F-2877643520.jpg
The New Aladdin before being rebranded as Planet Hollywood

Selection of participants

Contestants from 79 countries and territories competed in this year.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1996
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 6
Top 10

Contestants

Miss Universe 1996 participating nations and results Miss Universe 1996 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 1996 participating nations and results

Seventy-nine contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [a] Hometown
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Verónica Ledezma19 Buenos Aires
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Taryn Mansell19 Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Jodie McMullen [3] 22 Sydney
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Michelle Rae Collie [4] 20 Nassau
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Véronique De Kock [5] 19 Antwerp
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Ava Lovell20 Belize City
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Natalia Cronenbold [6] 19 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Flag of Bonaire.svg  Bonaire Jessy Viceisza21 Kralendijk
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Maria Joana Parizotto [7] 19 Francisco Beltrão
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands Linette Smith19 Road Town
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Maria Sinigerova20 Sofia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Renette Cruz [8] 25 Vancouver
Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg Cayman Islands Tasha Ebanks22 George Town
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Andrea L'Huillier22 Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Lina María Gaviria [9] 21 Villavicencio
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Victoria Keil23 Rarotonga
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Dafne Zeledón [10] 19 Limón
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Vanessa Mambi23 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Froso Spyrou20 Nicosia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Renata Hornofová21 Prague
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Anette Oldenborg21 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Sandra Natasha Abreu24 La Romana
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Mónica Chalá [11] 23 Quito
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Hadeel Abol-Naga19 Cairo
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Milena Mayorga [12] 20 San Salvador
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Helen Mahmastol18 Tallinn
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Lola Odusoga [13] 18 Turku
Flag of France.svg  France Laure Belleville [14] 20 Lathuile
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Miriam Ruppert [15] 21 Taunusstein
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Pearl Amoah [16] 19 Accra
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Anita St. Rose26 London
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Nina Georgala22 Athens
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Karla Beteta [17] 22 Guatemala City
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras Yazmín Fiallos19 Francisco Morazán
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg Hong Kong Sofie Rahman21 Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Andrea Deák [18] 18 Budapest
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdóttir [19] 20 Reykjavik
Flag of India.svg  India Sandhya Chib19 Bangalore
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Alya Rohali 19 Jakarta
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Joanne Black [20] 21 Cavan
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Liraz Mesilaty19 Beersheba
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Anna Valle 20 Rome
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Trudi-Ann Ferguson [21] 21 Kingston
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Julia Syriani18 Beirut
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Adeline Ong23 Johor Bahru
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Roseanne Farrugia18 Lija
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Vanessa Guzmán 20 Ciudad Juárez
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Faghma Absolom21 Windhoek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marja de Graaf19 Drenthe
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sarah Brady20 Auckland
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Belvilyn Ada Tenorio18 Garapan
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Inger Lise Ebeltoft19 Troms
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Reyna Royo 25 Panama City
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Paraguay Marta Elizabeth Lovera25 Asunción
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Natali Sacco21 Trujillo
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines Aileen Damiles [22] 20 Las Piñas
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Monika Chróścicka-Wnętrzak20 Słupsk
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal Rita Carvalho19 Bragança
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Sarybel Velilla19 Toa Alta
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Roberta Anastase 20 Prahova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ilmira Shamsutdinova20 Saratov
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Angeline Putt22 Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Iveta Jankulárová [23] 18 Bratislava
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Carol Becker23 Gauteng
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg South Korea Kim Yoon-jung22 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain María José Suárez20 Seville
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Shivanthini Dharmasiri25 Colombo
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Annika Duckmark 24 Borås
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Stéphanie Berger [24] 18 Zürich
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Chen Hsiao-Fen23 Taipei
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Nirachala Kumya19 Chiang Mai
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Michelle Kahn23 Princes Town
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Serpil Sevilay Öztürk19 Ankara
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands Shaneika Lightbourne23 Grand Turk
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Irina Borisova18 Kyiv
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ali Landry [25] 22 Breaux Bridge
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Adriana Sandra Maidana20 Maldonado
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela Alicia Machado [26] 19 Maracay
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Langa Sibanda26 Harare

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. ↑ Archives, L. A. Times (1996-10-24). "OTHER NEWS". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Macy, Robert (18 May 1996). "Miss Venezuela Wins 1996 Miss Universe Title". AP News . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Kehoe, John (30 September 2016). "Donald Trump called out for misogyny by Miss Australia 1996". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Craig, Neil Alan (27 June 2016). "Miss Universe Bahamas under new franchisee". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Véronique - Mummie - De Kock waagde zich tijdens Miss België-finale al aan 'Without you' van Mariah Carey" [Véronique - Mummie - De Kock waagde zich tijdens Miss België-finale al aan ‘Without you’ van Mariah Carey]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Chavez, Kathryn (15 July 2022). "Natalia Cronenbold se encuentra fuera de peligro tras enfrentar una septicemia" [Natalia Cronenbold is out of danger after facing septicemia]. El Deber (in European Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Maria Joana faz campanha por pessoa carente" [Maria Joana campaigns for needy people]. Jornal de Beltrão (in Portuguese). 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Evano, Quay (4 June 2013). "Pinay officially crowned Miss Universe Canada". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Lina María Gaviria Forero Senorita Colombia 1995". El Tiempo (Colombia) (in Spanish). 5 November 2002. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Dafne Zeledón: Ser miss también tiene un lado oscuro" [Dafne Zeledón: Being miss also has a dark side]. La Nación (in Spanish). 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "¿Qué pasó con Mónica Chalá, la primera Miss Ecuador negra que compitió en Las Vegas con Alicia Machado en el Miss Universo en 1996?" [What happened to Mónica Chalá, the first black Miss Ecuador who competed in Las Vegas with Alicia Machado in Miss Universe in 1996?]. Qué Noticias (in Spanish). 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "El Salvador: próxima embajadora, Milena Mayorga, conoció a Trump en concurso de belleza" [El Salvador: Next ambassador, Milena Mayorga, met Trump in a beauty contest]. El Universal (in Spanish). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  13. ↑ Korhonen, Pauliina (30 June 2022). "Lola Odusoga 45 vuotta – katso kuvat vuosien varrelta" [Lola Odusoga 45 years - see photos through the years]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "On a retrouvé… Laure Belleville, Miss France 1996" [We found… Laure Belleville, Miss France 1996]. La Savoie (in French). 18 December 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  15. ↑ Sauda, Enrico (16 November 2018) [3 May 2016]. "Vom Model zur Therapeutin" [From model to therapist]. Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Video: Former Miss Universe winner Pearl Amoah quits modeling to preach in trotro". The Independent Ghana. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2023.[ permanent dead link ]
  17. ↑ "Recuerdos y anécdotas de Miss Guatemala" [Memories and anecdotes of Miss Guatemala]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 28 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "Könyvben teregeti ki a szennyest Fásy Ádám" [Ádámp Fásy airs the laundry in a book]. Blikk (in Hungarian). 7 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  19. ↑ Guðjónsdóttir, Guðrún Ósk (13 May 2020). "Fegurðardrottningar sem leituðu á önnur mið" [Beauty queens who sought other paths]. DV - Frjáls og óháður miðill (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  20. ↑ Shortall, Holly (2 July 2015). "Top 10 Miss Ireland winners: Where are they now?". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Former Miss Jamaica Universe Trudi Ferguson dies". Loop News. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  22. ↑ Lo, Ricky (March 5, 2005). "Exciting 'firsts' in the Bb. Pilipinas Pageant". Philippine Star . Archived from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  23. ↑ "Miss Slovensko '95 sa stala Iveta Jankulárová" [Iveta Jankulárová became Miss Slovakia '95]. SME Slovakia (in Slovak). 22 May 1995. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  24. ↑ "Solche Missen vermissen wir" [We miss such misses]. Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  25. ↑ "Acadiana's Ali Landry is Miss USA". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. 11 February 1996. p. 14. Retrieved 10 May 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  26. ↑ Stavans, Ilan (2 October 2016). "Alicia Machado vs. Donald Trump's Machismo". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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