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Miss World 1996 | |
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Date | 23 November 1996 |
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Venue | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India |
Broadcaster | |
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) |
Miss World 1996, the 46th edition of the Miss World pageant, took place at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India on 23 November 1996. [1] [2]
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.
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss World 1996 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up | |
Top 5 | |
Top 10 |
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Continental Group | Contestant |
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Africa |
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Americas |
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Asia & Oceania | |
Caribbean |
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Europe |
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age |
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Argentina | Fernanda Fernández | 18 |
Aruba | Afranina Henriquez | 20 |
Australia | Nicole Smith | 24 |
Austria | Bettina Buxbaumer | 23 |
Bangladesh | Rehnuma Dilruba | 20 |
Belgium | Laurence Borremans | 18 |
Bolivia | Andrea Forti | 19 |
Bonaire | Jhane Landwier | 18 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Belma Zvrko | 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 |
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 Deak | 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 | 22 |
Lebanon | Nisrine Sami Nasser | 22 |
Lithuania | Daiva Anuzyte | 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 [7] | 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 Lencova | 18 |
Slovenia | Alenka Vindiš | 18 |
South Africa | Peggy-Sue Khumalo | 21 |
South Korea | Seol Soo-jin | 21 |
Spain | Patricia Ruiz Fernández | 19 |
Swaziland | Olive Healy | 22 |
Sweden | Åsa Johansson | 20 |
Switzerland | Melanie Winiger | 17 |
Tahiti | Hinerava Hiro | 18 |
Taiwan | Chen Hsiao-Fen | 23 |
Tanzania | Shose Akare Sinare | 20 |
Thailand | Sirinya Burbridge | 17 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Sharda Ramlogan | 23 |
Turkey | Serpil Sevilay Ozturk | 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 |
The event was organised by ABCL which was led by Amitabh Bachchan. [9] The beauty pageant saw resistance by several groups due to the perceived culture clash. [10] [11] [5] [12] However, due to support of the local government, the event was held successfully.
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