Miss World 1996

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Miss World 1996
MissWorld1996Logo.jpg
Miss World 1996 Titlecard
Date23 November 1996
Presenters
  • Richard Steinmetz
  • Ruby Bhatia
VenueM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Broadcaster
Entrants88
Placements10
Debuts
  • Bonaire
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Macedonia
Withdrawals
  • The Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Bermuda
  • Cayman Islands
  • Denmark
Returns
  • Grenada
  • Kenya
  • Uganda
  • Uruguay
  • Yugoslavia
Winner Irene Skliva
Greece
PersonalityDaisy Reyes (Philippines)
Best National CostumeAnuska Prado (Brazil)
Photogenic Ana Cepinska (Venezuela)
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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]

Contents

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.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1996 Miss World 1996 Map.PNG
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1996

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss World 1996
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental GroupContestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
  • Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba – Afranina Henriquez
Europe

Special awards

AwardWinner
Miss Photogenic
Miss Personality
Most Spectacular Beach Wear
Most Spectacular Evening Dress
Most Spectacular National Dress

Contestants

Country/TerritoryContestantAge
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Fernanda Fernández18
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Afranina Henriquez20
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Nicole Smith24
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Bettina Buxbaumer23
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Rehnuma Dilruba 20
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Laurence Borremans 18
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Andrea Forti19
Flag of Bonaire.svg  Bonaire Jhane Landwier18
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Belma Zvrko18
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Joyce Manase20
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Anuska Prado20
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands Ayana Glasgow21
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Viara Kamenova21
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Michelle Weswaldi19
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Luz Francisca Valenzuela20
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Carolina Arango19
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Natalia Carvajal21
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Vanja Rupena 18
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curação Yandra Faulborn19
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Maria Papaprodromou19
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Petra Minářová18
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Idelsa Núñez Torres21
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Jennifer Graham19
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Mari-Liis Kapustin18
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Hanna Hirvonen20
Flag of France.svg  France Séverine Derouallé22
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Melanie Ernst18
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Sheila Azuntaba19
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Samantha Lane17
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Irene Skliva 18
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada Aria Johnson25
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Aileen Maravilla23
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala María Gabriela Rosales19
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Petra Hoost20
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Chillie Poon24
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Andrea Deak19
Flag of India.svg  India Rani Jeyraj 21
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Niamh Redmond 19
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Talia Lewenthal18
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mara de Gennaro24
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Selena Delgado21
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Miyuki Fujii21
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Pritpal Kulwant Dhamu18
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Anta Dukere22
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Nisrine Sami Nasser22
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Daiva Anuzyte18
Flag of the Government of Portuguese Macau (1976-1999).svg Macau Guiomar Madeira da Silva Pedruco21
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Vera Mesterovic17
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Qu-an How Cheok Kuan20
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Yessica Salazar 22
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Kelly-Rose Mischiewski21
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Emma Komlosy 19
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Eva Sjøholt24
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Norma Élida Pérez21
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay María Ingrid Götze22
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Mónica Chacón de Vettori21
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Daisy Reyes [8] 20
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Agnieszka Zielińska20
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Ana Mafalda Santos21
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Marissa de la Caridad Hernández21
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Carmen Radoi21
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Viktoriya Tsapitsina17
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles Christina Pillay22
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Carol Tan19
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Linda Lencova18
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Alenka Vindiš18
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Peggy-Sue Khumalo21
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Seol Soo-jin21
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Patricia Ruiz Fernández19
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland Olive Healy22
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Åsa Johansson20
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Melanie Winiger 17
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti Hinerava Hiro18
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Chen Hsiao-Fen23
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Shose Akare Sinare20
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Sirinya Burbridge 17
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Sharda Ramlogan23
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Serpil Sevilay Ozturk19
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Sheba Kerere19
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Nataliya Shvachko20
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Rachael Liza Warner22
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kelly Webber20
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands Emoliere Williams18
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Claudia Verónica Gallaretta Olmedo19
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Ana Cepinska Miszczak 18
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia Slavica Krivokuća18
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Alice Banda21
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Nomsa Ndiweni19

Judges

Notes

Debuts

  • Flag of Bonaire.svg Bonaire
  • Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia

Returns

  • Last competed in 1970:
    • Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada
  • Last competed in 1991:
    • Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Yugoslavia
  • Last competed in 1993:
    • Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
    • Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
  • Last competed in 1994:
    • Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya

Withdrawals

  • Flag of the Bahamas.svg 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.
  • Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg Cayman Islands – Due to financial problems

Controversy

The event was organised by ABCL which was led by Amitabh Bachchan. [10] The beauty pageant saw resistance by several groups due to the perceived culture clash. [11] [12] [5] [13] However, due to support of the local government, the event was held successfully.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Ocala Star-Banner
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Greek model, 18, is Miss World". New Straits Times . 26 November 1996. p. 13. Retrieved 28 February 2024– via Google News Archive.
  4. ↑ "Miss World Crowned As Indians Protest". New York Times . Reuters. 24 November 1996. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Miss World contest draws flak in Bangalore : INDIASCOPE". India Today. 31 October 1996. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "A beautiful journey". Deccan Herald . 16 January 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Miss World Coverage 1996
  8. ↑ Burton-Titular, Joyce (1 October 2013). "From Vivien to Megan: The PH in Miss World history". Rappler . Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ↑ The Daily Gazette
  10. ↑ "Rediff on the NeT: Amitabh Bachchan, in an exclusive interview". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Beauty Pageant Stirs Protests". Chicago Tribune. 27 October 1996. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Mahila Jagran Manch, Bangalore vs State of Karnataka And Others on 19 November, 1996". Indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "CNN Indian police prepare for worst in beauty pageant clash – Nov. 22, 1996". CNN. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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