Miss World 1996
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Miss World 1996 Titlecard
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Date | 23 November 1996 |
Presenters | Richard Steinmetz, Ruby Bhatia |
Venue | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India |
Broadcaster | E!, Zee TV |
Entrants | 88 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts | Bonaire, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia FYRO |
Withdrawals | Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Denmark |
Returns | Grenada, Kenya, Uganda, Uruguay, Yugoslavia |
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 on 23 November 1996 in the city of Bangalore, India. 88 contestants from all over the world took part in the prestigious pageant. By the end of the night, 18-year-old Irene Skliva of Greece took home the title. She was crowned by Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela.
Contents
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
Miss World 1996 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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Top 5 |
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Semi-finalists |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group | Contestant |
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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Special awards
Awards | Contestant |
Miss Personality |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Spectacular Dress |
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Spectacular Beach Wear |
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Spectacular Evening Wear |
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Order of announcements
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Judges
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Contestants
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age |
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American Virgin Islands | Emoliere Williams | 18 |
Argentina | Fernanda Fernández Ramírez | 18 |
Aruba | Afranina Henriquez | 20 |
Australia | Nicole Smith | 24 |
Austria | Bettina Buxbaumer | 23 |
Bangladesh | Rehnuma Dilruba | 20 |
Belgium | Laurence Borremans | 18 |
Bolivia | Andrea Mariana Forti Sandoval | 19 |
Bonaire | Jhane Louise Landwier | 18 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Belma Zvrko | 18 |
Botswana | Joyce Manase | 20 |
Brazil | Anuska Valeria Prado | 20 |
British Virgin Islands | Ayana Glasgow | 21 |
Bulgaria | Viara Kamenova | 21 |
Canada | Michelle Weswaldi | 19 |
Chile | Luz Francisca Valenzuela Höllzer | 20 |
Colombia | Carolina Arango Corrales | 19 |
Costa Rica | Natalia Carvajal Lorenzo | 21 |
Croatia | Vanja Rupena | 18 |
Curaçao | Yandra Angelica Faulborn | 19 |
Cyprus | Maria Papaprodromou | 19 |
Czech Republic | Petra Minářová | 18 |
Dominican Republic | Idelsa Núñez Torres | 21 |
Ecuador | Jennifer Lynn Graham Dumani | 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 Castellaños | 19 |
Holland | Petra Hoost | 20 |
Hong Kong | Chillie Poon | 24 |
Hungary | Andrea Deak | 19 |
India | Rani Joan Jeyraj | 21 |
Ireland | Niamh Marie Redmond | 19 |
Israel | Talia Lewenthal | 18 |
Italy | Mara de Gennaro | 24 |
Jamaica | Selena Delgado | 21 |
Japan | Miyuki Fujii | 21 |
Kenya | Pritpal Kulwant Dhamu | 18 |
Korea | Seol Soo-jin | 21 |
Latvia | Anta Dukere | 22 |
Lebanon | Nisrine Sami Nasser | 22 |
Lithuania | Daiva Anuzyte | 18 |
Macau | Guiomar Madeira da Silva Pedruco | 22 |
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Malaysia | Qu-an How Cheok Kuan | 20 |
Mexico | Yessica Salazar González | 21 |
New Zealand | Kelly-Rose Mischiewski | 21 |
Nigeria | Emma Komlosy | 19 |
Norway | Eva Sjøholt | 24 |
Panama | Norma Élida Pérez Rodríguez | 21 |
Paraguay | María Ingrid Götze Scheunemann | 22 |
Peru | Mónica Chacón de Vettori | 21 |
Philippines | Daisy Garcia Reyes | 20 |
Poland | Agnieszka Zielińska | 20 |
Portugal | Ana Mafalda Schaefer de Almeida 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 |
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 Winsiri | 17 |
Trinidad & 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 of America | Kelly Webber | 20 |
Uruguay | Claudia Verónica Gallaretta Olmedo | 19 |
Venezuela | Ana Cepinska | 18 |
FR Yugoslavia | Slavica Krivokuca | 18 |
Zambia | Alice Banda | 21 |
Zimbabwe | Nomsa Ndiweni | 19 |
Parade order
Delhi, India
Bangalore, India
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Mahe, Seychelles
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Praslin Island, Seychelles
La Digue, Seychelles
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Notes
Debuts
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Returns
Last competed in 1970:
Last competed in 1991:
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Last competed in 1993:
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Last competed in 1994:
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Withdrawals
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Crossovers
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Historical significance
- Preliminaries were shot in India and in Seychelles.
- Macau, Guiomar Madeira da Silva Pedruco, was the last of her four siblings in the Pedruco family who competed in Miss World. She then went on to compete in Miss Chinese International the following year, and make it to the top 5.
- Dominican Republic returns to the semi-finals for the first time since Mariasela Alvarez won the first Miss World title for the Dominican Republic in 1982.
- Nigeria's Emma Komlosy is the daughter of Patti Boulaye, and the first mixed-race winner (half-Hungarian) of her country's national pageant.
- Thailand's Sirinya Winsiri is half-American with the name Cindy Burbridge.
Controversy
The event was organised by ABCL which was led by Amitabh Bachchan.[1] The beauty pageant saw resistance by several groups due to the perceived culture clash.[2][3][4][5] However due to support of the local government, the event was held successfully.
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