Miss World 1996

Miss World 1996
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
WinnerIrene Skliva
Greece
PersonalityDaisy Reyes (Philippines)
Best National CostumeAnuska Prado (Brazil)
PhotogenicAna 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]

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[1][5]

Placements

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

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
  •  Aruba – Afranina Henriquez
Europe

Contestants

Country/Territory Contestant Age
 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

Judges

Notes

Debuts

  •  Bonaire
  •  Bosnia & Herzegovina
  •  Macedonia

Returns

  • Last competed in 1970:
    •  Grenada
  • Last competed in 1991:
    •  Yugoslavia
  • Last competed in 1993:
    •  Uganda
    •  Uruguay
  • Last competed in 1994:
    •  Kenya

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


Controversy

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.

References

  1. ^ a b "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ Ocala Star-Banner
  3. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "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. ^ 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.
  8. ^ The Daily Gazette
  9. ^ "Rediff on the NeT: Amitabh Bachchan, in an exclusive interview". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Beauty Pageant Stirs Protests". Chicago Tribune. 27 October 1996. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Mahila Jagran Manch, Bangalore vs State of Karnataka And Others on 19 November, 1996". Indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  12. ^ "CNN Indian police prepare for worst in beauty pageant clash – Nov. 22, 1996". CNN. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

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