Miss World 1996

Miss World 1996
Miss World 1996
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 and Herzegovina; Macedonia;
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 ; File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg Venezuela
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Miss World 1996, the 46th edition of the Miss World pageant, took place on 23 November 1996 in the city of Bangalore, India.^[1]^[2] Preliminaries were shot in India and in Seychelles. 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.

Results[edit | edit source]

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1996^[1]^[3]

Placements[edit | edit source]

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1996	Greece – Irene Skliva
1st Runner-Up	Colombia – Carolina Arango
2nd Runner-Up	Brazil – Anuska Valéria Prado
Top 5	India – Rani Jeyraj File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg Venezuela – Ana Cepinska
Top 10	Aruba – Afranina Henriquez Belgium – Laurence Borremans Dominican Republic – Idelsa Núñez Mexico – Yessica Salazar South Africa – Peggy-Sue Khumalo

Continental Queens of Beauty[edit | edit source]

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Peggy-Sue Khumalo
Americas	Colombia – Carolina Arango
Asia & Oceania	India – Rani Jeyraj
Caribbean	Aruba – Afranina Henriquez
Europe	Greece–Irene Skliva

Contestants[edit | edit source]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age
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
Template:Country data Bonaire	Jhane Louise Landwier	18
Template:Country data Bosnia & Herzegovina	Belma Zvrko	18
Botswana	Joyce Manase	20
Brazil	Anuska Valeria Prado	20
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Curação	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
Template:Country data Guam	Aileen Maravilla	23
Guatemala	María Gabriela Rosales Castellaños	19
Template:Country data Holland	Petra Hoost	20
Template:Country data British 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
File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 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
Macedonia	Vera Mesterovic	17
Malaysia	Qu-an How Cheok Kuan	20
Mexico	Yessica Salazar González	22
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 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
File:Flag of the Seychelles.svg 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 and Tobago	Sharda Ramlogan	23
Turkey	Serpil Sevilay Ozturk	19
Uganda	Sheba Kerere	19
Ukraine	Nataliya Shvachko	20
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	Rachael Liza Warner	22
United States	Kelly Webber	20
Template:Country data U.S. Virgin Islands	Emoliere Williams	18
Uruguay	Claudia Verónica Gallaretta Olmedo	19
File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg Venezuela	Ana Cepinska	18
FR Yugoslavia	Slavica Krivokuća	18
Zambia	Alice Banda	21
Zimbabwe	Nomsa Ndiweni	19

Judges[edit | edit source]

Andre Sekulic
Linda Pétursdóttir – Miss World 1988 from Iceland
Vijay Mallya
Marlene Cardin
Aamir Khan
Aishwarya Rai – Miss World 1994 from India
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ninibeth Leal – Miss World 1991 from Venezuela
Tom Nuyens – Mister World 1996 from Belgium
Parmeshwar Godrej ^[4]

Notes[edit | edit source]

Debuts[edit | edit source]

Template:Country data Bonaire
Template:Country data Bosnia & Herzegovina
Macedonia

Returns[edit | edit source]

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

Withdrawals[edit | edit source]

Bahamas – Due to financial problems
Template:Country data Cayman Islands – Due to financial problems

Controversy[edit | edit source]

The event was organised by ABCL which was led by Amitabh Bachchan.^[5] The beauty pageant saw resistance by several groups due to the perceived culture clash.^[6]^[7]^[3]^[8] However, due to support of the local government, the event was held successfully.