Miss World 1996

Miss World 1996

Miss World 1996 Titlecard
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.[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

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

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1996
1st runner-up
  •  Colombia – Carolina Arango
2nd runner-up
  •  Brazil – Anuska Valéria Prado
Top 5
Semi-finalists
  •  Aruba – Afranina Henriquez
  •  Belgium – Laurence Borremans
  •  Dominican Republic – Idelsa Núñez
  •  Mexico – Yessica Salazar
  •  South Africa – Peggy-Sue Khumalo

Continental Queens of Beauty

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

Contestants

Country/Territory Contestant Age
 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
 Macedonia FYRO Vera Mesterovic 17
 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 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 Cindy Burbridge 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 Krivokuća 18
 Zambia Alice Banda 21
 Zimbabwe Nomsa Ndiweni 19

Judges

Notes

Debuts

  •  Bonaire
  •  Bosnia & Herzegovina
  •  Macedonia FYRO

Returns

Last competed in 1970:

  •  Grenada

Last competed in 1991:

  •  Yugoslavia

Last competed in 1993:

  •  Uganda
  •  Uruguay

Last competed in 1994:

  •  Kenya

Withdrawals

  •  Bahamas – Due to financial problems
  •  Cayman Islands – Due to financial problems

Controversy

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Ocala Star-Banner
  3. 1 2 "Miss World contest draws flak in Bangalore : INDIASCOPE – India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. ↑ The Daily Gazette
  5. ↑ "Rediff on the NeT: Amitabh Bachchan, in an exclusive interview". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Beauty Pageant Stirs Protests". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Mahila Jagran Manch, Bangalore vs State of Karnataka And Others on 19 November, 1996". Indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "CNN – Indian police prepare for worst in beauty pageant clash – Nov. 22, 1996". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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