Miss World 1996

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 and Herzegovina; Macedonia;
Withdrawals	The 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)
	← 1995 1997 →

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

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1996	Greece – Irene Skliva^[3]
1st runner-up	Colombia – Carolina Arango^[3]
2nd runner-up	Brazil – Anuska Prado^[3]
Top 5	India – Rani Jeyraj^[6] 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

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

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

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 ^[8]

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

^ ^a ^b "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ Ocala Star-Banner
^ ^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.
^ "Miss World Crowned As Indians Protest". New York Times. Reuters. 24 November 1996. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Miss World contest draws flak in Bangalore : INDIASCOPE". India Today. 31 October 1996. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
^ "A beautiful journey". Deccan Herald. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ 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.
^ The Daily Gazette
^ "Rediff on the NeT: Amitabh Bachchan, in an exclusive interview". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
^ "Beauty Pageant Stirs Protests". Chicago Tribune. 27 October 1996. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
^ "Mahila Jagran Manch, Bangalore vs State of Karnataka And Others on 19 November, 1996". Indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
^ "CNN Indian police prepare for worst in beauty pageant clash – Nov. 22, 1996". CNN. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

[google.com-1] "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[2] Ocala Star-Banner

[:0-3] "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.

[INT-1-5] "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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