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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|

* 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

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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]

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

### Placements[edit]

Placement  | 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
* 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]

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]

Country/Territory | Contestant | Age

|
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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
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
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
South Korea | Seol Soo-jin | 21
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 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
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 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
U.S. Virgin Islands | Emoliere Williams | 18
Uruguay | Claudia Verónica Gallaretta Olmedo | 19
Venezuela | Ana Cepinska Miszczak | 18
FR Yugoslavia | Slavica Krivokuća | 18
Zambia | Alice Banda | 21
Zimbabwe | Nomsa Ndiweni | 19

## Judges[edit]

* 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]

### Debuts[edit]

* Bonaire
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Macedonia

### Returns[edit]

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

### Withdrawals[edit]

* 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[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ a b "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
2. ^ Ocala Star-Banner
3. ^ a b "Miss World contest draws flak in Bangalore : INDIASCOPE". India Today. 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". CNN. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

## External links[edit]

* Pageantopolis – Miss World 1996

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Miss World 1996 contestants

* Rehnuma Dilruba Chitra
* Laurence Borremans
* Vanja Rupena
* Irene Skliva
* Niamh Redmond
* Yessica Salazar
* Emma Komlosy
* Daisy Reyes
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