Miss World 1996

Beauty pageant edition

Miss World 1996

Miss World 1996 Titlecard

Date| 23 November 1996
Presenters|

* Richard Steinmetz
* Ruby Bhatia

Venue| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, 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
* Nigeria
* 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 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, 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.

## Background

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### Controversy

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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][8][9] However, due to support of the local government, the event was held successfully.

### Selection of participants

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#### Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

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This edition saw the debut of Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia, and the return of Grenada, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Urugauy and Yugoslavia; Grenada, which last competed in 1970, Yugoslavia last competed in 1991, Uganda and Urugauy last competed in 1993 and Kenya and Nigeria last competed in 1994.

Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Denmark, withdrew from the competition.

## Results

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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1996[1][8]

### Placements

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Placement  | Contestant

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Miss World 1996  |

*  Greece – Irene Skliva[3]

1st runner-up  |

*  Colombia – Carolina Arango[3]

2nd runner-up  |

*  Brazil – Anuska Prado[3]

Top 5[10] |

*  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

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Continental Group  | Contestant

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Africa  |

*  South Africa – Peggy-Sue Khumalo

Americas  |

*  Colombia – Carolina Arango

Asia & Oceania  |

*  India – Rani Jeyraj

Caribbean  |

*  Aruba – Afranina Henriquez

Europe  |

*  Greece – Irene Skliva

#### Special awards

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Award  | Winner

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Miss Photogenic  |

*  Venezuela – Ana Cepinska[11]

Miss Personality  |

*  Philippines – Daisy Reyes[11]

Most Spectacular Beach Wear  |

*  Mexico – Yessica Salazar[11]

Most Spectacular Evening Dress  |

*  India – Rani Jeyraj[11]

Most Spectacular National Dress  |

*  Brazil – Anuska Prado[11]

## Judges

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* 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[12]

## Contestants

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Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a]

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Argentina | Fernanda Fernández | 18
Aruba | Afranina Henriquez | 20
Australia | Nicole Smith | 24
Austria | Bettina Buxbaumer | 23
Bangladesh | Rehnuma Dilruba[13] | 20
Belgium | Laurence Borremans | 18
Bolivia | Andrea Forti | 19
Bonaire | Jhane Landwier | 18
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Belma Zvrko[14] | 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
French Polynesia[b] | Hinerava Hiro | 18
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 Deák[15] | 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[16] | 22
Lebanon | Nisrine Sami Nasser | 22
Lithuania | Daiva Anužytė[17] | 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[18] | 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 Lenčová[19][20] | 18
Slovenia | Alenka Vindiš[21] | 18
South Africa | Peggy-Sue Khumalo | 21
South Korea[c] | Seol Soo-jin | 21
Spain | Patricia Ruiz Fernández | 19
Swaziland | Olive Healy | 22
Sweden | Åsa Johansson | 20
Switzerland | Melanie Winiger | 17
Taiwan[d] | Chen Hsiao-Fen | 23
Tanzania | Shose Akare Sinare | 20
Thailand | Sirinya Burbridge[22] | 17
Trinidad and Tobago | Sharda Ramlogan | 23
Turkey | Serpil Sevilay Öztürk[23] | 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

## Notes

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1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
2. ^ Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
3. ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
4. ^ Also known as the Republic of China

### Withdrawals

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*  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

## References

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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.
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5. ^ "Rediff on the NeT: Amitabh Bachchan, in an exclusive interview". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
6. ^ "Beauty Pageant Stirs Protests". Chicago Tribune. 27 October 1996. 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. ^ a b "Miss World contest draws flak in Bangalore : INDIASCOPE". India Today. 31 October 1996. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
9. ^ "CNN Indian police prepare for worst in beauty pageant clash – Nov. 22, 1996". CNN. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
10. ^ "A beautiful journey". Deccan Herald. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
11. ^ a b c d e Miss World Coverage 1996
12. ^ The Daily Gazette
13. ^ "Search for Miss World Bangladesh will start from September 16". Dhaka Tribune. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
14. ^ "Stela Zubak-Jovanović: Izbor za Miss BiH od poslijeratne 1996. godine ima svrhu i cilj" [Stela Zubak-Jovanović: The Miss BiH pageant since post-war 1996 has had a purpose and goal]. Klix.ba (in Croatian). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
15. ^ "Könyvben teregeti ki a szennyest Fásy Ádám" [Ádámp Fásy airs the laundry in a book]. Blikk (in Hungarian). 7 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
16. ^ Tiļļa, Andris (21 April 2018). "30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā "Mis Rīga". Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni" [30 years since the beauty contest "Miss Riga". Latvian show business awards, scandals, challenges, benchmarks]. LA.LV (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
17. ^ Svėrytė, Monika (8 June 2016). "Vilniuje susituokė "Mis Lietuva 1996" Daiva Anužytė ir Vitalijus Baronas" [Miss Lithuania 1996 Daiva Anužytė and Vitalijus Baronas got married in Vilnius]. 15min Lithuania (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 26 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
18. ^ 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.
19. ^ Kvasnicová, Alena (30 November 2015). "Rezešová má nového chlapa: Ulovila ďalšieho boháča!" [Rezešová has a new boyfriend: She caught another rich man!]. Topky Slovakia (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
20. ^ Kizek, Marian (18 January 2001). "Z bývalej Miss World Slovensko sa stala mamička šesťtýždňovej Victorie" [Former Miss World Slovakia becomes mother to six-week-old Victoria]. Korzar (in Slovak). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
21. ^ "Nekdanja miss Alenka Vindiš: "Kljub ločitvi nisem obupala nad ljubeznijo!"" [Former Miss Alenka Vindiš: "Despite the divorce, I didn't give up on love!"]. Govori.se (in Slovenian). 12 February 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
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