Miss World 1996
Appearance
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Miss World 1996 | |
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Date | 23 November 1996 |
Presenters | Richard Steinmetz, Ruby Bhatia |
Venue | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India |
Entrants | 88 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts | Bonaire, Bosnia and 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. 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 Miss World 1995, Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela.
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss World 1996 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up[1] |
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4th runner-up | |
Semi-finalists |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
Continent | Contestant |
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Africa |
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Americas |
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Asia & Oceania |
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Caribbean |
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Europe |
Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Personality | |
Miss Photogenic | |
Spectacular Dress |
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Spectacular Beach Wear | |
Spectacular Evening Wear |
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Order of announcements
- Top 10
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- Top 5
- 1. Venezuela
- 2. Brazil
- 3. India
- 4. Greece
- 5. Colombia
Judges
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Contestants
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age |
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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 and 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 | Maria 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 Gonzalez | 21 |
New Zealand | Kelly-Rose Mischiewski | 21 |
Nigeria | Emma Komlosy | 19 |
Norway | Eva Sjøholt | 24 |
Panama | Norma Elida Perez Rodríguez | 21 |
Paraguay | Maria Ingrid Götze Scheunemann | 22 |
Peru | Mónica Chacón de Vettori | 21 |
Philippines | Daisy Garcia 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 Winsiri | 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 |
Uruguay | Claudia Veronica Gallaretta Olmedo | 19 |
Venezuela | Ana Cepinska | 18 |
FR Yugoslavia | Slavica Krivokuca | 18 |
Zambia | Alice Banda | 21 |
Zimbabwe | Nomsa Ndiweni | 19 |
Parade order
Delhi, India
Bangalore, India
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Mahe, Seychelles
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Praslin Island, Seychelles
La Digue, Seychelles
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Notes
Debuts
- Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia competed in Miss World for the first time.
Returning countries
- Grenada last competed in 1970 (with their representative Jennifer Hosten winning Miss World), and would not compete again until 2007 with Vivian Charlott Burkhardt making the semi-finals.
- Yugoslavia last competed in 1991 after a 5-year civil war in which its nation was divided into independent states.
- Uganda and Uruguay last competed in 1993.
- Kenya last competed in 1994.
Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- Bahamas and Cayman Islands did not compete in Miss World because of financial problems.
Historical significance
- Preliminaries were shot in India and in Seychelles.
- Macau, Guiomar Madeira da Silva Pedruco, was the last of her four siblings in the Pedruco family who competed in Miss World. She then went on to compete in Miss Chinese International the following year, and make it to the top 5.
- Dominican Republic returns to the semi-finals for the first time since Mariasela Alvarez won the first Miss World title for the Dominican Republic in 1982.
- Nigeria's Emma Komlosy is the daughter of Patti Boulaye, and the first mixed-race winner (half-Hungarian) of her country's national pageant.
- Thailand's Sirinya Winsiri is half-American with the name Cindy Burbridge.
Crossovers
- Miss Universe
- 1996: Hungary, Taiwan R.O.C., and Turkey
- 1997: Belgium, Bonaire, Czech Republic, Poland, and Switzerland
- 2000: Ukraine
- Miss International
- 1997: Lebanon
- Miss Earth
- 2001: Canada
- Miss Chinese International
- 1997: Macau
Controversy
The event was organized by ABCL which was led by Amitabh Bachchan.[2] The beauty pageant saw resistance by several groups due to the perceived culture clash.[3][4][5][6] However due to support of the local government, the event was held successfully.
References
- ^ "1996". Missworld.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Rediff On The NeT: Amitabh Bachchan, in an exclusive interview". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Beauty Pageant Stirs Protests". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Mahila Jagran Manch, Bangalore vs State Of Karnataka And Others on 19 November, 1996". Indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Miss World contest draws flak in Bangalore : INDIASCOPE - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "CNN - Indian police prepare for worst in beauty pageant clash - Nov. 22, 1996". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.