Miss International 1996

Miss International 1996
Date	October 26, 1996
Presenters	Masumi Okada
Venue	Kanazawa Kagekiza, Kanazawa, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	48
Debuts	Macedonia, Togo
Withdrawals	Cyprus, Denmark, El Salvador, Guam, Honduras, Mexico, Seychelles, Thailand
Returns	Chile, Finland, New Caledonia, Poland, Russia, Tunisia, Ukraine
Winner	Fernanda Alves Portugal

Miss International 1996 was held on October 26, 1996 at the Kanazawa Kagekiza in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. Fernanda Alves earned Portugal's first Miss International crown.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1996	Portugal - Fernanda Alves
1st runner-up	Tunisia - Ibticem Lahmar
2nd runner-up	Colombia - Claudia Mendoza
Semi-finalists	Australia - Kylie Watson Bolivia - Elka Pacheco Greece - Rania Likoudi Japan - Akiko Sugano Korea - Kim Jung-hwa New Caledonia - Tania Chitty Norway - Eva Stenset Philippines - Yedda Mendoza Spain - Rosa Casado Turkey - Gokce Yanardag Ukraine - Nataliya Kozitskaya Venezuela - Carla Steinkopf

Contestants

• Argentina - Maria Xenia Bordón
• Aruba - Julisa Marie Lampe
• Australia - Kylie Ann Watson
• Belgium - Barbara Van der Beken
• Bolivia - Elka Grothenhorst Pacheco
• Brazil - Ana Carina Góis Homa
• United Kingdom - Shauna Marie Gunn
• Chile - Alexandra De Granade Errázuriz
• Colombia - Claudia Inés de Torcoroma Mendoza Lemus
• Czech Republic - Zdenka Zadrazilova
• Dominican Republic - Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius
• Fiji - Ranjani Roshini Dayal
• Finland - Ulrika Therese Wester
• France - Nancy Cornelia Delettrez
• Germany - Andrea Walaschewski
• Greece - Rania Likoudi
• Guatemala - Karla Hannelore Beteta Forkel
• Hawaii - Kam Au
• Holland - Leonie Maria Boon
• Hong Kong - Fiona Yuen Choi-Wan
• Iceland - Audur Geirsdóttir
• India - Fleur Dominique Xavier
• Israel - Ann Konopny
• Japan - Akiko Sugano

• Korea - Kim Jung-hwa
• Luxembourg - Christiane Lorent
• Macedonia - Aleksandra Petko Petrovska
• Malta - Mary Farrugia
• New Caledonia - Tania Lise Chitty
• Northern Marianas - Kathleen Williams
• Norway - Eva-Charlotte Stenset
• Panama - Betzy Janethe Achurra
• Paraguay - Claudia Rocío Melgarejo
• Philippines - Yedda Marie Mendoza Kittilsvedt
• Poland - Monika Marta Adamek
• Portugal - Fernanda Alves
• Puerto Rico - Lydia Guzmán López
• Russia - Yuliya Vladimirovna Ermolenko
• Singapore - Carel Siok Liang Low
• Slovak Republic - Martina Jajcayova
• Spain - Rosa Maria Casado Teixidor
• Togo - Amanda Adama Bawa
• Tunisia - Ibticem Lahmar
• Turkey - Gokce Yanardag
• Ukraine - Nataliya Vasilievna Kozitskaya
• United States - Maya Yadira Kashak
• Venezuela - Carla Andreína Steinkopf Struve
• Vietnam - Pham Anh Phuong

Notes

Did not compete

• El Salvador - Priscilla Ruiz

• Mexico - Gloria Ondina Rivera