Miss World 1996
| Miss World 1996 | |
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|  Miss World 1996 Titlecard | |
| Date | 23 November 1996 | 
| Presenters | 
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| Venue | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India | 
| Broadcaster | 
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| Entrants | 88 | 
| Placements | 10 | 
| Debuts | 
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| Withdrawals | 
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| Returns | 
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| 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 de Novembro de 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 years-old Irene Skliva of Greece took home the title. She was crowned by Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela.
Contents
 1 Results
 1.1 Placements
 1.2 Continental Queens of Beauty
 
 2 Contestants
 3 Judges
 4 Notes
 4.1 Debuts
 4.2 Returns
 4.3 Withdrawals
 
 5 Controversy
 6 References
 7 External links
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1996[1][3]
Placements
| Final results | Contestant | 
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| Miss World 1996 | 
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| 1st Runner-Up | 
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| 2nd Runner-Up | 
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| Top 5 | 
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| Semi-finalists | 
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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group | 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 | 
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Contestants
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | 
|---|---|---|
|  U.S. 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 & 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 | 
|  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 | Vera Mesterovic | 17 | 
|  Malaysia | Qu-an How Cheok Kuan | 20 | 
|  Mexico | Yessica Salazar González | 21 | 
|  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 Winsiri | 17 | 
|  Trinidad & 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 Verónica Gallaretta Olmedo | 19 | 
|  Venezuela | Ana Cepinska | 18 | 
|  FR 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 [4]
Notes
Debuts
 Bonaire Bonaire
 Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina
 Macedonia Macedonia
Returns
- Last competed in 1970: Grenada Grenada
 
- Last competed in 1991: Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
 
- Last competed in 1993: Uganda Uganda
 Uruguay Uruguay
 
- Last competed in 1994: Kenya Kenya
 
Withdrawals
 Bahamas – Due to financial problems Bahamas – Due to financial problems
 Cayman Islands – Due to financial problems Cayman Islands – Due to financial problems
Controversy
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
 ^ ab "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
 ^ Ocala Star-Banner
 ^ ab "Miss World contest draws flak in Bangalore : INDIASCOPE – India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
 ^ 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. 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". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
External links
- Pageantopolis – Miss World 1996
 
  
 