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
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 |
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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
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Macedonia
Returns
- Last competed in 1970:
- Grenada
- Last competed in 1991:
- Yugoslavia
- Last competed in 1993:
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Last competed in 1994:
- Kenya
Withdrawals
Bahamas – 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
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^ 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