Miss World 1996

Miss World 1996
Miss World 1996 Titlecard
Date	23 November 1996
Presenters	Richard Steinmetz, Ruby Bhatia
Venue	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Broadcaster	E!, Zee TV
Entrants	88
Placements	10
Debuts	Bonaire, Bosnia & 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.^[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-year-old Irene Skliva of Greece took home the title. She was crowned by Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1996^[1][3]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1996	Greece – Irene Skliva
1st runner-up	Colombia – Carolina Arango
2nd runner-up	Brazil – Anuska Valéria Prado
Top 5	India – Rani Jeyraj  Venezuela – Ana Cepinska
Semi-finalists	Aruba – Afranina Henriquez  Belgium – Laurence Borremans  Dominican Republic – Idelsa Núñez  Mexico – Yessica Salazar  South Africa – Peggy-Sue Khumalo

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Peggy-Sue Khumalo
Americas	Colombia – Carolina Arango
Asia & Oceania	India – Rani Jeyraj
Caribbean	Aruba – Afranina Henriquez
Europe	Greece – Irene Skliva

Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age
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 & 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	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 FYRO	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	Cindy Burbridge	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 of America	Kelly Webber	20
Uruguay	Claudia Verónica Gallaretta Olmedo	19
Venezuela	Ana Cepinska	18
FR Yugoslavia	Slavica Krivokuca	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 FYRO

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

1. "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
2. Ocala Star-Banner
3. "Miss World contest draws flak in Bangalore : INDIASCOPE – India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
4. The Daily Gazette
5. "Rediff on the NeT: Amitabh Bachchan, in an exclusive interview". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
6. "Beauty Pageant Stirs Protests". Chicago Tribune. 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. "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