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Mauriziok/Miss World 1996
Date23 November 1996
Presenters
VenueM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Broadcaster
Entrants88
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerIrene Skliva
 Greece
PersonalityDaisy Reyes
 Philippines
Best National CostumeAnuska Prado
 Brazil
PhotogenicAna Cepinska
 Venezuela
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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

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

Placements

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Final results Contestant
Miss World 1996
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
  •   Brazil – Anuska Valéria Prado
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty

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Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
  •   India – Rani Jeyraj
Caribbean
  •   Aruba – Afranina Henriquez
Europe

Contestants

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Country/Territory Contestant Age
  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 22
  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 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
  U.S. Virgin Islands Emoliere Williams 18
  Uruguay Claudia Verónica Gallaretta Olmedo 19
  Venezuela Ana Cepinska 18
  FR Yugoslavia Slavica Krivokuća 18
  Zambia Alice Banda 21
  Zimbabwe Nomsa Ndiweni 19

Judges

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Notes

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Debuts

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  •   Bonaire
  •   Bosnia & Herzegovina
  •   Macedonia

Returns

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  • Last competed in 1970:
    •   Grenada
  • Last competed in 1991:
    •   Yugoslavia
  • Last competed in 1993:
    •   Uganda
    •   Uruguay
  • Last competed in 1994:
    •   Kenya

Withdrawals

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  •   Bahamas – Due to financial problems
  •   Cayman Islands – Due to financial problems


Controversy

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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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  1. ^ a b "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ Ocala Star-Banner
  3. ^ a b "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.
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