Miss World 1996, the 46th edition of the Miss World pageant, took place on 23 November 1996 in the city of

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. Preliminaries were shot in

and in

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. 88 contestants from all over the world took part in the prestigious pageant. By the end of the night, 18-year-old

Irene Skliva Irene Skliva (Irini Skliva; Greek: ''Ειρήνη Σκλήβα''; born 4 April 1978, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1996 in India. Miss World After winning the title of "Miss Hellas" at the Mi ...

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took home the title. She was crowned by

Jacqueline Aguilera Jacqueline María Aguilera Marcano (born 17 November 1976 in Valencia, Carabobo) is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who became the fifth woman from Venezuela to capture the Miss World crown. Former Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai handed over ...

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.It was the first time the Miss World pageant was held in

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Contestants

Judges

* Andre Sekulic *

Linda Pétursdóttir Linda Pétursdóttir (born 27 December 1969 in Húsavík) is an Icelandic business woman and beauty queen who won Miss World 1988. Linda was born in Húsavík and raised there and in Vopnafjörður. She won Miss Iceland on 23 May 1988 and Miss ...

– Miss World 1988 from Iceland *

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* Marlene Cardin *

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–

Miss World 1994 Miss World 1994, the 44th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 November 1994 and marked the third consecutive staging of Miss World in Sun City, North West, Sun City, South Africa. 87 contestants from around the world competed for ...

from India *

Sanath Jayasuriya Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya ( si, සනත් ජයසූරිය, ta, சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a captain. He is credited for having revolutionized one-day in ...

Ninibeth Leal Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez (born November 26, 1971) is a Venezuelan model, businesswoman and beauty queen who won Miss World Venezuela 1991 and Miss World 1991. She is the fourth Miss World titleholder from Venezuela. Miss World In a pageant h ...

–

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from Venezuela * Tom Nuyens –

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from Belgium * Parmeshwar Godrej

Notes

Debuts

* * *

Returns

*Last competed in

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: ** *Last competed in

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: ** *Last competed in

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: ** ** *Last competed in

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: **

Withdrawals

* – Nicole Symonette could not compete due to financial problems with the

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Committee that ran Miss Bahamas for both Miss World and Miss Universe and thus was only able to send a representative to

Miss Universe 1996 Miss Universe 1996, the 45th Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 17, 1996 at Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned by Chelsi Smith from the United States at the e ...

. * – Due to financial problems

Controversy

The event was organised by ABCL which was led by Amitabh Bachchan. The beauty pageant saw resistance by several groups due to the perceived

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. However, due to support of the local government, the event was held successfully.

References

External links

Pageantopolis – Miss World 1996
{{Miss World 1996 delegates Miss World 1996 in India 1996 beauty pageants Beauty pageants in India 1990s in Bangalore November 1996 events in Asia