Miss World 1996

Miss World 1996
Miss World 1996 Titlecard
Date23 November 1996
Presenters
  • Richard Steinmetz
  • Ruby Bhatia
VenueM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Broadcaster
Entrants88
Placements10
Debuts
  • Bonaire
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Macedonia
Withdrawals
  • The Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Bermuda
  • Cayman Islands
  • Denmark
Returns
  • Grenada
  • Kenya
  • Uganda
  • Uruguay
  • Yugoslavia
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 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India on 23 November 1996.[1][2]

At the end of the event, Irene Skliva of Greece was crowned as Miss World 1996 by Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela. Skliva was the first Greek to win the title.[3][4]

Contestants from eighty-eighty countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Richard Steinmetz and Ruby Bhatia.

  1. ^ "Hundreds protest Miss World contest in India". Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ Ocala Star-Banner
  3. ^ "Greek model, 18, is Miss World". New Straits Times. 26 November 1996. p. 13. Retrieved 28 February 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Miss World Crowned As Indians Protest". New York Times. Reuters. 24 November 1996. Retrieved 28 February 2024.