# Miss World 1996

Miss World 1996, the 46th edition of the Miss World pageant, took place at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India on 23 November 1996.
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.
Contestants from eighty-eighty countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Richard Steinmetz and Ruby Bhatia.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1996 | Greece – Irene Skliva |
| 1st runner-up | Colombia – Carolina Arango |
| 2nd runner-up | Brazil – Anuska Prado |
| Top 5 | India – Rani Jeyraj  Venezuela – Ana Cepinska |
| Top 10 | 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 |

### Special awards

| Award | Winner |
| Miss Photogenic | Venezuela – Ana Cepinska |
| Miss Personality | Philippines – Daisy Reyes |
| Most Spectacular Beach Wear | Mexico – Yessica Salazar |
| Most Spectacular Evening Dress | India – Rani Jeyraj |
| Most Spectacular National Dress | Brazil – Anuska Prado |

## Contestants

| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age |
| Argentina | Fernanda Fernández | 18 |
| Aruba | Afranina Henriquez | 20 |
| Australia | Nicole Smith | 24 |
| Austria | Bettina Buxbaumer | 23 |
| Bangladesh | Rehnuma Dilruba | 20 |
| Belgium | Laurence Borremans | 18 |
| Bolivia | Andrea Forti | 19 |
| Bonaire | Jhane Landwier | 18 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Belma Zvrko | 18 |
| Botswana | Joyce Manase | 20 |
| Brazil | Anuska Prado | 20 |
| British Virgin Islands | Ayana Glasgow | 21 |
| Bulgaria | Viara Kamenova | 21 |
| Canada | Michelle Weswaldi | 19 |
| Chile | Luz Francisca Valenzuela | 20 |
| Colombia | Carolina Arango | 19 |
| Costa Rica | Natalia Carvajal | 21 |
| Croatia | Vanja Rupena | 18 |
| Curação | Yandra Faulborn | 19 |
| Cyprus | Maria Papaprodromou | 19 |
| Czech Republic | Petra Minářová | 18 |
| Dominican Republic | Idelsa Núñez Torres | 21 |
| Ecuador | Jennifer Graham | 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 | 19 |
| Holland | Petra Hoost | 20 |
| Hong Kong | Chillie Poon | 24 |
| Hungary | Andrea Deak | 19 |
| India | Rani Jeyraj | 21 |
| Ireland | Niamh Redmond | 19 |
| Israel | Talia Lewenthal | 18 |
| Italy | Mara de Gennaro | 24 |
| Jamaica | Selena Delgado | 21 |
| Japan | Miyuki Fujii | 21 |
| Kenya | Pritpal Kulwant Dhamu | 18 |
| Latvia | Anta Dukere | 22 |
| Lebanon | Nisrine Sami Nasser | 22 |
| Lithuania | Daiva Anuzyte | 18 |
| Macau | Guiomar Madeira da Silva Pedruco | 21 |
| Macedonia | Vera Mesterovic | 17 |
| Malaysia | Qu-an How Cheok Kuan | 20 |
| Mexico | Yessica Salazar | 22 |
| New Zealand | Kelly-Rose Mischiewski | 21 |
| Nigeria | Emma Komlosy | 19 |
| Norway | Eva Sjøholt | 24 |
| Panama | Norma Élida Pérez | 21 |
| Paraguay | María Ingrid Götze | 22 |
| Peru | Mónica Chacón de Vettori | 21 |
| Philippines | Daisy Reyes | 20 |
| Poland | Agnieszka Zielińska | 20 |
| Portugal | Ana Mafalda 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 |
| South Korea | Seol Soo-jin | 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 Burbridge | 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 |
| United States Virgin Islands | Emoliere Williams | 18 |
| Uruguay | Claudia Verónica Gallaretta Olmedo | 19 |
| Venezuela | Ana Cepinska Miszczak | 18 |
| 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