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