Miss Universe 1996

Miss Universe 1996
Date	May 17, 1996
Presenters	Bob Goen, Marla Maples
Entertainment	Michael Crawford
Venue	Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	79
Placements	10
Withdraws	Guam, Japan, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, US Virgin Islands, Zambia
Returns	Argentina, Belgium, Ghana, Honduras, Lebanon, Zimbabwe
Winner	Alicia Machado  Venezuela
Congeniality	Jodie McMullen  Australia
Best National Costume	Ilmira Shamsutdinova  Russia
Photogenic	Aileen Damiles  Philippines

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 1996, the 45th Miss Universe pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Aladdin Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on May 17, 1996. Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1996 by Miss Universe 1995 Chelsi Smith of USA. 79 contestants competed for the crown. The pageant originally was scheduled to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. However, for financial reasons, South Africa couldn't host the pageant and Miss Universe was moved to Las Vegas.^[1][2]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1996	Venezuela - Alicia Machado
1st runner-up	Aruba - Taryn Mansell
2nd runner-up	Finland - Lola Odusoga
Top 6	Russia - Ilmira Shamsutdinova  Mexico - Vanessa Guzmán  USA - Ali Landry
Top 10	El Salvador - Milena Mayorga  India - Sandhya Chib  Peru - Natalí Sacco  Sweden - Annika Duckmark

Semifinal Scores

Country Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average Top 6 Finalists  Venezuela 9.809 (1) 9.820 (1) 9.874 (1) 9.834 (1) 9.846 (1)  USA 9.793 (2) 9.601 (8) 9.753 (2) 9.716 (2) 9.604 (6)  Aruba 9.629 (5) 9.737 (2) 9.651 (5) 9.672 (3) 9.779 (2)  Russia 9.646 (3) 9.714 (3) 9.573 (10) 9.644 (4) 9.714 (4)  Finland 9.551 (8) 9.657 (4) 9.719 (3) 9.642 (5) 9.763 (3)  Mexico 9.56 (7) 9.604 (7) 9.714 (4) 9.626 (6) 9.657 (5)  El Salvador 9.636 (4) 9.569 (10) 9.651 (5) 9.619 (7)  India 9.580 (6) 9.619 (5) 9.601 (9) 9.600 (8)  Peru 9.549 (9) 9.613 (6) 9.637 (7) 9.600 (9)  Sweden 9.493 (10) 9.576 (9) 9.629 (8) 9.566 (10)

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Top 6 Finalist      Top 10 Semifinalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Russia - Ilmira Shamsutdinova  Mexico - Vanessa Guzmán  Greece - Nina Georgala
Miss Congeniality	Australia - Jodie McMullen
Miss Photogenic	Philippines - Aileen Damiles
Jantzen Best in Swimsuit	Venezuela - Alicia Machado
Finesse Best Style	Venezuela - Alicia Machado

Judges

• Maud Adams – Swedish actress.
• Jim Nantz – American sportscaster.
• Teri Ann Linn – Actress.
• Emilio Estefan – Cuban-American musician and producer.
• Starletta Dupois – African-American actress.
• Elizabeth Sung – Asian-American actress.
• Tim Chappel – Academy Award winner and costume designer for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
• Cecilia Bolocco – Miss Universe 1987.
• Fred Williamson – American actor and former football defensive back.

Contestants

Argentina - Verónica Ledezma  Aruba - Taryn Scheryl Mansell  Australia - Jodie McMullen  Bahamas - Michelle Rae Collie  Belgium - Véronique De Kock  Belize - Ava Lovell  Bolivia - Natalia Cronenbold Aguilera  Bonaire - Jessy Viceisza  Brazil - Maria Joana Parizotto  British Virgin Islands - Linette Smith  Bulgaria - Maria Sinigerova  Canada - Renette Cruz  Cayman Islands - Tasha Ebanks  Chile - Andrea L'Huillier Troncoso  Colombia - Lina Maria Gaviria Forero  Cook Islands - Victoria Keil  Costa Rica - Dafne Zeledón Monge  Curaçao - Vanessa Dorinda Mambi  Cyprus - Froso Spyrou  Czech Republic - Renata Hornofová  Denmark - Anette Oldenborg  Dominican Republic - Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius  Ecuador - Mónica Paulina Chalá Mejía  Egypt - Hadeel Abol-Naga  El Salvador - Carmen Milena Mayorga  Estonia - Helen Mahmastol  Finland - Iyabode Ololade "Lola" Remilekun Odusoga  France - Laure Belleville  Germany - Miriam Ruppert  Ghana - Pearl Anoah  Great Britain - Anita St. Rose  Greece - Nina Georgala  Guatemala - Karla Hannelore Beteta Forkel  Honduras - Yazmín Rossana Fiallos Bosak  Hong Kong - Sofie Rahman  Hungary - Andrea Deak  Iceland - Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdóttir  India - Sandhya Chib  Indonesia - Alya Rohali  Ireland - Joanne Black

Israel - Liraz Mesilaty  Italy - Anna Valle  Jamaica - Trudi-Ann Ferguson  Korea - Kim Yoon-jung  Lebanon - Julia Syriani  Malaysia - Adeline Ong Siew Fong  Malta - Roseanne Farrugia  Mexico - Vanessa Guzmán Niebla  Namibia - Faghma Absolom  Netherlands - Marja de Graaf  New Zealand - Sarah Brady  Northern Marianas - Belvilyn Ada Tenorio  Norway - Inger Lise Ebeltoft  Panama - Reyna del Carmen Royo Rivera  Paraguay - Marta Elizabeth Lovera Parquet  Peru - Natalí Patricia Sacco Angeles  Philippines - Aileen Leng Marfori Damiles  Poland - Monika Chróścicka-Wnętrzak  Portugal - Rita Carvalho  Puerto Rico - Sarybel Velilla Cabeza  Romania - Roberta Alma Anastase  Russia - Ilmira Shamsutdinova  Singapore - Angeline Putt  Slovakia - Iveta Jankulárová  South Africa - Carol Anne Becker  Spain - María José Suárez Benítez  Sri Lanka - Shivanthini Dharmasiri  Sweden - Annika Duckmark  Switzerland - Stéphanie Berger  Taiwan R.O.C. - Chen Hsiao-Fen  Thailand - Nirachala Kumya  Trinidad & Tobago - Michelle Kahn  Turkey - Serpil Sevilay Ozturk  Turks & Caicos - Shaneika Lightbourne  Ukraine - Irina Borisova  Uruguay - Adriana Sandra Maidana  USA - Ali Germaine Landry  Venezuela - Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo  Zimbabwe - Langa Sibanda

Preliminary scores

Rank Country Evening Gown Swimsuit Interview Average 01 USA 9.61 9.10 9.37 9.360 02 Venezuela 9.43 9.11 9.43 9.323 03 Russia 9.40 9.14 9.09 9.210 04 Sweden 9.39 9.05 8.90 9.113 05 India 9.36 8.46 9.48 9.100 06 Mexico 9.25 8.74 9.09 9.027 07 El Salvador 9.23 8.41 9.26 8.967 08 Peru 9.02 8.46 9.36 8.947 09 Aruba 9.23 9.00 8.60 8.943 10 Finland 9.23 8.83 8.76 8.940 11 France 9.29 8.63 8.71 8.877 12 Trinidad & Tobago 8.81 8.53 9.23 8.857 13 South Africa 8.67 8.76 9.10 8.843 14 Belgium 8.91 8.55 9.04 8.833 15 Hungary 8.85 8.85 8.79 8.830 16 Chile 8.72 8.44 9.28 8.813 17 Spain 8.89 8.65 8.81 8.783 18 Philippines 9.07 8.32 8.92 8.770 19 Brazil 8.90 8.36 9.04 8.767 20 Greece 8.69 8.50 9.02 8.737 21 Zimbabwe 8.99 8.21 8.96 8.720 22 Norway 8.55 8.39 9.19 8.710 23 Italy 9.04 8.56 8.51 8.703 24 Jamaica 8.56 8.41 9.11 8.693 25 Cyprus 8.97 8.66 8.37 8.667 26 Panama 8.64 8.32 9.02 8.660 27 Ghana 8.96 8.46 8.49 8.637 28 Puerto Rico 8.84 8.06 8.97 8.623 29 Colombia 8.84 8.14 8.88 8.620 30 Canada 8.60 8.38 8.86 8.613 31 New Zealand 8.52 8.66 8.66 8.613 32 Estonia 9.06 8.70 8.06 8.607 33 Czech Republic 8.48 8.45 8.87 8.600 34 Israel 8.77 8.49 8.54 8.600 35 Iceland 8.57 8.15 8.98 8.567 36 Bahamas 8.52 8.25 8.87 8.547 37 Lebanon 8.65 8.15 8.83 8.543 38 Guatemala 8.51 8.37 8.74 8.540 39 Germany 8.57 8.53 8.51 8.537 40 Dominican Republic 8.50 8.05 9.01 8.520 41 Great Britain 8.41 8.48 8.67 8.520 42 Australia 8.69 7.86 8.97 8.507 43 Uruguay 8.06 8.52 8.90 8.493 44 Thailand 8.85 8.08 8.53 8.487 45 Ecuador 8.39 8.10 8.91 8.467 46 Costa Rica 8.47 8.42 8.51 8.467 47 Cayman Islands 8.41 8.20 8.76 8.457 48 Netherlands 8.46 8.03 8.86 8.450 49 Namibia 8.36 8.04 8.95 8.450 50 Romania 8.47 8.14 8.71 8.440 51 Argentina 8.17 8.13 8.96 8.420 52 Switzerland 8.23 8.20 8.65 8.360 53 Singapore 8.59 7.91 8.58 8.360 54 Ukraine 8.36 8.20 8.50 8.353 55 Bolivia 8.67 7.60 8.78 8.350 56 Denmark 8.35 8.03 8.63 8.337 57 Sri Lanka 8.36 7.75 8.86 8.323 58 Ireland 8.11 8.03 8.79 8.310 59 Turkey 8.39 8.08 8.44 8.303 60 Belize 8.60 7.96 8.33 8.297 61 Malaysia 8.64 7.80 8.44 8.293 62 Curaçao 8.00 8.20 8.67 8.290 63 Poland 8.29 8.09 8.49 8.290 64 Honduras 8.52 7.99 8.21 8.240 65 Bulgaria 8.31 8.09 8.31 8.237 66 Slovak Republic 8.30 7.68 8.65 8.210 67 Indonesia 8.50 7.60 8.50 8.200 68 Portugal 8.29 7.78 8.51 8.193 69 Egypt 8.26 7.74 8.52 8.173 70 Hong Kong 8.30 7.86 8.31 8.157 71 Bonaire 8.26 7.98 8.22 8.153 72 Taiwan R.O.C. 8.41 7.65 8.31 8.123 73 Korea 8.45 7.58 8.14 8.057 74 Cook Islands 8.01 7.51 8.26 7.927 75 Malta 7.98 7.63 8.10 7.903 76 Turks & Caicos 7.99 7.43 8.24 7.887 77 Paraguay 7.79 7.59 8.24 7.873 78 British Virgin Islands 7.87 7.60 8.12 7.863 79 Northern Marianas 7.73 7.20 8.36 7.763

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Top 6 Finalist      Top 10 Semifinalist

References

1. ^ http://missosology.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30271&start=0
2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FpD3RaIefs

External links

• Miss Universe official website
• Pageantopolis - Miss Universe 1996