Miss Universe 1996
Alicia Machado
DateMay 17, 1996
Presenters
EntertainmentMichael Crawford
VenueAladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts at Planet Hollywood Resorts and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
BroadcasterCBS (KLAS-TV)
Entrants79
Placements10
Withdrawals
  • Guam
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Mauritius
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Seychelles
  • United States Virgin Islands
  • Zambia
Returns
  • Argentina
  • Belgium
  • Ghana
  • Honduras
  • Lebanon
  • Zimbabwe
WinnerAlicia Machado
 Venezuela
CongenialityJodie McMullen
 Australia
Best National CostumeIlmira Shamsutdinova
 Russia
PhotogenicAileen Damiles
 Philippines
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Miss Universe 1996 was the 45th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on May 17, 1996. This was the last time that the Miss Universe was run by ITT Corp.[1]

Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned by Chelsi Smith from the United States at the end of the event. 79 contestants competed in this edition.[2] This is the second time that Las Vegas to host Miss Universe since 1991. She is the fourth Venezuelan woman to win Miss Universe following Maritza Sayalero in 1979, Irene Sáez in 1981, and Barbara Palacios in 1986.

Background

The New Aladdin before being rebranded as Planet Hollywood

Selection of participants

Contestants from 79 countries and territories competed in this year.

Elmira Tuyusheva won Miss Russia 1995 and was supposed to compete in Miss Universe. However, she decided to break her contract with the Miss Russia organization just 1 month before Miss Universe to pursue her career as a model and actress.[3] As none of the Miss Russia 1995 pageant runners-up were eligible to replace her duties due to several reasons, the organizers decided to pick Ilmira Shamsutdinova as the official delegate of Russia in Miss Universe 1996. Shamsutdinova was Miss USSR 1991 but the Soviet Union split into fifteen countries that year.[4]

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1996
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 6
Top 10

Contestants

Miss Universe 1996 participating nations and results

Seventy-nine contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
 Argentina Verónica Ledezma 19 Buenos Aires
 Aruba Taryn Mansell 19 Oranjestad
 Australia Jodie McMullen[5] 22 Sydney
 Bahamas Michelle Rae Collie[6] 20 Nassau
 Belgium Véronique De Kock[7] 19 Antwerp
 Belize Ava Lovell 20 Belize City
 Bolivia Natalia Cronenbold[8] 19 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 Bonaire Jessy Viceisza 21 Kralendijk
 Brazil Maria Joana Parizotto[9] 19 Francisco Beltrão
 British Virgin Islands Linette Smith 19 Road Town
 Bulgaria Maria Sinigerova 20 Sofia
 Canada Renette Cruz[10] 25 Vancouver
 Cayman Islands Tasha Ebanks 22 George Town
 Chile Andrea L'Huillier 22 Santiago
 Colombia Lina María Gaviria[11] 21 Villavicencio
 Cook Islands Victoria Keil 23 Rarotonga
 Costa Rica Dafne Zeledón[12] 19 Limón
 Curaçao Vanessa Mambi 23 Willemstad
 Cyprus Froso Spyrou 20 Nicosia
 Czech Republic Renata Hornofová 21 Prague
 Denmark Anette Oldenborg 21 Copenhagen
 Dominican Republic Sandra Natasha Abreu 24 La Romana
 Ecuador Mónica Chalá[13] 23 Quito
 Egypt Hadeel Abol-Naga 19 Cairo
 El Salvador Milena Mayorga[14] 20 San Salvador
 Estonia Helen Mahmastol 18 Tallinn
 Finland Lola Odusoga[15] 18 Turku
 France Laure Belleville[16] 20 Lathuile
 Germany Miriam Ruppert[17] 21 Taunusstein
 Ghana Pearl Amoah[18] 19 Accra
 Great Britain Anita St. Rose 26 London
 Greece Nina Georgala 22 Athens
 Guatemala Karla Beteta[19] 22 Guatemala City
 Honduras Yazmín Fiallos 19 Francisco Morazán
 Hong Kong Sofie Rahman 21 Hong Kong
 Hungary Andrea Deak 18 Budapest
 Iceland Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdóttir 20 Reykjavik
 India Sandhya Chib 19 Bangalore
 Indonesia Alya Rohali 19 Jakarta
 Ireland Joanne Black[20] 21 Cavan
 Israel Liraz Mesilaty 19 Beersheba
 Italy Anna Valle 20 Rome
 Jamaica Trudi-Ann Ferguson[21] 21 Kingston
 Lebanon Julia Syriani 18 Beirut
 Malaysia Adeline Ong 23 Johor Bahru
 Malta Roseanne Farrugia 18 Lija
 Mexico Vanessa Guzmán 20 Ciudad Juárez
 Namibia Faghma Absolom 21 Windhoek
 Netherlands Marja de Graaf 19 Drenthe
 New Zealand Sarah Brady 20 Auckland
 Northern Mariana Islands Belvilyn Ada Tenorio 18 Garapan
 Norway Inger Lise Ebeltoft 19 Troms
 Panama Reyna Royo 25 Panama City
 Paraguay Marta Elizabeth Lovera 25 Asunción
 Peru Natali Sacco 21 Trujillo
 Philippines Aileen Damiles[22] 20 Las Piñas
 Poland Monika Chróścicka-Wnętrzak 20 Słupsk
 Portugal Rita Carvalho 19 Bragança
 Puerto Rico Sarybel Velilla 19 Toa Alta
 Romania Roberta Anastase 20 Prahova
 Russia Ilmira Shamsutdinova 20 Saratov
 Singapore Angeline Putt 22 Singapore
 Slovakia Iveta Jankulárová 18 Bratislava
 South Africa Carol Becker 23 Gauteng
 South Korea Kim Yoon-jung 22 Seoul
 Spain María José Suárez 20 Seville
 Sri Lanka Shivanthini Dharmasiri 25 Colombo
 Sweden Annika Duckmark 24 Borås
 Switzerland Stéphanie Berger[23] 18 Zürich
 Taiwan Chen Hsiao-Fen 23 Taipei
 Thailand Nirachala Kumya 19 Chiang Mai
 Trinidad and Tobago Michelle Kahn 23 Princes Town
 Turkey Serpil Sevilay Öztürk 19 Ankara
 Turks and Caicos Islands Shaneika Lightbourne 23 Grand Turk
 Ukraine Irina Borisova 18 Kyiv
 United States Ali Landry[24] 22 Breaux Bridge
 Uruguay Adriana Sandra Maidana 20 Maldonado
 Venezuela Alicia Machado[25] 19 Maracay
 Zimbabwe Langa Sibanda 26 Harare

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (1996-10-24). "OTHER NEWS". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Macy, Robert (18 May 1996). "Miss Venezuela Wins 1996 Miss Universe Title". AP News. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ^ МИСС РОССИЯ 1995
  4. ^ http://vsenashimiss.blogspot.com/2015/11/90.html российские красавицы 90-х : ИЛЬМИРА ШАМСУТДИНОВА
  5. ^ Kehoe, John (30 September 2016). "Donald Trump called out for misogyny by Miss Australia 1996". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ Craig, Neil Alan (27 June 2016). "Miss Universe Bahamas under new franchisee". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Véronique - Mummie - De Kock waagde zich tijdens Miss België-finale al aan 'Without you' van Mariah Carey" [Véronique - Mummie - De Kock waagde zich tijdens Miss België-finale al aan ‘Without you’ van Mariah Carey]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ Chavez, Kathryn (15 July 2022). "Natalia Cronenbold se encuentra fuera de peligro tras enfrentar una septicemia" [Natalia Cronenbold is out of danger after facing septicemia]. El Deber (in European Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Maria Joana faz campanha por pessoa carente" [Maria Joana campaigns for needy people]. Jornal de Beltrão (in Portuguese). 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ^ Evano, Quay (4 June 2013). "Pinay officially crowned Miss Universe Canada". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Lina María Gaviria Forero Senorita Colombia 1995". El Tiempo (Colombia) (in Spanish). 5 November 2002. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Dafne Zeledón: Ser miss también tiene un lado oscuro" [Dafne Zeledón: Being miss also has a dark side]. La Nación (in Spanish). 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  13. ^ "¿Qué pasó con Mónica Chalá, la primera Miss Ecuador negra que compitió en Las Vegas con Alicia Machado en el Miss Universo en 1996?" [What happened to Mónica Chalá, the first black Miss Ecuador who competed in Las Vegas with Alicia Machado in Miss Universe in 1996?]. Qué Noticias (in Spanish). 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  14. ^ "El Salvador: próxima embajadora, Milena Mayorga, conoció a Trump en concurso de belleza" [El Salvador: Next ambassador, Milena Mayorga, met Trump in a beauty contest]. El Universal (in Spanish). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  15. ^ Korhonen, Pauliina (30 June 2022). "Lola Odusoga 45 vuotta – katso kuvat vuosien varrelta" [Lola Odusoga 45 years - see photos through the years]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  16. ^ "On a retrouvé… Laure Belleville, Miss France 1996" [We found… Laure Belleville, Miss France 1996]. La Savoie (in French). 18 December 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  17. ^ Sauda, Enrico (16 November 2018) [3 May 2016]. "Vom Model zur Therapeutin" [From model to therapist]. Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Video: Former Miss Universe winner Pearl Amoah quits modeling to preach in trotro". The Independent Ghana. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2023.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ "Recuerdos y anécdotas de Miss Guatemala" [Memories and anecdotes of Miss Guatemala]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 28 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  20. ^ Shortall, Holly (2 July 2015). "Top 10 Miss Ireland winners: Where are they now?". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Former Miss Jamaica Universe Trudi Ferguson dies". Loop News. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  22. ^ Lo, Ricky (March 5, 2005). "Exciting 'firsts' in the Bb. Pilipinas Pageant". Philippine Star. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  23. ^ "Solche Missen vermissen wir" [We miss such misses]. Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Acadiana's Ali Landry is Miss USA". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. 11 February 1996. p. 14. Retrieved 10 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ Stavans, Ilan (2 October 2016). "Alicia Machado vs. Donald Trump's Machismo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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