Miss International 1996
| Miss International 1996 | |
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 Fernanda Alves (right) of Portugal won Miss International 1996. | |
| Date | October 26, 1996 |
| Presenters | Masumi Okada |
| Venue | Kanazawa Kagekiza, Kanazawa, Japan |
| Broadcaster | TV Tokyo |
| Entrants | 48 |
| Debuts | Macedonia, Togo |
| Withdrawals | Cyprus, Denmark, El Salvador, Guam, Honduras, Mexico, Seychelles, Thailand |
| Returns | Chile, Finland, New Caledonia, Poland, Russia, Tunisia, Ukraine |
| Winner | Fernanda Alves Portugal |
Miss International 1996, the 36th Miss International pageant, was held on October 26, 1996 at the Kanazawa Kagekiza in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. Fernanda Alves earned Portugal's first Miss International crown.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss International 1996 |
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| 1st Runner-up |
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| 2nd Runner-up |
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| Semi-finalists |
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Contestants
Argentina - Maria Xenia Bordón
Aruba - Julisa Marie Lampe
Australia - Kylie Ann Watson
Belgium - Barbara Van der Beken
Bolivia - Elka Grothenhorst Pacheco
Brazil - Ana Carina Góis Homa
Britain - Shauna Marie Gunn
Chile - Alexandra De Granade Errázuriz
Colombia - Claudia Inés de Torcoroma Mendoza Lemus
Czech Republic - Zdenka Zadrazilova
Dominican Republic - Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius
Fiji - Ranjani Roshini Dayal
Finland - Ulrika Therese Wester
France - Nancy Cornelia Delettrez
Germany - Andrea Walaschewski
Greece - Rania Likoudi
Guatemala - Karla Hannelore Beteta Forkel
Hawaii - Kam Au
Holland - Leonie Maria Boon
Hong Kong - Fiona Yuen Choi-Wan
Iceland - Audur Geirsdóttir
India - Fleur Dominique Xavier
Israel - Ann Konopny
Japan - Akiko Sugano
Korea - Kim Jung-hwa
Luxembourg - Christiane Lorent
Macedonia - Aleksandra Petko Petrovska
Malta - Mary Farrugia
New Caledonia - Tania Lise Chitty
Northern Marianas - Kathleen Williams
Norway - Eva-Charlotte Stenset
Panama - Betzy Janethe Achurra
Paraguay - Claudia Rocío Melgarejo
Philippines - Yedda Marie Mendoza Kittilsvedt
Poland - Monika Marta Adamek
Portugal - Fernanda Alves
Puerto Rico - Lydia Guzmán López
Russia - Yuliya Vladimirovna Ermolenko
Singapore - Carel Siok Liang Low
Slovak Republic - Martina Jajcayova
Spain - Rosa Maria Casado Teixidor
Togo - Amanda Adama Bawa
Tunisia - Ibticem Lahmar
Turkey - Gokce Yanardag
Ukraine - Nataliya Vasilievna Kozitskaya
United States - Maya Yadira Kashak
Venezuela - Carla Andreína Steinkopf Struve
Vietnam - Phạm Anh Phương
Did not compete
El Salvador - Priscilla Ruiz
Mexico - Gloria Ondina Rivera
Notes
Categories:
- Miss International
- 1996 in Japan
- 1996 beauty pageants
- Beauty pageants in Japan