Miss World 2006

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Miss World 2006
Miss World 2006 Taťána Kuchařová
Date	30 September 2006
Presenters	Tim Vincent Angela Chow Grażyna Torbicka
Entertainment	Westlife Robin Gibb Amici
Venue	Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland
Broadcaster	E! TVP
Entrants	104
Placements	17
Debuts	Cambodia Montenegro Serbia
Withdrawals	Albania Chinese Taipei Malawi Nepal New Zealand Nicaragua Serbia and Montenegro Swaziland Switzerland Uganda US Virgin Islands
Returns	Angola Austria Belarus Cayman Islands Chile Curaçao Finland Kazakhstan Tahiti Zimbabwe
Winner	Taťána Kuchařová[1]  Czech Republic
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Miss World 2006, the 56th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 30 September 2006 at the Sala Kongresowa, the main 2,897-seat auditorium of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland.^[2] It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in the Continental Europe and a European city other than London, United Kingdom, having previously been held there in 2002 after the Nigeria Controversy. The pageant officially concluded after Taťána Kuchařová from the Czech Republic was crowned Miss World 2006^[1][3] by outgoing titleholder Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland.

A total of 104 countries competed in the pageant, the 12th largest number behind 2013 (127) 2014 (121), 2012 (116), 2010 (115), 2015 (114), 2011 (113), 2009 (112), 2008 (109), 2004 (107), and 2007 and 2003 (both 106). All contestants were divided in six regional groups: Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Caribbean, Northern Europe and Southern Europe.

Gdynia was the host of the Beach Beauty contest, Giżycko hosted the Miss Sports contest and Wrocław hosted the Miss Talent competition. The fourth event was Beauty with a Purpose. This is the first time the Czech Republic won the title of Miss World.

Results[]

Placements[]

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 2006	Czech Republic – Taťána Kuchařová
1st Runner-Up	Romania – Ioana Boitor
2nd Runner-Up	Australia – Sabrina Houssami
Top 6	Angola – Stiviandra Oliveira  Brazil – Jane Borges  Jamaica – Sara Lawrence
Top 17	Canada – Malgosia Majewska  Ghana – Lamisi Mbillah  India – Natasha Suri  Lebanon – Annabella Hilal  Mexico – Karla Jiménez  Namibia – Anna Nashandi  Northern Ireland – Catherine Milligan  Puerto Rico – Thebyam Carrión  Scotland – Nicola McLean  Venezuela – Federica Guzmán  Vietnam – Mai Phương Thúy

Continental Queens of Beauty[]

Out of the 17 semi-finalists a group of judges selected the winner of each regional group and received the respective Miss World Regional Title. All of them made the Top 6 finalists.

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Angola – Stiviandra Oliveira
Americas	Brazil – Jane Borges
Asia Pacific	Australia – Sabrina Houssami
Caribbean	Jamaica – Sara Lawrence
Northern Europe	Czech Republic – Taťána Kuchařová
Southern Europe	Romania –

Order of Announcements

Top 17

1.  Vietnam
2.  Australia
3.  India
4.  Czech Republic
5.  Scotland
6.  Romania
7.  Lebanon
8.  Jamaica
9.  Puerto Rico
10.  Mexico
11.  Brazil
12.  Namibia
13.  Angola
14.  Venezuela
15.  Canada
16.  Northern Ireland
17.  Ghana

Top 6

1.  Australia
2.  Czech Republic
3.  Romania
4.  Jamaica
5.  Brazil
6.  Angola

Challenge Events[]

Special awards[]

Best World Dress Designer

Results	Contestant
Winner	Croatia – Ivana Ergić
1st Runner-up	Netherlands – Sheryl Baas
2nd Runner-up	India – Natasha Suri
3rd Runner-up	Kenya – Khadijah Kiptoo
4th Runner-up	Ireland – Sarah Morrissey
Top 20	Angola – Stiviandra Oliveira  Aruba – Shanandoa Wijshijer  Barbados – Latoya McDowald  China – Duo Liu  Colombia – Elizabeth Loaiza  Czech Republic – Taťána Kuchařová  Dominican Republic – Paola Torres  Italy – Elizaveta Migatcheva  Lebanon – Annabella Hilal  Mauritius – Vanesha Seetohul  Poland – Marzena Cieślik  Romania – Ioana Boitor  United States – Brooke Angus  Venezuela – Federica Guzmán  Vietnam – Mai Phương Thúy

Fast Track Events[]

During the month of September four competitions were held from which the winner of each was fast tracked into the semi-finals. Beach Beauty was selected on 7 September in the city of Gdynia. Miss Sports was held on 12 September in the city of Gizycko and the Miss Talent contest was celebrated on 20 September at Wrocław. The Beauty with a Purpose winner was announced on 30 September during the final telecast.

Beach Beauty[]

Results	Contestant
Winner	Venezuela – Federica Guzmán
1st Runner-up	Czech Republic – Taťána Kuchařová
2nd Runner-up	India – Natasha Suri
3rd Runner-up	Angola – Stiviandra Oliveira
4th Runner-up	Singapore – Colleen Pereira
Top 10	Barbados – Latoya McDowald  Poland – Marzena Cieślik  Romania – Ioana Boitor  Scotland – Nicola McLean  Spain – Inmaculada Torres
Top 25	Bolivia – Ana María Ortiz  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Azra Gazdić  Brazil – Jane Borges  Canada – Malgosia Majewska  Colombia – Elizabeth Loaiza  Georgia – Nino Kalandadze  Ireland – Sarah Morrissey  Italy – Elizaveta Migatcheva  Jamaica – Sara Lawrence  Nigeria – Abiola Bashorun  Panama – Gisselle Bissot  Philippines – Anna Maris Igpit  Puerto Rico – Thebyam Carrión  Slovenia – Iris Mulej  Sweden – Cathrin Skoog

Miss Sports[]

Results	Contestant
Winner	Canada – Malgosia Majewska
1st Runner-up	Puerto Rico – Thebyam Carrión
2nd Runner-up	Latvia – Liga Meinarte
Top 24	Botswana – Lorato Tebogo  Cayman Islands – Ambuyah Ebanks  Finland – Jenniina Tuokko  Guatemala – Jackelinne Piccinini  Hungary – Renata Toth  Indonesia – Kristania Virginia Besouw  Italy – Elizaveta Migatcheva  Japan – Kazuha Kondo  Kazakhstan – Sabina Chukayeva  Korea – Sharon Park  Malaysia – Adeline Wan  Mexico – Karla Jiménez  Mongolia – Selenge Erdene-Ochir  Montenegro – Ivana Knežević  Namibia – Anna Nashandi  Russia – Alexandra Mazur  Slovakia – Magdalena Sebestova  South Africa – Thuli Sithole  Trinidad and Tobago – Tineke de Freitas  United States – Brooke Angus  Zambia – Katanekwa Matundwelo

Groups	Contestant
Group 1: Asia Pacific	Indonesia – Kristania Virginia Besouw  Japan – Kazuha Kondo  Korea – Sharon Park  Mongolia – Selenge Erdene-Ochir
Group 2: Northern Europe	Finland – Jenniina Tuokko  Kazakhstan – Sabina Chukayeva  Latvia – Liga Meinarte  Russia – Alexandra Mazur
Group 3: Southern Europe	Hungary – Renata Toth  Italy – Elizaveta Migatcheva  Montenegro – Ivana Knežević  Slovakia – Magdalena Sebestova
Group 4: Caribbean	Cayman Islands – Ambuyah Ebanks  Martinique – Stephanie Colosse  Puerto Rico – Thebyam Carrión  Trinidad and Tobago – Tineke de Freitas
Group 5: Americas	Canada – Malgosia Majewska  Guatemala – Jackelinne Piccinini  Mexico – Karla Jiménez  United States – Brooke Angus
Group 6: Africa	Botswana – Lorato Tebogo  Namibia – Anna Nashandi  South Africa – Thuli Sithole  Zambia – Katanekwa Matundwelo

Miss Talent[]

Results	Contestant
Winner	Northern Ireland – Catherine Jean Milligan
1st Runner-up	Italy – Elizaveta Migatcheva
2nd Runner-up	Zimbabwe – Lorraine Maphala
3rd Runner-up	Estonia – Leisi Poldsam
4th Runner-up	Mongolia – Selenge Erdene-Ochir
Top 10	Barbados – Latoya McDowald  Croatia – Ivana Ergić  India – Natasha Suri  Liberia – Patrice Juah  Portugal – Sara Almeida

Beauty with a Purpose[]

Result	Contestant
Winner	Ghana – Lamisi Mbillah

Judges[]

• Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
• Aneta Kreglicka – Miss World 1989 from Poland
• Denise van Outen – Actress and TV presenter
• Karan Johar – Leading Indian director known worldwide for his award-winning movies
• Kelly Holmes – British multiple Olympic gold medalist
• Krish Naidoo – Miss World International Ambassador
• Louis Walsh – Irish entertainment manager behind some of the world's leading pop acts
• Mike Dixon – West End and Broadway award-winner musical director
• Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico

Contestants[]

104 contestants participated in Miss World 2006.^[1]

Asia Pacific[]

Northern Europe[]

Southern Europe[]

Caribbean[]

Americas[]

Africa[]

Withdrawals[]

•  Egypt – Miss Egypt 2006, had visa problems.^[4]
•  Belize - Miss World Belize 2006, Felicita (Leesha) Arzu was crowned on 29 July, but the organizers decided that she would take part at Miss World 2007.^[5]

No Shows:

•  Albania – No contest
•  American Virgin Islands - No contest
•  Antigua and Barbuda – Due to financial problems.
•  British Virgin Islands – Martha Ramirez^[6]
•  Burkina Faso - Ramata Barry
•  Chad - No contest
•  Congo Republic – Eboundt Fatouma Blanda
•  Ivory Coast - Alima Diomandé
•  Malawi - Peth Msiska
•    Nepal – No contest due to the Nepalese Civil War. It was postponed until 2007.
•  New Zealand - No contest
•  Nicaragua - Due to Financial problems.
•  Paraguay – Due to Financial problems.
•  Swaziland – No contest
•   Switzerland - Due to scheduling conflicts, the national pageant was held on 9 September^[7] making the 2006 winner ineligible to compete, plus no finalists of Miss Switzerland 2005 pageant were available to compete. After that Switzerland did not send a contestant to the Miss World contest until 2013.
•  Uganda – No contest

Replacements[]

•  France – Miss France 2004, Laetitia Bleger was appointed to represent France at Miss World 2006, but however her Playboy pictures of May 2005 prevented her from taking part and she got suspended for 6 months by the Miss France Organization. Then the Miss France committee named the new Miss France 2006, Alexandra Rosenfeld as the French representative in Miss World 2006,^[8] but due to the fact that she had to go first to Miss Universe 2006 and later to Miss Europe 2006 contest, was finally replaced by her 2nd Runner up - Laura Fasquel.^[9]
•  Latvia – Miss Latvia 2005, Kristīne Djadenko was supposed to participate in Miss World 2006.^[10] However a month before the start of the competition was replaced by Līga Meinarte.^[11] Nevertheless, Djadenko participated next year at Miss World 2007.
•  Spain – Miss España 2006, Elizabeth Reyes was supposed to participate in Miss World 2006 after the Miss Universe 2006 contest.^[12][13] However she was replaced by her 1st Runner up - Inmaculada Torres.
•  Uruguay – Miss Uruguay Mundo 2006, Soledad Gagliardo was replaced by her first runner up, Marlene Politi for unknown reasons.

Notes[]

• Israel and Lebanon, countries located in Asia, compete in the Southern Europe group.
• Russia and Kazakhstan, Eurasian countries, compete in the Northern Europe group.
• Turkey, another Eurasian country, competes in the Southern Europe group.
• Since 2000, the United Kingdom's home nations compete separately.
• Serbia and Montenegro, split into two countries Serbia and Montenegro, thus they compete as two separate entries for the two countries respectively

Notes[]

Crossovers[]

References[]

External links[]

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 2006