MISS UNIVERSE 1996

1996 May 17
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
79 entries

Results
1  Venezuela  Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo
2  Aruba  Taryn Scheryl Mansell (Nuestra Belleza '95)
3  Finland  Iyabode Ololade "Lola" Remilekun Odusoga (winner Scandinavia '97)

Finalists
Mexico  Vanessa Guzmán Niebla
Russia  Ilmira Shamsutdinova (1st RU International '93, 4th RU Europe '95)
U.S.A.  Ali Germaine Landry

Semi-finalists
El Salvador  Carmen Milena Mayorga (1st RU Coffee '95, Nuestra Belleza '95)
India  Sandhya Chib
Peru  Natalí Patricia Sacco Angeles (1st RU South America '96, Top 6 Coffee '98)
Sweden  Annika Duckmark
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Order of announcement of SFs
India, Finland, Peru, Sweden, Mexico, U.S.A., Russia, El Salvador, Aruba & Venezuela

Order of announcement of Top 6
Aruba, Russia, U.S.A., Finland, Venezuela & Mexico

Order of announcement of Top 3
Finland, Venezuela & Aruba
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Remainder
Argentina  Verónica Ledezma
Australia  Jodie McMullen
Bahamas  Michelle Rae Collie
Belgium  Véronique De Kock (World '95)
Belize  Ava Lovell
Bolivia  Natalia Cronenbold Aguilera
Bonaire  Jessy Viceisza
Brazil  Maria Joana Parizotto (winner Nuestra Belleza '96)
British Virgin Islands  Linette Smith
Bulgaria  Maria Sinigerova
Canada  Renette Cruz
Cayman Islands  Tasha Ebanks (World '95)
Chile  Andrea L'Huillier Troncoso
Colombia  Lina Maria Gaviria Forero
Cook Islands  Victoria Keil
Costa Rica  Dafne Zeledón Monge (SF Maja '95, Coffee '96, Nuestra Belleza '96)
Curacao  Vanessa Dorinda Mambi
Cyprus  Froso Spyrou
Czech Republic  Renata Hornofova (2nd RU International '95)
Denmark  Anette Oldenborg (Europe '96, 1st RU Baltic Sea 98)
Dominican Republic  Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius (International '96)
Ecuador  Mónica Paulina Chalá Mejía
Egypt  Hadeel Abol-Naga
Estonia  Helen Mahmastol (1st RU Baltic Sea '97)
France  Laure Belleville (World '97)
Germany  Miriam Ruppert (SF Intercontinental '96, Europe '96)
Ghana  Pearl Anoah
Great Britain  Anita St. Rose
Greece  Nina Georgala
Guatemala  Karla Hannelore Beteta Forkel (3rd RU Queen of the Year '96, Queen of the World '96, International '96, Nuestra Belleza '96, Intercontinental '97, 1st RU Banana '97)
Honduras  Yazmín Rossana Fiallos Bosak (Nuestra Belleza '96)
Hong Kong  Sofie Rahman
Hungary  Andrea Deak (World '96)
Iceland  Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdóttir (Europe '95)
Indonesia  Alaya Rohali
Ireland  Joanne Black (World '95, Europe '96)
Israel  Liraz Mesilaty
Italy  Anna Valle (SF Europe '96)
Jamaica  Trudi-Ann Ferguson
Korea  Kim Yoon-jung
Lebanon  Julia Syriani (World '95)
Malaysia  Adeline Ong Siew Fong
Malta  Roseanne Farrugia
Namibia  Faghma Absalom
Netherlands  Marja de Graaf
New Zealand  Sarah Brady (World '95)
Northern Marianas  Belvilyn Ada Tenorio
Norway  Inger Lise Ebeltoft (World '95)
Panama  Reyna del Carmen Royo Rivera
Paraguay  Marta Elizabeth Lovera Parquet (South America '96, Nuestra Belleza '96, SF Globe '96, Coffee '97)
Philippines  Aileen Leng Marfori Damiles
Poland  Monika Chroscicka-Wnetrzak
Portugal  Rita Carvalho (Europe '96)
Puerto Rico  Sarybel Velilla Cabeza (World '00)
Romania  Roberta Alma Anastase (SF Europe '94)
Singapore  Angeline Putt
Slovak Republic  Iveta Jankularova
South Africa  Carol Anne Becker (1st RU Globe '97)
Spain  María José Suárez Benítez
Sri Lanka  Shivanthini Dharmasiri
Switzerland  Stéphanie Berger (World '95)
Taiwan  Chen Hsiao-Fen (World '96)
Thailand  Nirachala Kumya
Trinidad & Tobago  Michelle Khan (2nd RU Nuestra Belleza '94, 2nd RU World '95, winner Top Model of the World '98)
Turkey  Serpil Sevilay Ozturk (World '96)
Turks & Caicos  Shaneika Lightbourne
Ukraine  Irina Borisova
Uruguay  Adriana Sandra Maidana
Zimbabwe  Langa Sibanda