2006 July 23
Los Angeles, U.S.A.
86 contestants

Results
1  Puerto Rico  Zuleyka Jerris Rivera Mendoza
2  Japan  Kurara Chibana
3  Switzerland  Lauriane Gilliéron*
4  Paraguay  Lourdes Verónica Arévalos Elias*
5  U.S.A.  Tara Elizabeth Conner

Finalists
Bolivia  Maria Desirée Durán Morales
Canada  Alice Panikian
Colombia  Valerie Domínguez Tarud
Mexico  Silvia Priscila Perales Elizondo*
Trinidad & Tobago  Kenisha Nalisha Finita Thom*

Semi-finalists
Argentina  Magali Romitelli
Brazil  Rafaela Koehler Zanella
Denmark  Betina Faurbye
Ethiopia  Dina Fekadu Mosissa*
Hungary  Adrienn Bende
India  Neha Kapur
Russia  Anna Litvinova
Sweden  Josephine Alhanko
Thailand  Iyawarin (Onwarin) "Charm" Raya Osathanond
Ukraine  Inna Tsimbalyuk

Order of announcement of Top 20
Puerto Rico, Denmark, Switzerland, Colombia, Ethiopia, Russia, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago, Thailand, Bolivia, Hungary, U.S.A., Paraguay, India, Argentina, Ukraine & Mexico

Order of announcement of Top 10
Canada, Trinidad & Tobago, Bolivia, Japan, Puerto Rico, U.S.A., Switzerland, Mexico, Colombia & Paraguay

Order of announcement of Top 5
Switzerland, Paraguay, Japan, U.S.A. & Puerto Rico

Remainder
Albania  Eralda Hitaj
Angola  Isménia Júnior
Antigua & Barbuda  Shari Janay McEwan
Aruba  Melissa Laclé
Australia  Erin McNaught
Bahamas  Samantha Carter
Belgium  Tatiana Silvia Braga Tavares*
Bulgaria  Galena Dimova
Cayman Islands  Ambuyah Ruth Ebanks*
Chile  Maria Belén Montilla Torreblanca*
China  GAO Yinghui
Costa Rica  Fabriella María Quesada Sequeira*
Croatia  Biljana Mancic
Cyprus  Elena Gerodiakonou
Czech Republic  Renata Langmannova
Dominican Republic  Mía Lourdes Taveras López*
Ecuador  Katty López Samán
Egypt  Fawzeya Mohamed*
El Salvador  Rebecca Iraheta
Estonia  Kirke Klemmer*
Finland  Ninni Laaksonen*
France  Alexandra Rosenfeld*
Georgia  Ekaterine Buadze
Germany  Natalie Elvira Ackermann  Montealegre
Ghana  Angela Asare
Greece  Olympia Hopsonidou
Guatemala  Jackelinne Krimilda Verenice Piccinini Otten*
Guyana  Alana Ernest
Iceland  Sif Aradottir*
Indonesia  Nadine Chandrawinata
Ireland  Melanie Boreham*
Israel  Anastasya Yentin
Jamaica  Cindy Wright
Kazakhstan  Dina Nuraliyeva*
Korea  Kim Joo-hee
Latvia  Sanita Kublina
Lebanon  Gabrielle Bou Rached
Malaysia  Melissa Ann Tan Swee Yen
Mauritius  Isabelle Antoo
Namibia  Anna Svetlana Nashandi*
New Zealand  Elizabeth Gray
Nicaragua  Maria Cristiana Frixione Mendoza*
Nigeria  Tienepre Alexandra Oki
Northern Marianas  Shequita DeLeon Guerrero Bennett*
Norway  Martine Jonassen
Panama  Maria Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula
Peru  Fiorella Viñas
Philippines  Lia Andrea Aquino Ramos
Poland  Francys Mayela Barraza Sudnicka*
Serbia & Montenegro  Nada Milinic
Singapore  Carol Cheong Yim Foon
Slovak Republic  Judita Hrubyova*
Slovenia  Natasa Pinoza
South Africa  Nokuthula "Thuli" Sithole*
Spain  Elisabeth Reyes Villegas
Sri Lanka  Jacqueline Fernandez
St. Lucia  Sascha Gianne Michaele Andrew-Rose*
St. Martin  Gisella Hilliman
St. Vincent Grenadines  Shivern Peters
Turkey  Ceyla Kirazli
Turks & Caicos  Shavenna Been
United Kingdom  Julie Doherty
Uruguay  Fatimih Dávila Sosa*
U.S. Virgin Islands  JeT’aime Cheree Cerge*
Venezuela  Jictzad Nacarid Viña Carreño*
Zambia  Mofya Nickoletta Chisenga*

Awards
Miss Amity  Ghana
Miss Photogenic  Philippines
Best National Costume  Japan

Replaced
China  Qi Fang
Russia  Alla Tretyakova (got married in April)

Did not compete
British Virgin Islands  Deria Joseph
Portugal  Marina Rodrigues