Miss_Universe_1996

Miss Universe 1996

Miss Universe 1996

45th Miss Universe pageant


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]

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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

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Contestants

Miss Universe 1996 participating nations and results

Seventy-nine contestants competed for the title.

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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. Macy, Robert (18 May 1996). "Miss Venezuela Wins 1996 Miss Universe Title". AP News. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. Craig, Neil Alan (27 June 2016). "Miss Universe Bahamas under new franchisee". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. "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.
  5. 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.
  6. "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.
  7. Evano, Quay (4 June 2013). "Pinay officially crowned Miss Universe Canada". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. "Lina María Gaviria Forero Senorita Colombia 1995". El Tiempo (Colombia) (in Spanish). 5 November 2002. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. "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.
  10. "¿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.
  11. "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.
  12. 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.
  13. "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.
  14. 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.
  15. "Recuerdos y anécdotas de Miss Guatemala" [Memories and anecdotes of Miss Guatemala]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 28 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  16. Shortall, Holly (2 July 2015). "Top 10 Miss Ireland winners: Where are they now?". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  17. "Former Miss Jamaica Universe Trudi Ferguson dies". Loop News. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  18. 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.
  19. "Solche Missen vermissen wir" [We miss such misses]. Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  20. "Acadiana's Ali Landry is Miss USA". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. 11 February 1996. p. 14. Retrieved 10 May 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  21. 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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