Miss International 1996
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Miss International
Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...
1996 was held at Kanazawa Kagekiza, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.-Geography, climate, and population:Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. Its total area is 467.77 km².Kanazawa's...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on October 26, 1996. Fernanda Alves
Fernanda Alves
Fernanda Alves of Portugal became the first delegate from her country to win any major beauty pageant title. She won Miss International in 1996 in Kanazawa, Japan.-Pageant career:...
earned Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
's first Miss International crown.
Results
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss International 1996 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Tunisia - Ibticem Lahmar |
| 2nd runner-up |
 Colombia - Claudia Inés de Torcoroma Mendoza Lemus |
| Semifinalists |
 Australia - Kylie Ann Watson Bolivia - Elka Pacheco Greece - Rania Likoudi Japan - Akiko Sugano New Caledonia - Tania Lise Chitty Norway - Eva-Charlotte Stenset Philippines - Yedda Marie Mendoza Kittilstved Spain - Rosa María Teixidor Casado Turkey - Gokce Yanardag Ukraine - Nataliya Vasilievna Kozitskaya VenezuelaMiss Venezuela 1995 Miss Venezuela 1995, the 42nd Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, on September 27, 1995, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Alicia Machado, Miss Yaracuy.... - Carla Andreína Steinkopf Struve Carla Steinkopf Carla Steinkopf is a pageant titleholder, was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela on July 21, 1973. She is the Miss Venezuela International titleholder for 1995, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss International 1996 pageant held in Kanazawa, Japan, on October 26, 1996, when she... |
Special awards
- Friendship: ', Kathleen Williams
- Photogenic:
KoreaMiss KoreaMiss Korea is an annual national beauty pageant responsible for selecting Korea's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.The current titleholder is Lee Seong-hye. She won the title on August 3, 2011 in Seoul.-History:...
, Kim Jung-Hwa - National Costume: Colombia, Claudia Inés de Torcoroma Mendoza Lemus