Mister World 1996
Encyclopedia
The first edition of the Mister World Pageant was held in September 1996, in Istanbul
, Turkey
. About 50 countries competed for the title. Tom Nuyens
of Belgium
crowned as the very first Mister World in 1996.
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. About 50 countries competed for the title. Tom Nuyens
Tom Nuyens
Tom Nuyens was awarded the first Mister Belgium and Mister World title in 1996.He works as a model and travels all around the world.-External links:*...
of Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
crowned as the very first Mister World in 1996.
Placements
| Final Results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Mister World 1996 |
|
| 1st Runner-up |
 Mexico - Gabriel Soto Borja-DiazGabriel Soto Gabriel Soto Borja-Diaz is a Mexican actor, model. He is known for winning the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, placing first runner-up in Mister World 1996, being a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and for acting in telenovelas.- Biography :His mother Elisa Diaz committed... |
| 2nd Runner-up |
 Turkey - Karahan Çantay |
| Finalists |
 Jamaica - Richard Nevers Puerto Rico - Eliseo Paulo Cortés Melendez |
| Semi-finalists |
 Aruba - Anthony Andrew Martinez India - Bikram Saluja Sweden - Tage Johan Jelse Thailand - Charles Derek Adams United Kingdom - Simon Peat |
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Mister Personality |
|
Contestants
Argentina - Raul Orlando Proietto- Aruba - Anthony Andrew Martinez
Australia - Arlington Brendan Leigh
Austria - Helmut Strebl
Belgium - Tom NuyensTom NuyensTom Nuyens was awarded the first Mister Belgium and Mister World title in 1996.He works as a model and travels all around the world.-External links:*...
Bolivia - Marcelo Mauricio Ostria Borda
Botswana - Felix Chavaphi
Brazil - Thierre Di Castro Garrito
Kingdom of Bulgaria - Christov Boyko
Canada - Jimmy Rai
Colombia - Franz Serrano
Independent State of Croatia - Ivan Klemencic
Dominican Republic - Juan Salvador Vidal Gil
Estonia - Andrus Raissar
Early Modern France - Laurent Piranian
Germany - Konrad Meyer
Greece - Harry Kinatzi- ' - Joost Ammerlaan
Hungary - Zsolt Cseke- India - Bikram Saluja
Republic of Ireland - Thomas Daniel Plewman
Israel - Zafrir Ben-Zvi
Italy - Angelo D´Amelio- Jamaica - Richard Nevers
Latvia - Vilnis Solovjovs
Lebanon - Hadi Esta- ' - Gazmend Berisa
Malaysia - Alvin Low Dai Wen- Mexico - Gabriel Soto Borja-DiazGabriel SotoGabriel Soto Borja-Diaz is a Mexican actor, model. He is known for winning the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, placing first runner-up in Mister World 1996, being a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and for acting in telenovelas.- Biography :His mother Elisa Diaz committed...
Norway - Otto Thorbjornsen
Philippines - Christopher Celis
Poland - Mariusz Trzcinski- Puerto Rico - Eliseo Paulo Cortés Melendez
Russia - Oleg Sukochenko
Singapore - Desmond Kong Hua Ng
Slovakia - Richard Ondrias
Slovenia - Marko Vranicar
South Africa - Charl Hector Coode
Spain - Jose Ramon Gutierrez Villar
Swaziland - Thulani Emmanuel Matsebula- Sweden - Tage Johan Jelse
Republic of China - Pin-Chao Kuo- Thailand - Charles Derek Adams
- ' - Ian Anthony Comissiong
- Turkey - Karahan Çantay
Ukraine - Nickolay Bezrodniy- United Kingdom - Simon Peat
United States - Daniel Lujan
Venezuela - José Gregorio Faría OjedaJosé Gregorio FaríaJosé Gregorio Faría Ojeda is a Venezuelan model who was won the title of Mister Venezuela on 1996. He was the first Mister Venezuela in the history...
Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Slobadan Klinac