Miss International 1996

Miss International 1996
Date	October 26, 1996
Presenters	Masumi Okada
Venue	Kanazawa Kagekiza, Kanazawa, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	48
Debuts	Macedonia, Togo
Withdrawals	Cyprus, Denmark, El Salvador, Guam, Honduras, Mexico, Seychelles, Thailand
Returns	Chile, Finland, New Caledonia, Poland, Russia, Tunisia, Ukraine
Winner	Fernanda Alves  Portugal

Miss International 1996 was held on October 26, 1996 at the Kanazawa Kagekiza in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. Fernanda Alves earned Portugal's first Miss International crown.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1996	Portugal - Fernanda Alves
1st runner-up	Tunisia - Ibticem Lahmar
2nd runner-up	Colombia - Claudia Mendoza
Semi-finalists	Australia - Kylie Watson  Bolivia - Elka Pacheco  Greece - Rania Likoudi  Japan - Akiko Sugano  Korea - Kim Jung-hwa  New Caledonia - Tania Chitty  Norway - Eva Stenset  Philippines - Yedda Mendoza  Spain - Rosa Casado  Turkey - Gokce Yanardag  Ukraine - Nataliya Kozitskaya  Venezuela - Carla Steinkopf

Contestants

Argentina - Maria Xenia Bordón  Aruba - Julisa Marie Lampe  Australia - Kylie Ann Watson  Belgium - Barbara Van der Beken  Bolivia - Elka Grothenhorst Pacheco  Brazil - Ana Carina Góis Homa  Britain - Shauna Marie Gunn  Chile - Alexandra De Granade Errázuriz  Colombia - Claudia Inés de Torcoroma Mendoza Lemus  Czech Republic - Zdenka Zadrazilova  Dominican Republic - Sandra Natasha Abreu Matusevicius  Fiji - Ranjani Roshini Dayal  Finland - Ulrika Therese Wester  France - Nancy Cornelia Delettrez  Germany - Andrea Walaschewski  Greece - Rania Likoudi  Guatemala - Karla Hannelore Beteta Forkel  Hawaii - Kam Au  Holland - Leonie Maria Boon  Hong Kong - Fiona Yuen Choi-Wan  Iceland - Audur Geirsdóttir  India - Fleur Dominique Xavier  Israel - Ann Konopny  Japan - Akiko Sugano

Korea - Kim Jung-hwa  Luxembourg - Christiane Lorent  Macedonia - Aleksandra Petko Petrovska  Malta - Mary Farrugia  New Caledonia - Tania Lise Chitty  Northern Marianas - Kathleen Williams  Norway - Eva-Charlotte Stenset  Panama - Betzy Janethe Achurra  Paraguay - Claudia Rocío Melgarejo  Philippines - Yedda Marie Mendoza Kittilsvedt  Poland - Monika Marta Adamek  Portugal - Fernanda Alves  Puerto Rico - Lydia Guzmán López  Russia - Yuliya Vladimirovna Ermolenko  Singapore - Carel Siok Liang Low  Slovak Republic - Martina Jajcayova  Spain - Rosa Maria Casado Teixidor  Togo - Amanda Adama Bawa  Tunisia - Ibticem Lahmar  Turkey - Gokce Yanardag  Ukraine - Nataliya Vasilievna Kozitskaya  United States - Maya Yadira Kashak  Venezuela - Carla Andreína Steinkopf Struve  Vietnam - Pham Anh Phuong

Notes

Did not compete

El Salvador - Priscilla Ruiz

Mexico - Gloria Ondina Rivera