| Miss Universe 1996 |
| Date |
17 May 1996 |
| Presenters |
Bob Goen, Marla Maples |
| Entertainment |
Michael Crawford |
| Venue |
Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts , Las Vegas, Nevada, USA  |
| Broadcaster |
CBS |
| Entrants |
79 |
| Placements |
10 |
| Withdrawals |
Guam, Japan, Kenya, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Seychelles, US Virgin Islands, Zambia |
| Returns |
Argentina, Belgium, Ghana, Honduras, Lebanon, Zimbabwe |
| Winner |
Alicia Machado
 Venezuela |
| Congeniality |
Jodie McMullen
 Australia |
| Best National Costume |
Ilmira Shamsutdinova
 Russia |
| Photogenic |
Aileen Damiles
 Philippines |
Miss Universe 1996, the 45th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 17 May 1996 at Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Alicia Machado of Venezuela crowned by Chelsi Smith from the USA. Seventy-nine contestants competed in this year.
The pageant originally was scheduled to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. However, for financial reasons, South Africa couldn't host the pageant and Miss Universe was moved to Las Vegas.[1][2]
Results
The New Aladdin before being rebranded as Planet Hollywood
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1996 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| Top 6 |
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| Top 10 |
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Special awards
| Awards |
Contestant |
| Best National Costume |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Jantzen Best in Swimsuit |
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| Finesse Best Style |
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Semi-final scores
| Delegate |
Interview |
Swimsuit |
Evening Gown |
Average |
Top 6 Finalists |
Finalist Average |
| Venezuela |
9.809 (1) |
9.820 (1) |
9.874 (1) |
9.834 (1) |
9.846 (1) |
9.840 (1) |
 Aruba |
9.629 (5) |
9.737 (2) |
9.651 (5) |
9.672 (3) |
9.779 (2) |
9.726 (2) |
 Finland |
9.551 (8) |
9.657 (4) |
9.719 (3) |
9.642 (5) |
9.763 (3) |
9.703 (3) |
| Russia |
9.646 (3) |
9.714 (3) |
9.573 (10) |
9.644 (4) |
9.714 (4) |
9.679 (4) |
 Mexico |
9.560 (7) |
9.604 (7) |
9.714 (4) |
9.626 (6) |
9.657 (5) |
9.642 (6) |
| USA |
9.793 (2) |
9.601 (8) |
9.753 (2) |
9.716 (2) |
9.604 (6) |
9.660 (5) |
 El Salvador |
9.636 (4) |
9.569 (10) |
9.651 (5) |
9.619 (7) |
 India |
9.580 (6) |
9.619 (5) |
9.601 (9) |
9.600 (8) |
 Peru |
9.549 (9) |
9.613 (6) |
9.637 (7) |
9.599 (9) |
 Sweden |
9.493 (10) |
9.576 (9) |
9.629 (8) |
9.566 (10) |
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- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Top 6 finalist
- Top 10 semi-finalist
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
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Preliminary scores
| Rank |
Delegate |
Evening Gown |
Swimsuit |
Interview |
Average |
| 01 |
USA |
9.61 |
9.10 |
9.37 |
9.360 |
| 02 |
Venezuela |
9.43 |
9.11 |
9.43 |
9.323 |
| 03 |
Russia |
9.40 |
9.14 |
9.09 |
9.210 |
| 04 |
Sweden |
9.39 |
9.05 |
8.90 |
9.113 |
| 05 |
India |
9.36 |
8.46 |
9.48 |
9.100 |
| 06 |
Mexico |
9.25 |
8.74 |
9.09 |
9.027 |
| 07 |
El Salvador |
9.23 |
8.41 |
9.26 |
8.967 |
| 08 |
Peru |
9.02 |
8.46 |
9.36 |
8.947 |
| 09 |
Aruba |
9.23 |
9.00 |
8.60 |
8.943 |
| 10 |
Finland |
9.23 |
8.83 |
8.76 |
8.940 |
| 11 |
France |
9.29 |
8.63 |
8.71 |
8.877 |
| 12 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
8.81 |
8.53 |
9.23 |
8.857 |
| 13 |
South Africa |
8.67 |
8.76 |
9.10 |
8.843 |
| 14 |
Belgium |
8.91 |
8.55 |
9.04 |
8.833 |
| 15 |
Hungary |
8.85 |
8.85 |
8.79 |
8.830 |
| 16 |
Chile |
8.72 |
8.44 |
9.28 |
8.813 |
| 17 |
Spain |
8.90 |
8.70 |
8.83 |
8.810 |
| 18 |
Philippines |
9.07 |
8.32 |
8.92 |
8.770 |
| 19 |
Brazil |
8.90 |
8.36 |
9.04 |
8.767 |
| 20 |
Greece |
8.69 |
8.50 |
9.02 |
8.737 |
| 21 |
Zimbabwe |
8.99 |
8.21 |
8.96 |
8.720 |
| 22 |
Norway |
8.55 |
8.39 |
9.19 |
8.710 |
| 23 |
Italy |
9.04 |
8.56 |
8.51 |
8.703 |
| 24 |
Jamaica |
8.56 |
8.41 |
9.11 |
8.693 |
| 25 |
Cyprus |
8.97 |
8.66 |
8.37 |
8.667 |
| 26 |
Panama |
8.64 |
8.32 |
9.02 |
8.660 |
| 27 |
Ghana |
8.96 |
8.46 |
8.49 |
8.637 |
| 28 |
Puerto Rico |
8.84 |
8.06 |
8.97 |
8.623 |
| 29 |
Colombia |
8.84 |
8.14 |
8.88 |
8.620 |
| 30 |
Canada |
8.60 |
8.38 |
8.86 |
8.613 |
| 31 |
New Zealand |
8.52 |
8.66 |
8.66 |
8.613 |
| 32 |
Estonia |
9.06 |
8.70 |
8.06 |
8.607 |
| 33 |
Czech Republic |
8.48 |
8.45 |
8.87 |
8.600 |
| 34 |
Israel |
8.77 |
8.49 |
8.54 |
8.600 |
| 35 |
Iceland |
8.57 |
8.15 |
8.98 |
8.567 |
| 36 |
Bahamas |
8.52 |
8.25 |
8.87 |
8.547 |
| 37 |
Lebanon |
8.65 |
8.15 |
8.83 |
8.543 |
| 38 |
Guatemala |
8.51 |
8.37 |
8.74 |
8.540 |
| 39 |
Germany |
8.57 |
8.53 |
8.51 |
8.537 |
| 40 |
Dominican Republic |
8.50 |
8.05 |
9.01 |
8.520 |
| 41 |
Great Britain |
8.41 |
8.48 |
8.67 |
8.520 |
| 42 |
Australia |
8.69 |
7.86 |
8.97 |
8.507 |
| 43 |
Uruguay |
8.06 |
8.52 |
8.90 |
8.493 |
| 44 |
Thailand |
8.85 |
8.08 |
8.53 |
8.487 |
| 45 |
Ecuador |
8.39 |
8.10 |
8.91 |
8.467 |
| 46 |
Costa Rica |
8.47 |
8.42 |
8.51 |
8.467 |
| 47 |
Cayman Islands |
8.41 |
8.20 |
8.76 |
8.457 |
| 48 |
Netherlands |
8.46 |
8.03 |
8.86 |
8.450 |
| 49 |
Namibia |
8.36 |
8.04 |
8.95 |
8.450 |
| 50 |
Romania |
8.47 |
8.14 |
8.71 |
8.440 |
| 51 |
Argentina |
8.17 |
8.13 |
8.96 |
8.420 |
| 52 |
Switzerland |
8.23 |
8.20 |
8.65 |
8.360 |
| 53 |
Singapore |
8.59 |
7.91 |
8.58 |
8.360 |
| 54 |
Ukraine |
8.36 |
8.20 |
8.50 |
8.353 |
| 55 |
Bolivia |
8.67 |
7.60 |
8.78 |
8.350 |
| 56 |
Denmark |
8.35 |
8.03 |
8.63 |
8.337 |
| 57 |
Sri Lanka |
8.36 |
7.75 |
8.86 |
8.323 |
| 58 |
Ireland |
8.11 |
8.03 |
8.79 |
8.310 |
| 59 |
Turkey |
8.39 |
8.08 |
8.44 |
8.303 |
| 60 |
Belize |
8.60 |
7.96 |
8.33 |
8.297 |
| 61 |
Malaysia |
8.64 |
7.80 |
8.44 |
8.293 |
| 62 |
Curaçao |
8.00 |
8.20 |
8.67 |
8.290 |
| 63 |
Poland |
8.29 |
8.09 |
8.49 |
8.290 |
| 64 |
Honduras |
8.52 |
7.99 |
8.21 |
8.240 |
| 65 |
Bulgaria |
8.31 |
8.09 |
8.31 |
8.237 |
| 66 |
Slovak Republic |
8.30 |
7.68 |
8.65 |
8.210 |
| 67 |
Indonesia |
8.50 |
7.60 |
8.50 |
8.200 |
| 68 |
Portugal |
8.29 |
7.78 |
8.51 |
8.193 |
| 69 |
Egypt |
8.26 |
7.74 |
8.52 |
8.173 |
| 70 |
Hong Kong |
8.30 |
7.86 |
8.31 |
8.157 |
| 71 |
Bonaire |
8.26 |
7.98 |
8.22 |
8.153 |
| 72 |
Taiwan R.O.C. |
8.41 |
7.65 |
8.31 |
8.123 |
| 73 |
Korea |
8.45 |
7.58 |
8.14 |
8.057 |
| 74 |
Cook Islands |
8.01 |
7.51 |
8.26 |
7.927 |
| 75 |
Malta |
7.98 |
7.63 |
8.10 |
7.903 |
| 76 |
Turks & Caicos |
7.99 |
7.43 |
8.24 |
7.887 |
| 77 |
Paraguay |
7.79 |
7.59 |
8.24 |
7.873 |
| 78 |
British Virgin Islands |
7.87 |
7.60 |
8.12 |
7.863 |
| 79 |
Northern Marianas |
7.73 |
7.20 |
8.36 |
7.763 |
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- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Top 6 finalist
- Top 10 semi-finalist
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Order of announcements
Top 10
- India
- Finland
- Peru
- Sweden
- Mexico
- USA
- Russia
- El Salvador
- Aruba
- Venezuela
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Top 6
- Aruba
- Russia
- USA
- Finland
- Venezuela
- Mexico
Top 3
- Finland
- Venezuela
- Aruba
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Judges
Contestants
Notes
Withdrawals
Crossovers
References
External links
