Miss World 2006
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| Date: | September 30, 2006 |
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| Host Country: | Poland |
| Host City: | Warsaw |
| Venue: | Sala Kongresowa at the Palace of Culture and Science |
| Number of Nations: | 104 |
| Outgoing Titleholder: | Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir from Iceland |
| Winner: | Taťána Kuchařová from Czech Republic |
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The 56th Miss World pageant took place in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday, September 30th at Sala Kongresowa, the main 2,897-seat auditorium at the Palace of Culture and Science. It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in an European city other than London, United Kingdom, having previously been held there in 2002 after the Nigeria Controversy. The pageant officially concluded after Taťána Kuchařová from Czech Republic was crowned as the 56th Miss World.
A total of 104 nations antended the pageant where Iceland's Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Miss World 2005, crowned her successor. The 2006 edition was the third largest in terms of participating nations, it is next to the 2003 and 2004 editions that featured 106 and 107 delegates respectively. All contestants were divided in six regional groups: Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Caribbean, Northern Europe and Southern Europe. A group of semifinalists was be selected out of each group where Tanzania's Nancy Sumari (Miss World Africa), Mexico's Dafne Molina (Miss World Americas), Korea's Eun Young Oh (Miss World Asia Pacific), Puerto Rico's Ingrid Rivera (Miss World Caribbean), Iceland's Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir (Miss World Northern Europe) and Italy's Sofia Bruscoli (Miss World Southern Europe) were succeeded by the new six regional Miss World.
Gdynia was the host of the Miss Beach Beauty contest, Gizycko hosted the Miss Sport contest and Wrocław hosted the Miss Talent competition. The fourth event was Beauty With a Purpose.
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[edit] Awards
Taťána Kuchařová from Czech Republic was crowned Miss World out of 104 contestants, with Romania named first runner-up, followed by Australia as second runner-up.
FAST TRACK AWARDS
During the month of September four competitions were held from which the winner of each was fast tracked into the semifinals. Miss Beach Beauty was selected on the September 7th at the city of Gdynia. Miss Sport was held on September 12th on the city of Gizycko and the Miss Talent contest was celebrated on September 20th at Wrocław. The Beauty with a Purpose winner was announced on September 30th during the final telecast.
Miss World 2006 Beach Beauty Result
- Winner : Venezuela
- 1st Runner Up : Czech Republic
- 2nd Runner Up : India
- 3rd Runner Up : Angola
- 4th Runner Up : Singapore
- Top 10 : Barbados, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Spain
- Top 25 : Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Sweden
Miss World 2006 Sport Result
- Winner : Canada
- 1st Runner Up : Puerto Rico
- 2nd Runner Up : Latvia
- Top 24 :
- Asia Pacific : Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia
- Northern Europe : Finland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia
- Southern Europe : Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Slovakia
- Caribbean : Cayman Islands, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago
- Americas : Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, United States
- Africa : Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia
Miss World 2006 Talent Result
- Winner : Northern Ireland
- 1st Runner Up : Italy
- 2nd Runner Up : Zimbabwe
- 3rd Runner Up : Estonia
- 4th Runner Up : Mongolia
- Top 10 : Barbados, Croatia, India, Liberia, Portugal
Miss World 2006 Beauty with a Purpose Result
- Winner: Ghana
- 1st Runner Up: Puerto Rico
SPECIAL AWARDS
Miss World 2006 Dress Designer Award Result
- Winner : Croatia
- 1st Runner Up : Netherlands
- 2nd Runner Up : India
- 3rd Runner Up : Kenya
- 4th Runner Up : Ireland
- Top 20 : Angola, Aruba, Barbados, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Italy, Lebanon, Mauritius, Poland, Romania, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam
THE SEMIFINALISTS
Besides the 4 fast track winners, 6 regional contestants selected by SMS and internet votes and 6 regional contestants selected by a group of judges made the Top 16 Semifinalists. However due to a reported tie scores of India and Australia from Asia Pacific region, the number of semifinalists increased to 17.
Venezuela - Alexandra Federica Guzmán Diamante (Americas)
Canada - Malgorzata Majewska (Americas)
Northern Ireland - Catherine Jean Milligan (Northern Europe)
Vietnam - Mai Phuong Thuy (Asia Pacific)
Australia - Sabrina Houssami (Asia Pacific)
India - Natasha Suri (Asia Pacific)
Czech Republic - Taťána Kuchařová (Northern Europe)
Scotland - Nicola McLean (Northern Europe)
Romania - Ioana Valentina Boitor (Southern Europe)
Lebanon - Anabella Samir Hilal (Southern Europe)
Jamaica - Sara Lawrence (Caribbean)
Puerto Rico - Thebyam Carrion Alvarez (Caribbean)
Mexico - Karla Jimenez (Americas)
Brazil - Jane de Sousa Borges Oliveira (Americas)
Namibia - Anna Svetlana Nashandi (Africa)
Angola - Stiviandra Oliveira (Africa)
Ghana - Lamisi Mbillah (Africa)
THE REGIONAL MISS WORLD
Out of the 17 semifinalists a group of judges selected the winner of each regional group and received the respective Miss World Regional Title. All of them made the Top 6 Finalists.
- Miss World Africa: Angola - Stiviandra Oliveira.
- Miss World Americas: Brazil - Jane de Sousa Borges Oliveira.
- Miss World Asia Pacific: Australia - Sabrina Houssami
- Miss World Caribbean: Jamaica - Sara Lawrence
- Miss World Northern Europe: Czech Republic - Taťána Kuchařová
- Miss World Southern Europe: Romania - Ioana Valentina Boitor
THE WINNER AND HER RUNNERS-UP
- WINNER: Czech Republic - Taťána Kuchařová
- 1st Runner Up: Romania - Ioana Valentina Boitor
- 2nd Runner Up: Australia - Sabrina Houssami
[edit] Official Contestants
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[edit] Information Sources
Please note that all information presented here is from the Miss World Official Website and Miss Place.
[edit] Important Remarks
- Israel and Lebanon, countries located in Asia, compete in the Southern Europe group.
- Kazakhstan, country located in Asia, competes in the Northern Europe group.
- Russia and Turkey, Eurasian countries, compete in Northern Europe and Southern Europe respectively.
- Since 2000, the United Kingdom's home nations compete separately.
[edit] Trivia and Records
- Cambodia and Montenegro competed for the very first time in Miss World
- Austria and Tahiti returned to Miss World after a long year hiatus.
- Angola, Belarus, Cayman Islands, Chile, Curacao, Finland, Kazakhstan, and Zimbabwe returned to Miss World after failing to send in 2005.
- Albania, Malawi, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Uganda and the US Virgin Islands did not attend in 2006 after sending a delegate on 2005.
- Guatemala sent their national winner to both Miss Universe and Miss World for the first time since 1982.
- Tatjana Batinic (Austria), Ivana Ergic (Croatia) and Edita Orascanin (Germany) are all ethnic Croats.
- This is the first time that Romania and Angola made their mark to the semi-finals and then took part in six Regional Miss Worlds as Miss World Southern Europe and Miss World Africa.
[edit] Viewers
Two billion people in 200 countries across the globe tuned-in Sunday for the 56th Miss World beauty pageant grand finale in Warsaw, Poland. Viewers were also able to crown one of the 104 national beauty queen finalists Miss World 2006 using a special short message service (SMS) system.
[edit] About the Delegates
- Ivana Knezevic was be the first Miss Montenegro ever at any international beauty pageant. But most importantly, she was be the very first and official representative from Montenegro at any international event since the country's independence on June 3, 2006.
- Eboundt Fatouma Blanda, current Miss Republic of Congo was going to compete in Miss World 2006. Unfortunately she did not attend due to the expiration of the participation deadline. However, it was confirmed from Ngalla Ibata, president of COMICO (Committee Miss Congo), that Eboundt Blanda would represent the Republic of Congo at Miss Earth in The Philippines (originally Chile) in late 2006. The nation is confirmed for Miss World 2007.
- Nepal and Swaziland, will not take part in Miss World 2006. Nepal will not take part due to the political turmoil in the country, the national pageant was moved to January 2007. Swaziland did not have enough time, financial assistance, and an organized committee to carry out the national pageant.
- Malawi and Belize held their national pageants, but the organizers have decided that their respective winners will go to Miss World 2007.
- Soledad Gagliardo, Miss Mundo de Uruguay 2006, was replaced by her first runner-up because of unknown reasons.
- Fawyeza Mohamed, Miss Egypt 2006, withdrew from the contest after failing to complete visa paperwork on time.
- Countries such as Burkina Faso, British Virgin Islands, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire selected their delegates and the national press wrote about their respective participations in Miss World
- Antigua & Barbuda and Nicaragua did not attend the pageant because of financial problems.
- Albania, Lithuania, New Zealand and Switzerland did not attend after the respective organizations failed to select a representative on time. Switzerland, on the other hand selected a delegate on September 9, 2006 for both Miss Universe and Miss World. It will be the first time since 1984 that Switzerland is sending candidates to both pageants.
- Contestants from the Cayman Islands, Guatemala, Namibia and South Africa attended the Miss Universe pageant on July 2006. Spain and France were going to send their national winners to Miss World 2006 after attending the Miss Universe pageant.
- Paraguay lost the franchise in 2005.
- Miss Netherlands Sheryl Baas is half Filipino, half Dutch.
[edit] 2006 Pageant Schedule
- September 1st - Arrival of delegates in Poland
- September 2nd - Tour of Warsaw. Official Ceremony at the Sala Kongresowa in Warsaw.
- September 3rd - Welcome Dinner at Warsaw Institute of Technology.
- September 4th - Visit to Gdynia.
- September 5th - Press Conference and Fashion Show in seaside hotel.
- September 6th - City of Malbork Tour.
- September 7th - Miss World Beachwear Competition at Gdynia. Opening of the Miss World Garden.
- September 8th - Completion of Gdynia tour. Festiwal Polonia Carioca, a Latin American-inspired event in the evening.
- September 9th - Rio de Janeiro carnival in Warsaw
- September 10th - Excursion to Giżycko.
- September 11th - Press conference at Hotel Europa.
- September 12th - Miss World Sport Competition at Gizycko city stadium.
- September 13th - Excursion to Katowice, a city near Poland's southern border.
- September 14th - Visit to Ogrodzieniec.
- September 15th - Delegates in two groups. Katowice Tour and a to visit to the Tatra Mountains.
- September 16th - Wieliczka/Kraków Excursion. World Designer Award.
- September 17th - Official welcome dinner at Wrocław City Hall.
- September 18th - Visit to Kudowa
- September 19th - Visit to Kłodzko
- September 20th - Miss World Talent Competition in Wrocław.
- September 22nd - Visit to Warsaw Museum.
- September 23rd - Hyatt Warsaw charity auction.
- September 24th - Polish Heart Choice Election.
- September 25th - Warsaw Tour
- September 26th - Rehearsals - Evening ceremony in Chinese embassy with Mayor of Warsaw.
- September 27th - Visit to Żelazowa Wola.
- September 28th - Rehearsals
- September 29th - Dress rehearsal
- September 30th - MISS WORLD 2006, Coronation Ball
- October 1st - Opening of hospital by Miss World finalists.
- October 2nd - Photo sessions/interview and farewell banquet for Miss World 2006 and Regional Winners. Visit with President of Poland. and contestants departure.
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