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{{Beauty pageant
| winner = '''Tom Nuyens'''
| represented = '''{{BEL}}'''
| photo = File:Cruise ship and Seabus in Istanbul.jpg
| caption =[[Istanbul]], host city for Mister World 1996
| date = September 20, 1996
| presenters = {{hlist|Peter Marshall|[[Korhan Abay]]|Berna Laçin}}
| venue = [[Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center | Anadolu Auditorium]], [[Şişli]], [[Istanbul]], Turkey
| broadcaster = 
| entrants = 50
| placements = 10
| debuts = {{hlist|[[Argentina]]|[[Aruba]]|[[Australia]]|[[Austria]]|[[Belgium]]|[[Bolivia]]|[[Botswana]]|[[Brazil]]|[[Bulgaria]]|[[Canada]]|[[Colombia]]|[[Croatia]]|[[Dominican Republic]]|[[Estonia]]|[[France]]|[[Germany]]|[[Greece]]|[[Holland]]|[[Hungary]]|[[India]]|[[Ireland]]|[[Israel]]|[[Italy]]|[[Jamaica]]|[[Latvia]]|[[Lebanon]]|[[Macedonia FYRO]]|[[Malaysia]]|[[Mexico]]|[[Norway]]|[[Philippines]]|[[Poland]]|[[Puerto Rico]]|[[Russia]]|[[Singapore]]|[[Slovakia]]|[[Slovenia]]|[[South Africa]]|[[Spain]]|[[Swaziland]]|[[Sweden]]|[[Taiwan ROC]]|[[Thailand]]|[[Trinidad and Tobago]]|[[Turkey]]|[[Ukraine]]|[[United Kingdom]]|[[United States]]|[[Venezuela]]|[[Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslavia]]}}
| next = [[Mister World 1998|1998]]
|personality=Felix Chavaphi<br>{{BOT}}}}
'''Mister World 1996''' was the first [[Mister World]] competition, held at the [[Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center|Anadolu Auditorium]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, on September 20, 1996. Tom Nuyens of [[Belgium]] was crowned as the first [[Mister World]] at the end of the event.

==Results==
===Placements===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Mister World 1996'''
|
* '''{{BEL}}''' – '''Tom Nuyens'''
|-
| 1st Runner-Up
|
* {{MEX}} – [[Gabriel Soto|Gabriel Soto Borja-Díaz]]
|-
| 2nd Runner-Up
|
* {{TUR}} – Karahan Çantay
|-
| Top 5
|
* {{JAM}} – Richard Nevers
* {{PUR}} – Eliseo Paulo Cortés Meléndez
|-
| Top 10
|
* {{ARU}} – Anthony Andrew Martinez
* {{IND}} – Bikram Singh Saluja
* {{SWE}} – Tage Johan Jelse
* {{THA}} – Direk Sirisamphan
* {{GBR}} – Simon Alexis Peat
|}

=== Special Awards ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Award 
! Contestant
|-
| Mister Personality
|
* {{BOT}} – Felix Chavaphi
|}

==Contestants==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Country !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown
|-
| '''{{ARG}}''' || Raul Orlando Proietto<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Argentina|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5290}}</ref> || 21 || {{height|m=1.83}} || [[Buenos Aires]]
|-
| '''{{ARU}}''' || Anthony Andrew Martinez<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Aruba|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5291}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.88}} || [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]]
|-
| '''{{AUS}}''' || Arlington Brendan Leigh<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Australia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5292}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.80}} || [[Sydney]]
|-
| '''{{AUT}}''' || Helmut Strebl<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Austria|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5293}}</ref> || 27 || {{height|m=1.90}} || [[Vienna]]
|-
| '''{{BEL}}''' || '''Tom Nuyens'''<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Belgium|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5294}}</ref> || 20 || {{height|m=1.92}} || [[Wommelgem]]
|-
| '''{{BOL}}''' || Marcelo Mauricio Ostria Borda<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Bolivia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5295}}</ref> || 21 || {{height|m=1.90}} || [[Tarija]]
|-
| '''{{BOT}}''' || Felix Chavaphi<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Botswana|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5296}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.70}} || [[Gaborone]]
|-
| '''{{BRA}}''' || Thierre di Castro Garrito<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Brazil|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5297}}</ref> || 17 || {{height|m=1.95}} || [[Rio Claro, São Paulo|Rio Claro]]
|-
| '''{{BUL}}''' || Boyko Hristov<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Bulgaria|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5298}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.85}} || [[Sofia]]
|-
| '''{{CAN}}''' || Jimmy Rai<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Canada|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5299}}</ref> || 24 || {{height|m=1.80}} || [[Toronto]]
|-
| '''{{COL}}''' || Franz Serrano<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Colombia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5300}}</ref> || 25 || {{height|m=1.80}} || [[San Andrés (island)|San Andrés]]
|-
| '''{{CRO}}''' || Ivan Klemenčič<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Croatia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5301}}</ref> || 20 || {{height|m=1.86}} || [[Split, Croatia|Split]]
|-
| '''{{DOM}}''' || Juan Salvador Vidal Gil<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Dominican Republic|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5302}}</ref> || 19 || {{height|m=1.83}} || [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
| '''{{EST}}''' || Andrus Raissar<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Estonia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5303}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.88}} || [[Tartu]]
|-
| '''{{FRA}}''' || Laurent Piranian<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: France|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5304}}</ref> || 24 || {{height|m=1.86}} || [[Mandelieu-la-Napoule]]
|-
| '''{{GER}}''' || Konrad Meyer<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Germany|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5305}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.83}} || [[Düsseldorf]]
|-
| '''{{GRE}}''' || Harry Kinatzi<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Greece|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5306}}</ref> || 26 || {{height|m=1.90}} || [[Athens]]
|-
| '''{{flag|NED|name=Holland}}''' || Joost Ammerlaan<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Holland|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5307}}</ref> || 24 || {{height|m=1.88}} || [[Schipluiden]]
|-
| '''{{HUN}}''' || Zsolt Cséke<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Hungary|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5308}}</ref> || 21 || {{height|m=1.88}} || [[Budapest]]
|-
| '''{{IND}}''' || Bikram Singh Saluja<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: India|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5309}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.83}} || [[Mumbai]]
|-
| '''{{IRL}}''' || Thomas Daniel Plewman<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Ireland|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5310}}</ref> || 25 || {{height|m=1.80}} || [[Dublin]]
|-
| '''{{ISR}}''' || Zafrir Ben-Zvi<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Israel|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5311}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.86}} || [[Haifa]]
|-
| '''{{ITA}}''' || Angelo d'Amelio<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Italy|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5312}}</ref> || 24 || {{height|m=1.83}} || [[Taranto]]
|-
| '''{{JAM}}''' || Richard Nevers<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Jamaica|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5313}}</ref> || 20 || {{height|m=1.92}} || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
| '''{{LAT}}''' || Vilnis Solovjovs<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Latvia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5314}}</ref> || 25 || {{height|m=1.90}} || [[Riga]]
|-
| '''{{LIB}}''' || Hadi Esta<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Lebanon|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5315}}</ref> || 24 || {{height|m=1.88}} || [[Beirut]]
|-
| '''{{flag|MKD|name=Macedonia FYRO}}''' || Gazmend Beriša<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Macedonia FYRO|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5316}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.86}} || [[Skopje]]
|-
| '''{{MAS}}''' || Alwin Low Dai Wen<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Malaysia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5317}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.82}} || [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|-
| '''{{MEX}}''' || [[Gabriel Soto|Gabriel Soto Borja-Díaz]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Mexico|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5318}}</ref> || 21 || {{height|m=1.85}} || [[Mexico City]]
|-
| '''{{NOR}}''' || Otto Thorbjørnsen<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Norway|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5319}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.82}} || [[Stavanger]]
|-
| '''{{PHI}}''' || Christopher Celis<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Philippines|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5320}}</ref> || 20 || {{height|m=1.80}} || [[Manila]]
|-
| '''{{POL}}''' || Mariusz Trzciński<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Poland|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5321}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.94}} || [[Gdańsk]]
|-
| '''{{PUR}}''' || Eliseo Paulo Cortés Meléndez<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Puerto Rico|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5322}}</ref> || 25 || {{height|m=1.82}} || [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
| '''{{RUS}}''' || Oleg Sukochenko<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Russia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5323}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.92}} || [[Yekaterinburg]]
|-
| '''{{SIN}}''' || Desmond Kong Hua Ng<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Russia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5324}}</ref> || 24 || {{height|m=1.75}} || [[Singapore]]
|-
| '''{{SVK}}''' || Richard Ondrias<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Slovakia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5325}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.85}} || [[Bratislava]]
|-
| '''{{SLO}}''' || Marko Vraničar<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Slovenia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5326}}</ref> || 20 || {{height|m=1.85}} || [[Ljubljana]]
|-
| '''{{RSA}}''' || Charl Hector Coode<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: South Africa|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5327}}</ref> || 24 || {{height|m=1.88}} || [[Johannesburg]]
|-
| '''{{ESP}}''' || José Ramon Gutiérrez Villar<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Spain|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5328}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.92}} || [[A Coruña]]
|-
| '''{{flag|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}''' || Thulani Emmanuel Matsebula<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Swaziland|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5329}}</ref> || 24 || {{height|m=1.88}} || [[Manzini, Eswatini|Manzini]]
|-
| '''{{SWE}}''' || Tage Johan Jelse<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Sweden|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5330}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.85}} || [[Skarpnäck borough|Skarpnäck]]
|-
| '''{{flag|TWN|name=Taiwan ROC}}''' || Kuo Pin-chao<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Taiwan ROC|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5331}}</ref> || 19 || {{height|m=1.87}} || [[Taipei]]
|-
| '''{{THA}}''' || Direk Sirisamphan<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Thailand|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5332}}</ref> || 18 || {{height|m=1.80}} || [[Bangkok]]
|-
| '''{{TRI}}''' || Ian Anthony Comissiong<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Trinidad and Tobago|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5333}}</ref> || 25 || {{height|m=1.80}} || [[Port of Spain]]
|-
| '''{{TUR}}''' || Karahan Çantay<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Turkey|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5334}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.85}} || [[Balıkesir]]
|-
| '''{{UKR}}''' || Mykola Bezrodniy<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Ukraine|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5335}}</ref> || 26 || {{height|m=1.93}} || [[Kyiv]]
|-
| '''{{GBR}}''' || Simon Alexis Peat<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: United Kingdom|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5336}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.88}} || [[Liverpool]]
|-
| '''{{USA}}''' || Daniel Luján<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: United States|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5337}}</ref> || 23 || {{height|m=1.88}} || [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]
|-
| '''{{VEN}}''' || José Gregorio Faría Ojeda<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Venezuela|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5338}}</ref> || 24 || {{height|m=1.91}} || [[Maracaibo]]
|-
| '''{{flag|SCG|name=Yugoslavia}}''' || Slobodan Klinać<ref>{{cite news|title=Mister World 1996: Yugoslavia|publisher=[[Miss World]]|accessdate=21 December 2019|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/mister/contestants/5339}}</ref> || 22 || {{height|m=1.91}} || [[Belgrade]]
|}

==Judges==
*[[Bruce Forsyth]] - Entertainer
*[[Ninibeth Leal]] - [[Miss World 1991]] from [[Venezuela]]
*[[Wilnelia Merced]] - [[Miss World 1975]] from [[Puerto Rico]]
*[[Eric Morley]] - Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization 
*[[Linda Pétursdóttir]] - [[Miss World 1988]] from [[Iceland]]
*[[Naim Süleymanoğlu]] - Olympic gold medalist
*[[Ivana Trump]] - Businesswoman

==References==
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