Miss World 2006
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Miss World 2006 was the 56th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sala Kongresowa, a theatre at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, on 30 September 2006.[1] It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in the Continental Europe and a European city other than London.
At the end of the event, Taťána Kuchařová of Czech Republic[2][3] was crowned by the previous winner Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland. This is the first time the Czech Republic won the title of Miss World, and its first crown in the Big Four international beauty pageants.
A total of 104 countries competed in the pageant.
Background
Location
Gdynia was the host of the Beach Beauty contest, Giżycko hosted the Miss Sports contest and Wrocław hosted the Miss Talent competition. The fourth event was Beauty with a Purpose.
Selection of participants
Contestants from 104 countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant.
Replacements
Miss France 2004, Laetitia Bleger was appointed to represent France at Miss World 2006, but however her Playboy pictures of May 2005 prevented her from taking part and she got suspended for 6 months by the Miss France Organization. Then the Miss France committee named the new Miss France 2006, Alexandra Rosenfeld as the French representative in Miss World 2006,[4] but due to the fact that she had to go first to Miss Universe 2006 and later to Miss Europe 2006 contest, was finally replaced by her second runner-up, Laura Fasquel.[5]
Miss Latvia 2005, Kristīne Djadenko was supposed to participate in Miss World 2006.[6] However a month before the start of the competition was replaced by Līga Meinarte.[7] Nevertheless, Djadenko participated next year at Miss World 2007.
Miss España 2006, Elizabeth Reyes was supposed to participate in Miss World 2006 after the Miss Universe 2006 contest.[8][9] However she was replaced by her first runner-up, Inmaculada Torres.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Cambodia, Montenegro and Serbia, and the return of Angola, Austria, Belarus, Cayman Islands, Chile, Curaçao, Finland, French Polynesia, Kazakhstan and Zimbabwe; Austria, which last competed in 2001, French Polynesia (as Tahiti) in 2002 and Angola, Belarus, Cayman Islands, Chile, Curaçao, Finland, Kazakhstan and Zimbabwe in 2004.
Albania, Malawi, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Serbia and Montenegro, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Uganda, and the United States Virgin Islands, withdrew from the competition.
Results
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Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 2006 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up | |
| Top 6 | |
| Top 17 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group | Contestant |
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| Africa | |
| Americas | |
| Asia Pacific | |
| Caribbean | |
| Northern Europe | |
| Southern Europe |
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Special awards
Best World Dress Designer
Challenge Events
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Fast Track Events
During the month of September four competitions were held from which the winner of each was fast tracked into the semi-finals. Beach Beauty was selected on 7 September in the city of Gdynia. Miss Sports was held on 12 September in the city of Gizycko and the Miss Talent contest was celebrated on 20 September at Wrocław. The Beauty with a Purpose winner was announced on 30 September during the final telecast.
Beach Beauty
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Miss Sports
Miss Talent
| Results | Contestant |
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| Winner | |
| 1st Runner-up |
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| 2nd Runner-up | |
| 3rd Runner-up |
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| 4th Runner-up |
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| Top 10 |
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Beauty with a Purpose
| Result | Contestant |
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| Winner |
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Judges
- Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization
- Aneta Kręglicka – Miss World 1989 from Poland
- Denise van Outen – Actress and TV presenter
- Karan Johar – Leading Indian director known worldwide for his award-winning movies
- Kelly Holmes – British multiple Olympic gold medalist
- Krish Naidoo – Miss World International Ambassador
- Louis Walsh – Irish entertainment manager behind some of the world's leading pop acts
- Mike Dixon – West End and Broadway award-winner musical director
- Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico
Contestants
104 contestants competed for the title.[2]
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Notes
Withdrawals
- Template:Flagu - Miss World Belize 2006, Felicita (Leesha) Arzu was crowned on 29 July, but the organizers decided that she would take part at Miss World 2007.[11]
- Template:Flagu – Miss Egypt 2006, Fawzia Mohamed had visa problems.[12]
No Shows:
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- Template:Flagu – Due to financial problems.
- Template:Flagu – Martha Ramirez[13]
- Template:Flagu - Ramata Barry
- Template:Flagu - No contest
- Template:Flagu - Alima Diomandé
- Template:Flagu - Peth Msiska
- Template:Flagu – No contest due to the Nepalese Civil War. It was postponed until 2007.
- Template:Flagu - No contest
- Template:Flagu - Due to Financial problems.
- Template:Flagu – Due to Financial problems.
- Template:Flagu – Eboundt Fatouma Blanda
- Template:Flagu – No contest
- Template:Flagu - Due to scheduling conflicts, the national pageant was held on 9 September[14] making the 2006 winner ineligible to compete, plus no finalists of Miss Switzerland 2005 pageant were available to compete. After that Switzerland did not send a contestant to the Miss World contest until 2013.
- Template:Flagu – No contest
- Template:Flagu[15] - No contest
Replacements
- Template:Flagu – Miss Uruguay Mundo 2006, Soledad Gagliardo was replaced by her first runner up, Marlene Politi for unknown reasons.
References
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