Mister World 1996

Mister World 1996
Mister World 1996
	Top 3 Mister World 1996
Date	September 20, 1996
Presenters	Peter Marshall; Korhan Abay; Berna Laçin;
Venue	Anadolu Auditorium, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
Entrants	50
Placements	10
Debuts	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; Yugoslavia;
Winner	Tom Nuyens; Belgium
Personality	Felix Chavaphi; Botswana
	1998 →

Mister World 1996 was the first Mister World competition, held at the 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

Placement	Contestant
Mister World 1996	Belgium – Tom Nuyens
1st Runner-Up	Mexico – Gabriel Soto Borja-Díaz
2nd Runner-Up	Turkey – Karahan Çantay
Top 5	Jamaica – Richard Nevers Puerto Rico – Eliseo Paulo Cortés
Top 10	Aruba – Anthony Andrew Martinez India – Bikram Singh Saluja Sweden – Tage Johan Jelse Thailand – Direk Sirisamphan United Kingdom – Simon Alexis Peat

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Mister Personality	Botswana – Felix Chavaphi

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Argentina	Raul Orlando Proietto^[1]	21	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Anthony Andrew Martinez^[2]	23	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Oranjestad
Australia	Arlington Brendan Leigh^[3]	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Sydney
Austria	Helmut Strebl^[4]	27	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Vienna
Belgium	Tom Nuyens^[5]	20	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Wommelgem
Bolivia	Marcelo Mauricio Ostria Borda^[6]	21	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Tarija
Botswana	Felix Chavaphi^[7]	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Gaborone
Brazil	Thierre di Castro Garrito^[8]	17	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Rio Claro
Bulgaria	Boyko Hristov^[9]	23	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Sofia
Canada	Jimmy Rai^[10]	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Toronto
Colombia	Franz Serrano^[11]	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	San Andrés
Croatia	Ivan Klemenčič^[12]	20	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Split
Dominican Republic	Juan Salvador Vidal Gil^[13]	19	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Santo Domingo
Estonia	Andrus Raissar^[14]	22	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Tartu
France	Laurent Piranian^[15]	24	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Mandelieu-la-Napoule
Germany	Konrad Meyer^[16]	22	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Düsseldorf
Greece	Harry Kinatzi^[17]	26	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Athens
Holland	Joost Ammerlaan^[18]	24	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Schipluiden
Hungary	Zsolt Cséke^[19]	21	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Budapest
India	Bikram Singh Saluja^[20]	22	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Mumbai
Ireland	Thomas Daniel Plewman^[21]	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Dublin
Israel	Zafrir Ben-Zvi^[22]	23	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Haifa
Italy	Angelo d'Amelio^[23]	24	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Taranto
Jamaica	Richard Nevers^[24]	20	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Kingston
Latvia	Vilnis Solovjovs^[25]	25	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Riga
Lebanon	Hadi Esta^[26]	24	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Beirut
Macedonia FYRO	Gazmend Beriša^[27]	23	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Skopje
Malaysia	Alwin Low Dai Wen^[28]	22	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Kuala Lumpur
Mexico	Gabriel Soto Borja-Díaz^[29]	21	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Mexico City
Norway	Otto Thorbjørnsen^[30]	22	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Stavanger
Philippines	Christopher Celis^[31]	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Manila
Poland	Mariusz Trzciński^[32]	23	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Gdańsk
Puerto Rico	Eliseo Paulo Cortés Meléndez^[33]	25	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	San Juan
Russia	Oleg Sukochenko^[34]	23	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Yekaterinburg
Singapore	Desmond Kong Hua Ng^[35]	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Singapore
Slovakia	Richard Ondrias^[36]	22	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Bratislava
Slovenia	Marko Vraničar^[37]	20	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Ljubljana
South Africa	Charl Hector Coode^[38]	24	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Johannesburg
Spain	José Ramon Gutiérrez Villar^[39]	22	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	A Coruña
Swaziland	Thulani Emmanuel Matsebula^[40]	24	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Manzini
Sweden	Tage Johan Jelse^[41]	23	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Skarpnäck
Taiwan ROC	Kuo Pin-chao^[42]	19	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Taipei
Thailand	Direk Sirisamphan^[43]	18	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Ian Anthony Comissiong^[44]	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Port of Spain
Turkey	Karahan Çantay^[45]	22	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Balıkesir
Ukraine	Mykola Bezrodniy^[46]	26	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Kyiv
United Kingdom	Simon Alexis Peat^[47]	23	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Liverpool
United States	Daniel Luján^[48]	23	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	El Paso
Venezuela	José Gregorio Faría Ojeda^[49]	24	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Maracaibo
Yugoslavia	Slobodan Klinać^[50]	22	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Belgrade