Miss World 2006, the 56th edition of the

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pageant, was held on 30 September 2006 at the

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, the main 2,897-seat auditorium of the

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. It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in the

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, having previously been held there in 2002 after the Nigeria Controversy. The pageant officially concluded after

Taťána Kuchařová Taťána Kuchařová (; born 23 December 1987) is a Czech dancer, model and beauty queen who won the title of Miss Czech Republic and Miss World 2006. In doing so, she made history to become the first woman from the Czech Republic ever to win ...

from the

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was crowned Miss World 2006 by outgoing titleholder

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. A total of 104 countries competed in the pageant, the 12th largest number behind

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(both 106). All contestants were divided in six regional groups:

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and

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was the host of the Beach Beauty contest,

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hosted the Miss Sports contest and

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hosted the Miss Talent competition. The fourth event was

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. This is the first time the

won the title of Miss World.

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Special awards

;Best World Dress Designer ; ;

Challenge Events

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

. Miss Sports was held on 12 September in the city of Gizycko and the Miss Talent contest was celebrated on 20 September at

. The

winner was announced on 30 September during the final telecast.

''Beach Beauty''

''Miss Sports''

''Miss Talent''

''Beauty with a Purpose''

Judges

Julia Morley Julia Evelyn Morley (née Pritchard; born 25 October 1939) is a British businesswoman, charity worker, and former model. She is the chairman and CEO of the Miss World Organization, which organizes the Miss World and Mister World. She is the w ...

– Chairwoman of the Miss World Organization *

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–

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from

* Denise van Outen – Actress and TV presenter *

Karan Johar Karan Johar (born Rahul Kumar Johar; 25 May 1972), often informally referred to as KJo in the Hindi Film Industry, is an Indian filmmaker and television personality, who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He has launched the careers of several s ...

– Leading Indian director known worldwide for his award-winning movies *

Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British ...

– British multiple Olympic gold medalist * Krish Naidoo – Miss World International Ambassador *

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– Irish entertainment manager behind some of the world's leading pop acts * Mike Dixon – West End and Broadway award-winner musical director *

Wilnelia Merced Wilnelia, Lady Forsyth-Johnson (''née'' Merced; born 12 October 1957) is a Puerto Rican former actress, model and beauty queen. She won Miss World 1975, and was married to entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth from 1983 until his death in August 2017 ...

–

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from

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Contestants

104 contestants competed for the title.

Notes

Withdrawals

* – Miss Egypt 2006,

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had visa problems. * - Miss World Belize 2006, Felicita (Leesha) Arzu was crowned on 29 July, but the organizers decided that she would take part at

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. No Shows: * – No contest * - No contest * – Due to financial problems. * – Martha Ramirez * - Ramata Barry * - No contest * – Eboundt Fatouma Blanda * - Alima Diomandé * - Peth Msiska * – No contest due to the

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. It was postponed until 2007. * - No contest * - Due to Financial problems. * – Due to Financial problems. * – No contest * - Due to scheduling conflicts, the national pageant was held on 9 September making the 2006 winner ineligible to compete, plus no finalists of

Miss Switzerland Miss Switzerland or Miss Universe Switzerland (german: link=no, Miss Schweiz; french: link=no, Miss Suisse; it, link=no, Miss Svizzera) is a national Beauty pageant in Switzerland. The pageant was founded in 1951, where the winners were sen ...

2005 pageant were available to compete. After that Switzerland did not send a contestant to the Miss World contest until 2013. * – No contest

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 Alexandra Rosenfeld (born 23 November 1986) was elected Miss France in 2006. Representing the region of Languedoc, she succeeded Cindy Fabre as the 77th Miss France on 3 December 2005. Early life and education Alexandra Rosenfeld was born in ...

as the French representative in Miss World 2006, but due to the fact that she had to go first to

Miss Universe 2006 Miss Universe 2006 was the 55th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States on July 23, 2006. At the end of the event, Natalie Glebova of Canada crowned Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico as Mi ...

and later to

Miss Europe Miss Europe is a beauty pageant for European women from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 by Fanamet, the European distributor of Paramount, as a one-off event where the winner was to star in a film directed by Friedrich ...

2006 contest, was finally replaced by her 2nd Runner up - Laura Fasquel. * – Miss Latvia 2005, Kristīne Djadenko was supposed to participate in Miss World 2006. However a month before the start of the competition was replaced by Līga Meinarte. Nevertheless, Djadenko participated next year at

. * – Miss España 2006, Elizabeth Reyes was supposed to participate in Miss World 2006 after the

contest. However she was replaced by her 1st Runner up - Inmaculada Torres. * – Miss Uruguay Mundo 2006, Soledad Gagliardo was replaced by her first runner up, Marlene Politi for unknown reasons.

References

External links

Pageantopolis – Miss World 2006
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