title: Mister World 1996
text: # Mister World 1996
  
  Mister World 1996 was the 1st edition of the Mister World competition. It was held on September 20, 1996 at the Anadolu Auditorium in Istanbul, Turkey. Tom Nuyens of Belgium was crowned as the very 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 Meléndez |
  | 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 |
  | - | - |
  | Mr Personality | Botswana – Felix Chavaphi |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  | Country | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | Raul Orlando Proietto | 21 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Buenos Aires |
  | Aruba | Anthony Andrew Martinez | 23 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Oranjestad |
  | Australia | Arlington Brendan Leigh | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Sydney |
  | Austria | Helmut Strebl | 27 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Vienna |
  | Belgium | Tom Nuyens | 20 | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Wommelgem |
  | Bolivia | Marcelo Mauricio Ostria Borda | 21 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Tarija |
  | Botswana | Felix Chavaphi | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Gaborone |
  | Brazil | Thierre di Castro Garrito | 17 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | Rio Claro |
  | Bulgaria | Boyko Hristov | 23 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Sofia |
  | Canada | Jimmy Rai | 24 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Toronto |
  | Colombia | Franz Serrano | 25 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | San Andrés |
  | Croatia | Ivan Klemenčič | 20 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Split |
  | Dominican Republic | Juan Salvador Vidal Gil | 19 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Santo Domingo |
  | Estonia | Andrus Raissar | 22 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Tartu |
  | France | Laurent Piranian | 24 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Mandelieu-la-Napoule |
  | Germany | Konrad Meyer | 22 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Düsseldorf |
  | Greece | Harry Kinatzi | 26 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Athens |
  | Holland | Joost Ammerlaan | 24 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Schipluiden |
  | Hungary | Zsolt Cséke | 21 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Budapest |
  | India | Bikram Singh Saluja | 22 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Mumbai |
  | Ireland | Thomas Daniel Plewman | 25 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Dublin |
  | Israel | Zafrir Ben-Zvi | 23 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Haifa |
  | Italy | Angelo d'Amelio | 24 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Taranto |
  | Jamaica | Richard Nevers | 20 | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Kingston |
  | Latvia | Vilnis Solovjovs | 25 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Riga |
  | Lebanon | Hadi Esta | 24 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Beirut |
  | Macedonia FYRO | Gazmend Beriša | 23 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Skopje |
  | Malaysia | Alwin Low Dai Wen | 22 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Kuala Lumpur |
  | Mexico | Gabriel Soto Borja-Díaz | 21 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Mexico City |
  | Norway | Otto Thorbjørnsen | 22 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Stavanger |
  | Philippines | Christopher Celis | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Manila |
  | Poland | Mariusz Trzciński | 23 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Gdańsk |
  | Puerto Rico | Eliseo Paulo Cortés Meléndez | 25 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | San Juan |
  | Russia | Oleg Sukochenko | 23 | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Yekaterinburg |
  | Singapore | Desmond Kong Hua Ng | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Singapore |
  | Slovakia | Richard Ondrias | 22 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Bratislava |
  | Slovenia | Marko Vraničar | 20 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Ljubljana |
  | South Africa | Charl Hector Coode | 24 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Johannesburg |
  | Spain | José Ramon Gutiérrez Villar | 22 | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | A Coruña |
  | Swaziland | Thulani Emmanuel Matsebula | 24 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Manzini |
  | Sweden | Tage Johan Jelse | 23 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Skarpnäck |
  | Taiwan ROC | Kuo Pin-chao | 19 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Taipei |
  | Thailand | Direk Sirisamphan | 18 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Bangkok |
  | Trinidad and Tobago | Ian Anthony Comissiong | 25 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Port of Spain |
  | Turkey | Karahan Çantay | 22 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Balıkesir |
  | Ukraine | Mykola Bezrodniy | 26 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | Kyiv |
  | United Kingdom | Simon Alexis Peat | 23 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Liverpool |
  | United States | Daniel Luján | 23 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | El Paso |
  | Venezuela | José Gregorio Faría Ojeda | 24 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | Maracaibo |
  | Yugoslavia | Slobodan Klinać | 22 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | Belgrade |
  
  ## Judges
  
  * Bruce Forsyth
  * Ninibeth Leal
  * Wilnelia Merced
  * Eric Morley
  * Linda Pétursdóttir
  * Naim Süleymanoğlu
  * Ivana Trump
  