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1996 Miss International Fernanda Alves from Portugal 

Place Crowned: Kanazawa, Japan

Full name: Fernanda Alves

Place of Birth: Portugal

The first delegate from Portugal to win major beauty pageant title

She is the Miss Teenage (South Africa, 1993), Miss Portugal/South Africa (March 1996) and Miss Portugal 2nd runner-up/princess (May 1996).

Runners-up in the pageant:
1st runner-up: Tunisia - Ibticem Lahmar
2nd runner-up: Colombia - Claudia Inés de Torcoroma Mendoza Lemus

SEMI-FINALISTS: 
AUSTRALIA - Kylie Ann Watson 
BOLIVIA - Elka Grothenhorst Pacheco 
GREECE - Rania Likoudi 
JAPAN - Akiko Sugano 
KOREA - Jung-hwa Kim 
NEW CALEDONIA - Tania Lise Chitty 
NORWAY - Eva-Charlotte Stenset 
PHILIPPINES - Yedda Marie Kittilsvedt 
SPAIN - Rosa Maria Casado Teixidor 
TURKEY - Gokce Yanardag 
UKRAINE - Nataliya Kozitskaya 
VENEZUELA - Carla Steinkopf Struve

AWARDS: 
Miss Friendship: Miss Northern Marianas- Kathleen Williams 
Most Photogenic: Miss Korea- Jung-hwa Kim 
Best National Costume: Miss Colombia- Claudia Mendoza