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Miss World 2006
Miss World 2006 Taťána Kuchařová
Date
30 September 2006
Presenters
Tim Vincent
Angela Chow
Grażyna Torbicka
Entertainment
Westlife
Robin Gibb
Amici
Venue
Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland
Broadcaster
Official broadcaster:
TVP
International:
E!
Challenge[1]
Entrants
104
Placements
17
Debuts
Cambodia
Montenegro
Serbia
Withdrawals
Albania
Chinese Taipei
Malawi
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Serbia and Montenegro
Swaziland
Switzerland
Uganda
US Virgin Islands
Returns
Angola
Austria
Belarus
Cayman Islands
Chile
Curaçao
Finland
Kazakhstan
Tahiti
Zimbabwe
Winner
Taťána Kuchařová[2] Czech Republic
← 2005
2007 →
Miss World 2006, the 56th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 30 September 2006 at the Sala Kongresowa, the main 2,897-seat auditorium of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland.[3] It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in the Continental Europe and a European city other than London, United Kingdom, having previously been held there in 2002 after the Nigeria Controversy. The pageant officially concluded after Taťána Kuchařová from the Czech Republic was crowned Miss World 2006[2][4] by outgoing titleholder Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland.
A total of 104 countries competed in the pageant, the 12th largest number behind
2013 (127) 2014 (121), 2012 (116), 2010 (115), 2015 (114), 2011 (113), 2009 (112), 2008 (109), 2004 (107), and 2007 and 2003 (both 106). All contestants were divided in six regional groups: Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Caribbean, Northern Europe and Southern Europe.
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.
This is the first time the Czech Republic won the title of Miss World.
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^ ab"The Tuscaloosa News". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^"Miss World History 2006". Miss World. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^"The Victoria Advocate". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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