| 释义 |
- Results Special awards
- Delegates
- Contestants Notes
- External links
{{one source|date=August 2012}}{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner = Marena Bencomo
| represented = Carabobo
| date = September 6, 1996
| presenters = Gilberto Correa
Bárbara Palacios
| acts = Patricia Manterola
| venue = Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
| broadcaster = Venevision
| entrants = 28
| before = 1995
| next = 1997}}Miss Venezuela 1996 was the 43rd Miss Venezuela pageant, was held in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 6, 1996, after weeks of events. The winner of the pageant was Marena Bencomo, Miss Carabobo. The pageant was broadcast live on Venevision from the Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Alicia Machado, Miss Venezuela 1995 and Miss Universe 1996, crowned Marena Bencomo of Carabobo as the new Miss Venezuela. Results- Miss Venezuela 1996 - Marena Bencomo (Miss Carabobo)
- Miss World Venezuela 1996 - Anna Cepinska (Miss Nueva Esparta)
- Miss Venezuela International 1996 - Consuelo Adler (Miss Miranda)
- 1st runner-up - Adelaida Pifano (Miss Lara) (crowned as Nuestra Belleza Venezuela 1996)
- 2nd runner-up - Lorena Franceschi (Miss Zulia)
- 3rd runner-up - Tatiana Irizar (Miss Táchira)
- 4th runner-up - Gabriela Vergara (Miss Barinas)
- 5th runner-up - Milena Romero (Miss Anzoátegui)
Special awards- Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Consuelo Adler (Miss Miranda)
- Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Venezuela contestants) - Michelina Nuzzo (Miss Trujillo)
- Miss Elegance - Gabriela Vergara (Miss Barinas)
- Best Body - Milena Romero (Miss Anzoátegui)
- Most Beautiful Eyes - Rossi Conde (Miss Delta Amacuro)
- Best Hair - Tatiana Irizar (Miss Táchira)
- Best Skin - Consuelo Adler (Miss Miranda)
DelegatesThe Miss Venezuela 1996 delegates are: {{div col|colwidth=30em}}- Miss Amazonas - Marina Lisabon Yolanda Taylhardat Ares
- Miss Anzoátegui - Milena del Carmen Romero Anduz
- Miss Apure - Malena Carolina Bello Bolívar
- Miss Aragua - Marjorie Correa Gallo
- Miss Barinas - Gabriela Vergara Aranguren
- Miss Bolívar - Samantha Verónica Blanco Csiszer
- Miss Carabobo - Marena Josefina Bencomo Giménez
- Miss Cojedes - Alexandra Karina Sánchez-Biezma Fernández
- Miss Costa Oriental - Karelys Margarita Ollarves Villarreal
- Miss Delta Amacuro - Rossi Aurelys Conde Rodríguez
- Miss Dependencias Federales - Carolina Elena Carvalho García
- Miss Distrito Federal - Lucila Margarita Weil Viso
- Miss Falcón - Nina Major's (Yazmin Madeleine Fuenmayor Bracho)
- Miss Guárico - Patricia Elena Ossorio Alvarez
- Miss Lara - Adelaida Pifano Freitez
- Miss Mérida - Hildegard Germaine Gehrenbeck Gabaldón
- Miss Miranda - Consuelo Adler Hernández
- Miss Monagas - Ana Karina Hoyos Mora
- Miss Municipio Libertador - Carol Grace Ginter Sagadín
- Miss Municipio Vargas - Yaridis Margarita Adrián Delgado
- Miss Nueva Esparta - Anna Cepinska Miszak
- Miss Península Goajira - Carola Thais Montiel Alvarez
- Miss Portuguesa - Gabriela Alejandra Guédez Contreras
- Miss Sucre - Cibel Trudy Marrero Díaz
- Miss Táchira - Tatiana Irizar Zabala
- Miss Trujillo - Michelina Nuzzo Franco
- Miss Yaracuy - Romina Natalia Meraviglia Kodelia
- Miss Zulia - Lorena Franceschi Valconi
{{div col end}}Contestants Notes- Marena Bencomo was named 1st runner-up in Miss Universe 1997 in Miami, Florida, United States. Prior to her participation in that event, she attended the Reinado Internacional del Café 1997 in Manizales, Colombia where she placed as Virreina.
- Anna Cepinska placed as 3rd runner-up in Miss World 1996 in Bangalore, India. Years later, she competed in a pageant called Miss Blonde and was 1st runner-up. She lives in Mexico since 2003.
- Consuelo Adler won the Miss International 1997 pageant in Kyoto, Japan.
- Adelaida Pifano placed as 2nd runner-up in Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1996, wearing a gown made of swarovski crystals with a total weight of 25 pounds.
- Gabriela Vergara was crowned Reina Sudamericana 1996 in Bolivia.
- Tatiana Irizar became a famous TV presenter.
- Karelys Ollarves (Costa Oriental) and Hildegard Gehrenbeck (Mérida) competed in the Miss Republica Boliviariana de Venezuela 2000 contest.
- Carol Ginter (Municipio Libertador) is now a known fashion designer.
- Gabriela Guedez (Portuguesa) was host of a children's TV show.
External links- Miss Venezuela official website
{{Miss Venezuela}} 2 : 1996 beauty pageants|1996 in Venezuela |