Miss World 2006

Miss World 2006
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;
Entrants	104
Placements	17
Debuts	Cambodia; Montenegro; Serbia;
Withdrawals	Albania; Malawi; Nepal; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Serbia and Montenegro; Swaziland; Switzerland; Taiwan; Uganda; United States Virgin Islands;
Returns	Angola; Austria; Belarus; Cayman Islands; Chile; Curaçao; Finland; French Polynesia; Kazakhstan; Zimbabwe;
Winner	Taťána Kuchařová; Czech Republic

Miss World 2006 was the 56th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sala Kongresowa, a theatre at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, on 30 September 2006. It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in the Continental Europe and a European city other than London.

At the end of the event, Taťána Kuchařová of Czech Republic was crowned by the previous winner Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland. This is the first time the Czech Republic won the title of Miss World, and its first crown in the Big Four international beauty pageants.

A total of 104 countries competed in the pageant.