During the month of September four competitions were held from which the winner of each was fast tracked into the semi-finals. Beach Beauty was selected on 7 September in the city of
Gdynia. Miss Sports was held on 12 September in the city of
Gizycko and the Miss Talent contest was celebrated on 20 September at
Wrocław. The Beauty with a Purpose winner was announced on 30 September during the final telecast.
Egypt – Miss Egypt 2006, Fawzia Mohamed had visa problems.[5]
Belize - Miss World Belize 2006, Felicita (Leesha) Arzu was crowned on 29 July, but the organizers decided that she would take part at
Miss World 2007.[6]
Nepal – No contest due to the
Nepalese Civil War. It was postponed until 2007.
New Zealand - No contest
Nicaragua - Due to Financial problems.
Paraguay – Due to Financial problems.
Swaziland – No contest
Switzerland - Due to scheduling conflicts, the national pageant was held on 9 September[8] making the 2006 winner ineligible to compete, plus no finalists of
Miss Switzerland 2005 pageant were available to compete. After that Switzerland did not send a contestant to the Miss World contest until 2013.
Uganda – No contest
Replacements
France – Miss France 2004,
Laetitia Bleger was appointed to represent France at Miss World 2006, but however her Playboy pictures of May 2005 prevented her from taking part and she got suspended for 6 months by the Miss France Organization. Then the Miss France committee named the new Miss France 2006,
Alexandra Rosenfeld as the French representative in Miss World 2006,[9] but due to the fact that she had to go first to
Miss Universe 2006 and later to
Miss Europe 2006 contest, was finally replaced by her 2nd Runner up - Laura Fasquel.[10]
Latvia – Miss Latvia 2005,
Kristīne Djadenko was supposed to participate in Miss World 2006.[11] However a month before the start of the competition was replaced by Līga Meinarte.[12] Nevertheless, Djadenko participated next year at
Miss World 2007.
Spain – Miss España 2006, Elizabeth Reyes was supposed to participate in Miss World 2006 after the
Miss Universe 2006 contest.[13][14] However she was replaced by her 1st Runner up - Inmaculada Torres.
Uruguay – Miss Uruguay Mundo 2006, Soledad Gagliardo was replaced by her first runner up, Marlene Politi for unknown reasons.