Miss World 1986

Miss World 1986
Miss World 1986 Titlecard
Date	13 November 1986
Presenters	Peter Marshall,[1] Mary Ann Catrin Stavin
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	77
Placements	15
Debuts	Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Macau, Sierra Leone
Withdrawals	Aruba, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Tahiti, Uganda, Zaire
Returns	Honduras, Mauritius, Tonga, Turkey
Winner	Giselle Laronde [1][2][3]  Trinidad & Tobago

Miss World 1986, the 36th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1986 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.^[1] The winner was Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde (Queen of Americas) from Trinidad & Tobago.^[1][2][3] She was crowned by Miss World 1985, Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland. Runner-up was Pia Rosenberg Larsen (Queen of Europe) representing Denmark and third was Chantal Schreiber from Austria.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results^[1][2][3][4]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1986	Trinidad & Tobago – Giselle Laronde [1][2][3]
1st runner-up	Denmark – Pia Larsen
2nd runner-up	Austria – Chantal Schreiber
3rd runner-up	New Zealand – Lynda McManus
4th runner-up	Venezuela – María Begoña Juaristi
5th runner-up	United States – Halle Berry
6th runner-up	Ecuador – Alicia Cucalon
Semi-finalists	Colombia – Karen Corridor  Costa Rica – Ana García  Ireland – Rosemary Thompson  Panama – Maria Giraldo  Philippines – Sherry Byrne  Swaziland – Ilana Lapidos  United Kingdom – Alison Slack  Yugoslavia – Maja Kučić

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Swaziland – Ilana Faye Lapidos
Americas	Trinidad & Tobago – Giselle Laronde [3]
Asia	Philippines – Sherry Rose Byrne
Europe	Denmark – Pia Rosenberg Larsen
Oceania	New Zealand – Lynda Marie McManus

Contestants

Number	Nation	Contestant	Hometown
01	American Virgin Islands	Carmen Rosa Acosta	St. Croix
02	Antigua	Karen Rhona Eartha Knowles	St. John's
03	Australia	Stephanie Eleanor Andrews	West Leederville
04	Austria	Chantal Schreiber	Vienna
05	Bahamas	Bridgette Strachan	Nassau
06	Barbados	Roslyn Irene Williams	Saint Michael
07	Belgium	Goedele Maria Liekens	Brussels
08	Bermuda	Samantha Jayne Morton	Pembroke West
09	Bolivia	Claudia Arévalo Ayala	Cochabamba
10	Brazil	Roberta Pereira da Silva	Itajai
11	British Virgin Islands	Anthonia Brenda Lewis†	Tortola
12	Canada	Wynne Anita Kroontje	Sarnia
13	Cayman Islands	Deborah Elizabeth Cridland	Grand Cayman
14	Chile	Margot Elena Fuenzalida Montt	Santiago
15	Colombia	Karen Sue Wightman Corridor	Barranquilla
16	Costa Rica	Ana Lorena González García	San Jose
17	Cyprus	Maro Andreou	Limassol
18	Denmark	Pia Rosenberg Larsen	Frederiksberg
19	Dominican Republic	Susan González	Santiago
20	Ecuador	Alicia Gisela Cucalon Macias	Guayaquil
21	El Salvador	Nadine Monique Jeanpierre Gutiérrez	San Salvador
22	Finland	Satu Riita Alaharja	Seinäjoki
23	France	Catherine Carew	Guadeloupe
24	Gambia	Rose Marie Eunson	Banjul
25	Germany	Dagmar Schulz	Duisburg
26	Gibraltar	Dominique Martinez	Gibraltar
27	Greece	Anna Kechagia	Athens
28	Guam	Valerie Jean Flores	Agana
29	Guatemala	Sonia Schoenstedt	Guatemala City
30	Holland	Janny Tervelde	Deventer
31	Honduras	Nilcer María Viscovich Babún	San Pedro Sula
32	Hong Kong	May Ng Yuen-Fong	Kowloon
33	Iceland	Gígja Birgisdóttir	Akureyri
34	India	Maureen Mary Lestourgeon	Bombay
35	Ireland	Rosemary Elizabeth Thompson	Belfast
36	Isle of Man	Sarah Therese Craig	Ballaugh
37	Israel	Osnat Moas	Motzkin
38	Italy	Enrica Patane	Rome
39	Jamaica	Lisa Michelle Mahfood	Kingston
40	Japan	Mutsumi Sugimura	Tokyo
41	Kenya	Patricia Maingi	Nairobi
42	Korea	An Jeung-mi	Seoul
43	Lebanon	Mireille Abi Fares	Beirut
44	Luxembourg	Martine Christine Georgette Pilot	Erpeldange
45	Macau	Sai (Patrícia) Cheong	Macau
46	Malaysia	Joan Martha Cardoza	Kuala Lumpur
47	Malta	Andrea Josephine Licari	Floriana
48	Mauritius	Michelle Sylvie Geraldine Pastor	Quatre Bornes
49	Mexico	María de la Luz Velasco Feliz	Mexicali
50	New Zealand	Lynda Marie McManus	Christchurch
51	Norway	Inger Louise Berg	Bodø
52	Panama	María Lorena Orillac Giraldo	Panama City
53	Paraguay	Verónica América Angulo Ahcinelli	Asuncion
54	Peru	Patricia Anne-Marie Kuypers Espejo	Lima
55	Philippines	Sherry Rose Austria Byrne	Manila
56	Poland	Renata Fatla	Bielsko-Biała
57	Portugal	Elsa Maria Rodrigues	Lisbon
58	St. Kitts & Nevis	Jacqueline Petronella Heyliger	Basseterre
59	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Mandy Haydock	Kingstown
60	Sierra Leone	Alice Matta Fefegula	Bo
61	Singapore	Michelle Loh Yeh Huey	Bedok
62	Spain	Remedios Cervantes Montoya	Malaga
63	Sri Lanka	Indira Gunaratne	Colombo
64	Swaziland	Ilana Faye Lapidos	Manzini
65	Sweden	Elizabeth Marita Ulvan	Motala
66	Switzerland	Renate Walther	Lucerne
67	Thailand	Sangravee as-Savarak	Bangkok
68	Tonga	Kerry Cowley	Nuku'alofa
69	Trinidad & Tobago	Giselle LaRonde [1][2]	Maraval
70	Turkey	Meltem Doganay	Ankara
71	Turks & Caicos	Carmelita Louise Ariza	Grand Turk
72	United Kingdom	Alison Louise Slack	Sheffield
73	United States	Halle Berry [4][5]	Oakwood
74	Uruguay	Alexandra María Goldenthal	Montevideo
75	Venezuela	María Begoña Juaristi Matteo	Maracaibo
76	Western Samoa	Kasileta Joan Gabriel	Apia
77	Yugoslavia	Maja Kučić	Split

Judges

The judges for Miss World 1986 awarded the Continental Queens of Beauty winners a few minutes before the final winners were announced.^[6] Some of the judges included:

• John Lloyd
• Eric Morley
• Nick Owen

Notes

Debuts

Antigua  British Virgin Islands

Macau  Sierra Leone

Returns

Last competed in 1980:  Mauritius

Last competed in 1983:  Tonga  Turkey

Last competed in 1984:  Honduras

Withdrawals

 Aruba and  Puerto Rico lost its Miss World franchise due to financial assistance issues.

References

1. "Irish TV presenter Peter Marshall interviews Miss World winner". Getty Images. November 13, 1986. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
2. "Miss World 1986 winner Giselle Laronde from Trinidad & Tobago". Daily Express. November 25, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
3. "Miss World 1986, Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde, a 23-year-old secretary...". United Press International. November 14, 1986. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
4. "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
5. Mendoza, Nadia (August 15, 2012). "Flashback! All-American girl Halle Berry is unrecognisable as 1986 Miss World hopeful". The Daily Mail. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
6. "Miss World 1986, Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde, a 23-year-old secretary...". United Press International. November 14, 1986. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1986