Miss World 1986

Miss World 1986
Miss World 1986
	Miss World 1986 Titlecard
Date	13 November 1986
Presenters	Peter Marshall; Mary Ann Catrin Stavin;
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
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; Trinidad and Tobago
	← 1985 1987 →

Miss World 1986, the 36th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1986 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom.^[1] The winner was Giselle Laronde (Queen of Americas) from Trinidad and 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

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1986	Trinidad and Tobago – Giselle Laronde
1st Runner-up	Denmark – Pia Rosenberg Larsen
2nd Runner-up	Austria – Chantal Schreiber
3rd Runner-up	New Zealand – Lynda Marie McManus
4th Runner-up	Venezuela – María Begoña Juaristi Mateo
5th Runner-up	United States – Halle Berry
6th Runner-up	Ecuador – Alicia Gisela Cucalon Macias
Top 15	Colombia – Karen Sue Wightman Corredor Costa Rica – Ana Lorena González García Ireland – Rosemary Elizabeth Thompson Panama – María Lorena Orillac Giraldo Philippines – Sherry-Rose Austria Byrne Swaziland – Ilana Faye Lapidos United Kingdom – Alison Louise Slack Yugoslavia – Maja Kučić

Continental Queens of Beauty

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

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Hometown
American Virgin Islands	Carmen Rosa Acosta	21	St. Croix
Antigua	Karen Rhona Eartha Knowles	19	St. John's
Australia	Stephanie Eleanor Andrews	24	West Leederville
Austria	Chantal Schreiber	21	Vienna
Bahamas	Bridgette Strachan	17	Nassau
Barbados	Roslyn Irene Williams	24	Saint Michael
Belgium	Goedele Maria Liekens	23	Brussels
Bermuda	Samantha Jayne Morton	20	Pembroke West
Bolivia	Claudia Arévalo Ayala	17	Cochabamba
Brazil	Roberta Pereira da Silva	18	Itajai
British Virgin Islands	Anthonia Brenda Lewis †	21	Tortola
Canada	Wynne Anita Kroontje	22	Sarnia
Cayman Islands	Deborah Elizabeth Cridland	21	George Town
Chile	Margot Elena Fuenzalida Montt	22	Santiago
Colombia	Karen Sue Wightman Corridor	21	Barranquilla
Costa Rica	Ana Lorena González García	21	San Jose
Cyprus	Maro Andreou	17	Limassol
Denmark	Pia Rosenberg Larsen	19	Frederiksberg
Dominican Republic	Susan González	19	Santiago
Ecuador	Alicia Gisela Cucalon Macias	20	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Nadine Monique Jeanpierre Gutiérrez	18	San Salvador
Finland	Satu Riita Alaharja	19	Seinäjoki
France	Catherine Carew	21	Guadeloupe
Gambia	Rose Marie Eunson	17	Banjul
Germany	Dagmar Schulz	21	Duisburg
Gibraltar	Dominique Martinez	20	Gibraltar
Greece	Anna Kechagia	19	Athens
Guam	Valerie Jean Flores	18	Agana
Guatemala	Sonia Schoenstedt	20	Guatemala City
Holland	Janny Tervelde	17	Domburg
Honduras	Nilcer María Viscovich Babún	20	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong	May Ng Yuen-fong	19	Kowloon Bay
Iceland	Gígja Birgisdóttir	18	Akureyri
India	Maureen Mary Lestourgeon	24	Bombay
Ireland	Rosemary Elizabeth Thompson	20	Lisburn
Isle of Man	Sarah Therese Craig	21	Ballaugh
Israel	Osnat Moas	17	Motzkin
Italy	Enrica Patane	19	Rome
Jamaica	Lisa Michelle Mahfood	22	Kingston
Japan	Mutsumi Sugimura	19	Tokyo
Kenya	Patricia Maingi	20	Nairobi
Korea	An Jeung-mi	19	Seoul
Lebanon	Mireille Abi Fares	19	Beirut
Luxembourg	Martine Christine Georgette Pilot	20	Erpeldange
Macau	Patricia Cheong	18	Macau
Malaysia	Joan Martha Cardoza	22	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Andrea Josephine Licari	21	Floriana
Mauritius	Michelle Sylvie Geraldine Pastor	17	Quatre Bornes
Mexico	María de la Luz Velasco Feliz	20	Mexicali
New Zealand	Lynda Marie McManus	20	Christchurch
Norway	Inger Louise Berg	18	Bodø
Panama	María Lorena Orillac Giraldo	20	Panama City
Paraguay	Verónica América Angulo Ahcinelli	20	Asunción
Peru	Patricia Anne-Marie Kuypers Espejo	22	Lima
Philippines	Sherry-Rose Austria Byrne	18	Manila
Poland	Renata Fatla	19	Bielsko-Biała
Portugal	Elsa Maria Rodrigues	19	Lisbon
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Jacqueline Petronella Heyliger	20	Basseterre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Mandy Haydock	21	Kingstown
Sierra Leone	Alice Matta Fefegula	22	Bo
Singapore	Michelle Loh Yeh Huey	20	Bedok
Spain	Remedios Cervantes Montoya	22	Málaga
Sri Lanka	Indira Gunaratne	20	Colombo
Swaziland	Ilana Faye Lapidos	18	Manzini
Sweden	Elizabeth Marita Ulvan	21	Motala
Switzerland	Renate Walther	22	Megève
Thailand	Sangravee as-Savarak	23	Bangkok
Tonga	Kerry Cowley	20	Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago	Giselle Laronde^[1]^[2]	23	Marabella
Turkey	Meltem Doganay	18	Ankara
Turks and Caicos	Carmelita Louise Ariza	17	Grand Turk
United Kingdom	Alison Louise Slack	20	Sheffield
United States	Halle Berry^[4]	20	Oakwood
Uruguay	Alexandra María Goldenthal	17	Montevideo
Venezuela	María Begoña Juaristi Mateo	18	Maracaibo
Western Samoa	Kasileta Joan Gabriel	19	Apia
Yugoslavia	Maja Kučić	17	Split

Judges

The judges for Miss World 1986 awarded the Continental Queens of Beauty winners a few minutes before the final winners were announced.^[5] Some of the judges included:

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Irish TV presenter Peter Marshall interviews Miss World winner". Getty Images. 13 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Miss World 1986 winner Giselle Laronde from Trinidad & Tobago". Daily Express. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Miss World 1986, Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde, a 23-year-old secretary..." United Press International. 14 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ "Miss World 1986, Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde, a 23-year-old secretary..." United Press International. 14 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

External links

Pageantopolis – Miss World 1986

[Getty_Images_1986-1] "Irish TV presenter Peter Marshall interviews Miss World winner". Getty Images. 13 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[DE_2014-2] "Miss World 1986 winner Giselle Laronde from Trinidad & Tobago". Daily Express. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[UPI_1986-3] "Miss World 1986, Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde, a 23-year-old secretary..." United Press International. 14 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[E!_2014-4] "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[UPI_1986-1-5] "Miss World 1986, Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde, a 23-year-old secretary..." United Press International. 14 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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