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.
The winner was Giselle Laronde from Trinidad and Tobago. She was crowned by Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland. The first runner-up was Pia Rosenberg Larsen representing Denmark and the second runner-up was Chantal Schreiber representing Austria. Laronde was the only woman as of now from Trinidad and Tobago to capture the Miss World title.
Background Selection of participants Contestants representing seventy-seven countries and territories were chosen to participate in the pageant. One candidate was appointed to represent her country to replace the original dethroned winner.
Replacements The first runner-up of Miss Luxembourg 1986, Nathalie Wirion, was set to compete in the pageant, but was replaced by Miss Luxembourg Martine Pilot for undisclosed reasons.
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals This edition marked the debut of Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Macau and Sierra Leone. Returning countries for this edition included Mauritius, which last competed in 1980, Tonga and Turkey in 1983, and Honduras in 1984. Aruba, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, French Polynesia (as Tahiti), Liberia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Uganda and Zaire withdrew from the competition.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1986 – Giselle Laronde 1st Runner-Up – Pia Rosenberg Larsen 2nd Runner-Up – Chantal Schreiber Top 7 – Guisella Cucalón – Lynda McManus – Halle Berry – María Begoña Juaristi Top 15 – Karen Sue Wightman – Ana Lorena González – Rosemary Thompson – María Lorena Orillac – Sherry-Rose Byrne – Ilana Lapidos – Alison Slack – Maja Kučić
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa – Ilana Lapidos Americas – Giselle Laronde Asia – Sherry-Rose Byrne Europe – Pia Rosenberg Larsen Oceania – Lynda McManus
Judges Lloyd Honeyghan Mrs. Arabella Nick Owen Robert Kalman Eric Morley - chairman and CEO Miss World Organization Linda Womack Cecil Womack Ralph Halpern John Lloyd
Contestants Seventy-seven contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Antigua and Barbuda Karen Knowles 19 St. John's Australia Stephanie Andrews 24 West Leederville Austria Chantal Schreiber 21 Vienna Bahamas Bridgette Strachan 17 Nassau Barbados Roslyn Williams 24 Saint Michael Belgium Goedele Liekens 23 Brussels Bermuda Samantha Jayne Morton 20 Pembroke West Bolivia Claudia Arévalo 17 Cochabamba Brazil Roberta Pereira da Silva 18 Itajai British Virgin Islands Anthonia Lewis 21 Tortola Canada Wynne Anita Kroontje 22 Sarnia Cayman Islands Deborah Cridland 21 George Town Chile Margot Elena Fuenzalida 22 Santiago Colombia Karen Sue Wightman 21 Barranquilla Costa Rica Ana Lorena González 21 San Jose Cyprus Maro Andreou 17 Limassol Denmark Pia Rosenberg Larsen 19 Frederiksberg Dominican Republic Susana González 19 Santiago Ecuador Guisella Cucalón 20 Guayaquil El Salvador Nadine Jeanpierre 18 San Salvador Finland Satu-Riitta Ala-Harja 19 Seinäjoki France Catherine Carew 21 Guadeloupe Gambia Rose Marie Eunson 17 Banjul Gibraltar Dominique Martinez 20 Gibraltar Greece Anna Kechagia 19 Athens Guam Valerie Jean Flores 18 Agana Guatemala Sonia Schoenstedt 20 Guatemala City Holland Janny ter Velde 17 Domburg Honduras Nilcer Viscovich 20 San Pedro Sula Hong Kong May Ng 19 Kowloon Bay Iceland Gígja Birgisdóttir 18 Akureyri India Maureen Lestourgeon 24 Bombay Ireland Rosemary Thompson 20 Lisburn Sarah Therese Craig 21 Ballaugh Israel Osnat Moas 17 Motzkin Italy Enrica Patane 19 Rome Jamaica Lisa Mahfood 22 Kingston Japan Mutsumi Sugimura 19 Tokyo Kenya Patricia Maingi 20 Nairobi Lebanon Mireille Abi Fares 19 Beirut Luxembourg Martine Pilot 20 Erpeldange Macau Patricia Cheong 18 Macau Malaysia Joan Martha Cardoza 22 Kuala Lumpur Malta Andrea Licari 21 Floriana Mauritius Michelle Pastor 17 Quatre Bornes Mexico María de la Luz Velasco 20 Mexicali Nicaragua Marie Summers 18 Corn Island New Zealand Lynda McManus 20 Christchurch Norway Inger Louise Berg 18 Bodø Panama María Lorena Orillac 20 Panama City Paraguay Verónica Angulo 20 Asunción Peru Patricia Kuypers 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 Heyliger 20 Basseterre Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Mandy Haydock 21 Kingstown Sierra Leone Alice Matta Fefegula 22 Bo Singapore Michelle Loh 20 Bedok South Korea An Jung-mi 19 Seoul Spain Remedios Cervantes 22 Málaga Sri Lanka Indira Gunaratne 20 Colombo Swaziland Ilana Faye Lapidos 18 Manzini Sweden Elizabeth Ulvan 21 Motala Switzerland Renate Walther 22 Megève Thailand Sangravee as-Savarak 18 Bangkok Kerry Cowley 20 Nuku'alofa Trinidad and Tobago Giselle Laronde 23 Marabella Turkey Meltem Doganay 18 Ankara Turks and Caicos Islands Carmelita Ariza 17 Grand Turk United Kingdom Alison Louise Slack 20 Sheffield United States Halle Berry 20 Oakwood United States Virgin Islands Carmen Acosta 21 Saint Croix Uruguay Alexandra Goldenthal 17 Montevideo Venezuela María Begoña Juaristi 18 Maracaibo West Germany Dagmar Schulz 21 Duisburg Western Samoa Kasileta Gabriel 19 Apia Yugoslavia Maja Kučić 17 Split
Notes
Withdrawals and lost its Miss World franchise due to financial assistance issues.
Other Notes Turks and Caicos – Carmelita Louise Ariza competed in the 1987 pageant in Singapore, where she achieved a Top 10 placement. She made history by being the first and only representative from Turk and Caicos to reach this milestone in Miss Universe.
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