Miss Universe 1986

35th Miss Universe pageant

Bob Barker
Mary Frann

EntertainmentMiami Sound MachineVenueAtlapa Convention Centre, Panama City, PanamaBroadcasterCBS (international)
TVN (official broadcaster)Entrants77Placements10DebutsCôte d'IvoireWithdrawals

Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Haiti
Senegal
Tahiti
Yugoslavia

Returns

Aruba
Jamaica
Switzerland
Turkey

WinnerBárbara Palacios^[1]
VenezuelaCongenialityDina Reyes Salas

GuamBest National CostumeGilda García López

PanamaPhotogenicSusanna Huckstep

Italy

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Miss Universe 1986 was the 35th Miss Universe pageant, held on 21 July 1986 at the Atlapa Convention Centre in Panama City, Panama. Bárbara Palacios Teyde of Venezuela was crowned by Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico. Seventy-seven contestants competed in this year.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1986	Venezuela – Bárbara Palacios
1st runner-up	United States – Christy Fichtner
2nd runner-up	Colombia – María Mónica Urbina
3rd runner-up	Poland – Brygida Bziukiewicz
4th runner-up	Finland – Tuula Irmeli Polvi
Top 10	Brazil – Deise Nunes Chile – Mariana Villasante Puerto Rico – Elizabeth Robison Switzerland – Eveline Glanzmann Zaire – Aimée Dobala

Contestants

Argentina - María de los Ángeles Fernández Espadero
Aruba - Mildred Jacqueline Semeleer
Australia - Christina Lucinda Bucat
Austria - Manuela Redtenbacher
Bahamas - Marie Brown
Barbados - Roslyn Irene Williams
Belgium - Goedele Maria Liekens
Belize - Romy Ellen Taegar
Bolivia - Elizabeth O'Connor-d'Arlach
Brazil - Deise Nunes
British Virgin Islands - Shereen Desmona Flax
Canada - Renee Newhouse
Chile - Mariana Villasante Aravena
Colombia - María Mónica Urbina Pugliesse
Cook Islands - Lorna Sawtell
Costa Rica - Aurora Velásquez Arigño
Côte d'Ivoire - Marie Françoise Kouame
Curaçao - Christine Joyce Denise Sibilo
Cyprus - Christina Vassaliadou
Denmark - Helena Christensen^[2]
Dominican Republic - Lissette Chamorro
Ecuador - Verónica Lucía Sevilla Ledergerber
El Salvador - Vicky Elizabeth Cañas Álvarez
England - Joanne Ruth Sedgley
Finland - Tuula Irmeli Polvi
France - Catherine Carew
Gambia - Rose Marie Eunson
Germany - Birgit Jahn
Gibraltar - Gail Anne May Francis
Greece - Vasilia Mantaki
Guam - Dina Ann Reyes Salas
Guatemala - Christa Kalula Wellman Girón
Holland - Caroline Veldkamp †
Honduras - Sandra Natalie Navarrete Romero
Hong Kong- San Lee Robin Mae
Iceland - Thora Thrastardóttir
India - Mehr Jesia
Ireland - Karen Ann Shevlin
Israel - Nilly Drucker †
Italy - Susanna Huckstep
Jamaica - Liliana Antoinette Cisneros
Japan - Hiroko Esaki
Korea - Young-ran Bae
Lebanon - Reine Philip Barakat
Luxembourg - Martine Christine Georgette Pilot
Malaysia - Betty Chee Nyuk Pit
Malta - Antoinette Zerafa
Mexico - Alejandrina "Connie" Carranza Ancheta
New Zealand - Christine Atkinson
Northern Marianas - Christine Guerrero
Norway - Tone Anette Henriksen
Panama - Gilda García López
Papua New Guinea - Anna Wild
Paraguay - Johanna Eugenia Kelner Toja
Peru - Karin Mercedes Lindemann García
Philippines - Violeta Naluz
Poland - Brygida Elzbieta Bziukiewicz
Portugal - Mariana Dias Carriço
Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Robison Latalladi
Réunion - Geneviève Lebon
Scotland - Natalie M. Devlin
Singapore - Farah Lange
Spain - Concepción "Concha" Isabel Tur Espinosa
Sri Lanka - Indra Kumari
Sweden - Anne Lena Rahmberg
Switzerland - Eveline Nicole Glanzmann
Thailand - Thaveeporn Klungpoy
Trinidad and Tobago - Candace Jennings
Turkey - Demet Başdemir
Turks and Caicos - Barbara Bulah Mae Capron
Uruguay - Norma Silvana García Lapitz
United States - Christy Fichtner
US Virgin Islands - Jasmine Olivia Turner
Venezuela - Bárbara Palacios Teyde
Wales - Tracey Rowlands
Western Samoa - Tui Kaye Hunt
Zaire - Aimee Likobe Dobala

References

^ "Miss Universe's reign means a delay in plans". Lakeland Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. Associated Press. July 23, 1986. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ Mueller, Andrew (August 31, 2003). "Reversing the lens: Helena Christensen". Sunday Tribune. Ireland. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
Mottram, James (June 10, 2006). "Helena Christensen: Role Model". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2010-09-12.