Miss Universe 1987

Miss Universe 1987
Date	May 27, 1987
Presenters	Bob Barker and Mary Frann
Entertainment	Cultural Dance Group of Singapore, Little Sisters of Singapore
Venue	World Trade Center, Singapore
Broadcaster	CBS, MediaCorp
Entrants	68
Placements	10
Debuts	Egypt, Greenland, Kenya
Withdraws	Aruba, Belgium, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Luxembourg, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Réunion, Scotland, Western Samoa, Zaire
Returns	Nigeria, Senegal
Winner	Cecilia Bolocco  Chile
Congeniality	Francia Tatiana Reyes  Honduras
Best National Costume	Jacqueline Meirelles  Brazil
Photogenic	Patricia López Ruiz  Colombia

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant was held at Hall Four at World Trade Centre, Singapore on May 27, 1987. 22-year-old Cecilia Bolocco of Chile was crowned as Miss Universe 1987. 68 contestants competed in the 1987 Miss Universe Pageant. This was the twenty-first and final Miss Universe competition to be hosted by popular American television host Bob Barker. Mr. Barker, an animal rights proponent, requested pageant organizers to ban all animal fur prizes from the pageant. He promptly resigned as host when his request was refused. The program was broadcast by CBS.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1987	Chile - Cecilia Bolocco
1st runner-up	Italy - Roberta Capua
2nd runner-up	USA - Michelle Royer
3rd runner-up	Venezuela - Inés María Calero
4th runner-up	Puerto Rico - Laurie Simpson
Top 10	Philippines - Geraldine Asis  Turks & Caicos - Carmelita Ariza  Sweden - Suzanne Thörngren  Singapore - Marion Nicole Teo  Peru - Jessica Newton

Semifinal Scores

Country Preliminary Average Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Semifinal Average  Chile 8.514 (2) 9.539 (1) 9.569 (1) 9.765 (1) 9.624 (1)  Italy 8.434 (3) 8.890 (3) 9.383 (2) 9.680 (2) 9.317 (2)  USA 8.618 (1) 9.195 (2) 9.263 (3) 9.480 (3) 9.312 (3)  Puerto Rico 8.149 (4) 8.630 (4) 8.800 (4) 8.783 (6) 8.737 (4)  Venezuela 8.046 (7) 8.375 (5) 8.630 (5) 8.890 (5) 8.631 (5)  Philippines 8.132 (5) 8.231 (6) 8.603 (6) 8.915 (4) 8.583 (6)  Turks & Caicos 8.092 (6) 8.018 (8) 8.420 (7) 8.634 (7) 8.357 (7)  Sweden 7.915 (10) 8.105 (7) 8.405 (8) 8.300 (9) 8.270 (8)  Singapore 7.937 (9) 7.935 (9) 7.940 (10) 8.333 (8) 8.069 (9)  Peru 7.956 (8) 7.870 (10) 8.055 (9) 8.268 (10) 8.064 (10)

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Third Runner-up      Fourth Runner-up      Top 10 Semifinalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Brazil - Jacqueline Meirelles  India - Priyadarshini Pradhan  Trinidad & Tobago - Sheree Ann Denise Richards
Miss Congeniality	Honduras - Francia Tatiana Reyes
Miss Photogenic	Colombia - Patricia López Ruiz

Background music

• Opening Number: "Let's Go!" by Wang Chung (Cover version)
• Musical Number: "Big Time" by Peter Gabriel (Cover version)
• Evening Gown Competition: "You are My Star"
• Crowning Moment: "This is Your Night"

Judges

Isabel Sanford Nancy Dussault Goh Choo San Peter Graves José Greco Neil Hickey

Kan Yue Sai Arnold Kopelson David Niven, Jr. Paul-Louis Orrier Charlotte Rae Deborah Carthy Deu

Contestants

Argentina - Carolina Brachetti  Australia - Jennine Leonarder  Austria - Kristina Sebestyen  Bahamas - Betty Ann Hanna  Barbados - Dawn Michelle Waithe  Belize - Holly Emma Edgell  Bolivia - Patricia Arce  Brazil - Jacqueline Meirelles  British Virgin Islands - Sandy Michelle Harrigan  Canada - Tina May Simpson  Chile - Cecilia Bolocco  Colombia - Patricia López Ruiz  Costa Rica - Ana María Bolaños  Curaçao - Viennaline Arvelo  Cyprus - Natasha Papademetriou  Denmark - Nanna Louisa Johansson  Dominican Republic - Carmen Rita Pérez  Ecuador - María del Pilar Barreiro Cucalón  Egypt - Hoda Abboud  El Salvador - Virna Passely Machuca  England - Yvette Dawn Lindsey  Finland - Outi Tanhuanpää  France - Nathalie Marquay  Germany - Dagmar Schulz  Greece - Xenia Pantazi  Greenland - Susse Petersen  Guam - Teresa Torres Fischer  Guatemala - María Isabel Flores  Holland - Janny Tervelde  Honduras - Francia Tatiana Reyes  Hong Kong - Lily Chong Sok Hui  India - Priyadarshini Pradhan  Ireland - Rosemary Thompson  Israel - Yamit Noy

Italy - Roberta Capua  Jamaica - Janice Sewell  Japan - Hiroe Namba  Kenya - Susan Waruguru Kahumba  Korea - Kim Ji-Eun  Lebanon - Sahar Mouhsen Haydar  Malaysia - Christine Praglar  Malta - Kristina Apapbologna  Mexico - Cynthia Fallon  New Zealand - Ursula Kim Ryan  Nigeria - Lynda Chuba Ikpeazu  Northern Marianas - Luciana Seman Ada  Norway - Mariann Leines  Panama - Gabriela Deleuze Ducasa  Paraguay - Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza  Peru - Jessica Newton Sáez  Philippines - Geraldine Edith Asis  Portugal - Noelia Chávez Pereira  Puerto Rico - Laurie Tamara Simpson  Senegal - Fabienne Joelle Feliho  Singapore - Marion Nicole Teo  Spain - Remedios Cervantes  Sri Lanka - Nandaine Wijiegooneratna  Sweden - Suzanne Thörngren  Switzerland - Renate Walther  Thailand - Chuttima Naiyana  Trinidad & Tobago - Sheree Ann Denise Richards  Turkey - Leyle Sesbet  Turks & Caicos - Carmelita Louise Ariza  Uruguay - María Victoria Zangaro Groso  USA - Michelle Royer  U.S. Virgin Islands - Felize Bencosme  Venezuela - Inés María Calero Rodríguez  Wales - Nicola Gail Davies

Preliminary Swimsuit Scores

8.390 USA 8.264 Turks & Caicos 8.229 Sweden 8.115 Uruguay 8.008 Chile 7.920 Italy 7.889 Singapore 7.877 Finland 7.819 Peru 7.815 Puerto Rico 7.804 Venezuela 7.793 Philippines 7.729 Colombia 7.645 Dominican Republic 7.569 Switzerland 7.555 Spain 7.545 Wales

7.530 Korea 7.529 Guatemala 7.529 Japan 7.510 Hong Kong 7.509 England 7.374 Sri Lanka 7.344 Norway 7.343 New Zealand 7.340 Ecuador 7.330 France 7.270 Panama 7.260 Austria 7.260 Portugal 7.255 Trinidad & Tobago 7.240 Mexico 7.234 Malaysia 7.219 Nigeria

7.210 Holland 7.210 Jamaica 7.180 Costa Rica 7.169 Barbados 7.160 Brazil 7.140 Germany 7.140 Senegal 7.130 Guam 7.119 India 7.118 Ireland 7.070 Australia 7.069 Turkey 7.068 Israel 6.980 Argentina 6.935 Canada 6.908 Kenya 6.800 Curaçao

6.767 U.S. Virgin Islands 6.680 Malta 6.640 El Salvador 6.600 Bolivia 6.599 Paraguay 6.549 Thailand 6.539 Lebanon 6.530 Greece 6.440 Denmark 6.329 Greenland 6.325 Bahamas 6.270 British Virgin Islands 6.170 Honduras 6.030 Northern Marianas 5.950 Belize 5.830 Egypt 5.750 Cyprus

National pageant notes

Debuts

Egypt

Greenland

Kenya

Withdrawals

Aruba  Belgium  Cook Islands  Côte d'Ivoire  Gambia

Gibraltar  Iceland  Luxembourg  Papua New Guinea  Poland

Scotland  Réunion  Samoa  Zaire

Disqualified

Bermuda: Shelley Bascombe (overage)

Scotland: Eileen Catterson (underage)

Returns

Nigeria (first appearance since 1964)

Senegal (last participation)

Crossovers

Miss International Miss International 1987  Puerto Rico: Laurie Simpson (Winner)

Other Miss Africa 1987  Nigeria: Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu (Winner)

International Broadcasting

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS) that showed the 1987 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

Australia: Seven Network  Bahamas: ZNS-TV  Belgium: VRT  Brazil: SBT  Bulgaria: BNT 1  Canada: CBC Television  Chile: TVN  Colombia: Caracol  Cyprus: RIK 1  Denmark: DR1  Ecuador: Gamavision  Estonia: ETV  Finland: YLE TV1  France: TF1  Germany: ARD  Greece: ET1  Hong Kong TVB Pearl  Hungary: m1  Iceland: RTÉ One  Israel: Channel 1  India: DD National  Italy: Rai Uno  Jamaica: Ination TV  Japan: ABC

South Korea: KBS  Malaysia: TV1  Malta: TVM  Mexico: Televisa  New Zealand: TV One  Norway: NRK1  Panama: Telemetro  Peru: ATV  Philippines: GMA Network  Poland: TVP1  Portugal: RTP1  Romania: TVR1  Russia: Channel One  Singapore (host country): SBC  Spain: TVE1  Swaziland: SF 1  Sweden: SVT1  Taiwan R.O.C.: CTS  Thailand: MCOT  Trinidad & Tobago: CCN TV6  United Kingdom: BBC One  USA: CBS  Venezuela: Venevisión

External links

• Miss Universe Scorecard
• Judges