Miss Universe 1986

Miss Universe 1986
Date	July 21, 1986
Presenters	Bob Barker, Mary Frann
Entertainment	Miami Sound Machine
Venue	ATLAPA Convention Center, Panama City, Panama
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	77
Placements	10
Debuts	Côte d'Ivoire
Withdraws	Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Haiti, Senegal, Tahiti, Yugoslavia
Returns	Aruba, Jamaica, Switzerland, Turkey
Winner	Bárbara Palacios[1]  Venezuela
Congeniality	Dina Reyes Salas  Guam
Best National Costume	Gilda García López  Panama
Photogenic	Susanna Huckstep  Italy

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 1986, the 35th Miss Universe pageant, was held at ATLAPA Convention Center, Panama City, Panama on July 21, 1986. 22-year-old Bárbara Palacios Teyde of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1986 by the outgoing titleholder, Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico. Seventy-seven contestants competed in the 1986 Miss Universe Pageant.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1986	Venezuela - Bárbara Palacios Teyde
1st runner-up	USA - Christy Fichtner
2nd runner-up	Colombia - María Mónica Urbina Pugliese
3rd runner-up	Poland - Brygida Bziukiewicz
4th runner-up	Finland - Tuula Polvi
Top 10	Brazil - Deise Nunes de Souza  Zaire - Aimée Likobe Dobala  Switzerland - Eveline Nicole Glanzmann  Chile - Mariana Villasante Aravena  Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Robison Latalladi

Semifinal scores

Delegate Preliminary Average Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Semifinal Average  Venezuela 8.776 (2) 9.390 (1) 9.100 (2) 9.550 (1) 9.346 (1)  USA 8.950 (1) 8.880 (3) 9.380 (1) 9.490 (2) 9.250 (2)  Poland 8.276 (7) 9.030 (2) 9.000 (3) 9.000 (6) 9.010 (3)  Colombia 8.310 (5) 8.850 (4) 8.620 (7) 9.340 (3) 8.936 (4)  Finland 8.530 (3) 8.470 (5) 8.880 (4) 9.120 (5) 8.823 (5)  Brazil 8.289 (6) 8.175 (9) 8.810 (5) 9.160 (4) 8.715 (6)  Zaire 8.266 (8) 8.366 (6) 8.580 (8) 8.920 (7) 8.621 (7)  Switzerland 8.256 (10) 8.020 (10) 8.740 (6) 8.870 (8) 8.543 (8)  Chile 8.480 (4) 8.230 (8) 8.490 (9) 8.780 (9) 8.500 (9)  Puerto Rico 8.260 (9) 8.260 (7) 8.330 (10) 8.660 (10) 8.416 (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	Panama - Gilda García López  Brazil - Deise Nunes de Souza  Chile - Mariana Villasante Aravena
Miss Congeniality	Guam - Dina Reyes Salas
Miss Photogenic	Italy - Susanna Huckstep

Contestants

Argentina - María de los Ángeles Fernández Espadero  Aruba - Mildred Jacqueline "Jacky" 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 de Souza  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 (from Guadeloupe)  Gambia - Rose Marie Eunson Germany - Birgit Jahn  Gibraltar - Gail Anne May Francis  Greece - Vasilia "Silia" Mantaki  Guam - Dina Ann Reyes Salas  Guatemala - Christa Kalula Wellman Girón  Holland - Caroline Veldkamp  Honduras - Sandra Natalie Navarrete Romero  Hong Kong - Robin Mae San Lee  Iceland - Þora Þrastardóttir  India - Mehr Jessia  Ireland - Karen Ann Shevlin  Israel - Nilly Drucker

Italy - Susanna Huckstep  Jamaica - Liliana Antoinette Cisneros  Japan - Hiroko Esaki  Korea - Bae Young-ran  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 Henriksen  Panama - Gilda García López  Papua New Guinea - Anna Wild  Paraguay - Johanna Kelmer Joja  Peru - Karin Mercedes Lindemann García  Philippines - Violeta Arsela Enriquez 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 & Tobago - Candace Jennings  Turkey - Demet Basdemir  Turks & Caicos - Barbara Bulah Mae Capron  Uruguay - Norma Silvana García Lapitz USA - Christiane Crane Fichtner  U.S. Virgin Islands - Jasmine Olivia Turner Venezuela - Bárbara Palacios Teyde  Wales - Tracey Rowlands  Western Samoa - Tui Kaye Hunt  Zaire - Aimee Likobe Dobala

Preliminary swimsuit scores

8.870 USA 8.380 Venezuela 8.260 Finland 8.260 Holland 8.210 Zaire 8.140 Italy 8.140 Poland 8.110 Norway 8.110 Réunion 8.110 Spain 8.100 India 8.000 England 7.960 Brazil 7.960 Chile 7.870 Switzerland 7.850 Greece 7.780 Paraguay 7.740 Iceland 7.700 Malaysia

7.680 Portugal 7.660 Uruguay 7.650 Germany 7.650 Puerto Rico 7.610 Israel 7.600 Scotland 7.560 Guatemala 7.540 Colombia 7.530 New Zealand 7.520 Mexico 7.480 Trinidad & Tobago 7.440 Lebanon 7.420 Curaçao 7.420 Denmark 7.400 Hong Kong 7.390 Wales 7.360 France 7.360 Japan 7.350 Sweden

7.320 US Virgin Islands 7.310 Gambia 7.280 Bahamas 7.260 Côte d'Ivoire 7.260 Peru 7.240 Ireland 7.230 Panama 7.220 Korea 7.180 Austria 7.120 Sri Lanka 7.060 Australia 7.050 Belgium 7.040 Singapore 7.010 Canada 6.960 Gibraltar 6.940 Luxembourg 6.890 Argentina 6.890 Costa Rica 6.890 Honduras

6.860 Philippines 6.810 Jamaica 6.800 Dominican Republic 6.800 Guam 6.751 Cyprus 6.750 Ecuador 6.730 Turkey 6.720 Western Samoa 6.710 Malta 6.690 Cook Islands 6.690 Thailand 6.670 Barbados 6.650 Northern Mariana Islands 6.590 Bolivia 6.550 Papua New Guinea 6.530 El Salvador 6.400 Belize 6.330 Turks & Caicos Islands 6.180 Aruba 5.970 British Virgin Islands

Crossovers

Miss World

• Miss World 1979: U.S. Virgin Islands
• Miss World 1985: Gibraltar, Switzerland (6th Runner Up) and Turks & Caicos
• Miss World 1986: Barbados, Belgium, France, Gambia and Luxembourg

Miss International

• Miss International 1985: Ireland
• Miss International 1986: Australia, Austria, Cote d'Ivoire, Holland and Puerto Rico (semi-finalist)

References

1. ^ "Miss Universe's reign means a delay in plans". Lakeland Ledger. Associated Press (Lakeland, Florida). July 23, 1986. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bJIsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cPsDAAAAIBAJ&dq=&pg=4119%2C2949210. Retrieved 21 February 2011. 
2. ^ Miss Universe, 1986 Pageantopolis.com. Retrieved 2010-09-12. Lists contestants, w/photo of Christensen & contestants.
   Mueller, Andrew (August 31, 2003). "Reversing the lens: Helena Christensen". Sunday Tribune (Ireland). http://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2003/aug/31/reversing-the-lens/. Retrieved 2010-09-12. 
   Mottram, James (June 10, 2006). "Helena Christensen: Role Model". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/helena-christensen-role-model-481685.html. Retrieved 2010-09-12. 

External links

• Official Miss Universe website