Miss World 1987

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Miss World 1987
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Miss World 1987 Titlecard
Date12 November 1987
Presenters Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo
Entertainment Rick Astley
Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster Thames Television
Entrants78 [1]
Placements12
Debuts Belize, Cook Islands
Withdrawals Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Tonga
Returns Argentina, Curaçao, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea
Winner Ulla Weigerstorfer [2] [3]
Austria
  1986
1988  

Miss World 1987, the 37th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 November 1987 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Ulla Weigerstorfer (Queen of Europe) from Austria. [2] [4] She was crowned by Miss World 1986, Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde of Trinidad and Tobago. Runner-up was Albani Josefina Lozada Jiménez (Queen of Americas) from Venezuela, and third was Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir from Iceland.

Contents

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1987 Miss World 1987 Map.PNG
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1987

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss World 1987
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 6
Top 12

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental GroupContestant
Africas
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
  • Flag of Guam.svg  Guam – Francel Manibog Caracol

Contestants

78 countries participated in Miss World 1987. [1]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Katerina Ciscato [1] 17 La Plata
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Donna Rudrum23 Melbourne
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Ulla Weigerstorfer [2] [3] 20 Vienna
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Indira Wood [1] 21 Nassau [1]
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Dawn Michelle Waithe19 Bridgetown
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Lynn Wesenbeek24 Antwerp
Flag of Belize (1981-2019).svg Belize Janine Sylvestre20 Belize City
Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda Kim Elizabeth Johnston20 Southampton
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Birgit Ellefsen19 Cochabamba
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil Simone Augusto Costa da Silva20 Recife
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Tracey Westerholm24 Vancouver
Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg Cayman Islands Desirée Ann Hunter22 Grand Cayman
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Yasna Vukasovic 18 Punta Arenas
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Claudia Mercedes Escobar [1] 21 Cali
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands Michelle Leone Oberg21 Rarotonga
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Alejandra Martínez20 Cartago
Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Diana Fraai18 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus Niki Christou20 Nicosia
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Zelma Hesselmann17 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Paula del Carmen Lora [1] 21 Salcedo
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Cecilia Pozo [1] 21 Guayaquil
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Claudia Alvarenga19 San Salvador
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Minna Rinnetmäki19 Tampere
Flag of France.svg France Nathalie Marquay 20 Mulhouse
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Christiane Kopp19 Berlin
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar Mayte Sanchez19 Gibraltar
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Helen Moskiou20 Athens
Flag of Guam.svg Guam Francel Manibog Caracol24 Tumon
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Mábel Hernández24 Chinautla
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland Angelique Cremers [1] 22 Schinveld
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras Claudia María Paz18 San Pedro Sula
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg Hong Kong Pauline Yeung 20 Hong Kong Island
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Anna Margret Jónsdóttir [1] 21 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg India Manisha Kohli17 Bombay
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Adrienne Rock22 Dublin
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Lesley Henthorn18 Greeba
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Ya'el Gerthler19 Rehovot
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Barbara Martinuzzi17 Turin
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Janice Whittingham20 Kingston
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan Keiko Unno20 Tokyo
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Sheila Kegode21 Nairobi
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Chung Myoung-sun22 Seoul
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Josiane Haddad21 Beirut
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Claudine Atten24 Erpeldange
Bandeira do Leal Senado.svg Macau Olívia do Rosário17 Macau
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Sheela Shankar23 Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Malta.svg Malta Joanne Corser18 Paola
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Marie-France Mamet25 Grand Bay
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Elizabeth Carrillo20 Mazatlán
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Karyn Metcalf18 Manukau
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Mary Ngozi Bienoseh19 Benue
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Mette Veiseth18 Namsos
Flag of Panama.svg Panama María Cordelia Denis19 Panama City
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Harriet Joan Warren19 Port Moresby
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay Lourdes Stanley19 Hohenhau
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Suzette Woodman21 Lima
Flag of the Philippines (light blue).svg Philippines Maria Lourdes Apostol21 Manila
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Monika Nowosadko [6] 23 Kolobrzeg
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Paula Isabel Leal do Sousa18 Lisbon
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis Jennifer Hensley20 Basseterre
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Nicole Hadaway19 Kingstown
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Janicia Koh21 Spottiswoode Park
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Sonsoles Artigas20 Las Palmas
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Priyanjali de Alwis21 Dehiwala
Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland Phindile Simelane17 Mbabane
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Karin Trydell18 Laholm
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Gabriela Bigler23 Bern
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Benjawan Srilapan18 Bangkok
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Maria del Valle Xavier18 Diego Martin
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Şebnem Dinçgor17 Istanbul
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Edna Smith20 Grand Turk
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Karen Mellor [1] 24 Barnsley
Flag of the United States.svg United States Clotlide Cabrera23 Tampa Bay
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands Lisa Pitram17 St. Thomas
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Mónica Borrea23 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela Albani Lozada [1] 22 Acarigua
Flag of Samoa.svg Western Samoa Ainslie Berking18 Apia
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia Matilda Sazdova18 Skopje

Judges

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1981:

Last competed in 1985:

Withdrawals

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