MISS UNIVERSE 1986
monday, july 21, 1986
Atlapa Convention Center, Panama City, Panama
77 contestants
PRESENTERS: bob barker & mary frann
entertainment: miami sound machine & ballet folklorico de panama
Results
1 VENEZUELA Bárbara Palacios Teyde (winner South America '86)
2 USA Christiane "Christy" Crane Fichtner
3 COLOMBIA Maria Mónica Urbina Pugliesse (1st RU South America '86)
4 POLAND Brygida Elzbieta Bziukiewicz
5 FINLAND Tuula Irmeli Polvi (1st RU Scandinavia '87)
Top 10
6 BRAZIL Deise Nunes de Souza (2nd RU South America '86)
7 ZAIRE Aimee Likobe Dobala
8 SWITZERLAND Eveline Nicole Glanzmann (6th RU World '85)
9 CHILE Mariana Villasante Aravena (Wonderland '87)
10 PUERTO RICO Elizabeth Robison Latalladi (SF International '86)
Awards
Miss Amity GUAM
Miss Photogenic ITALY
Best National Costume 1 PANAMA, 2 BRAZIL, 3 CHILE
Best Kodak Photography: 1 CANADA, 2 WALES, 3 LUXEMBOURG
Remainder
ARGENTINA María de los Ángeles Fernández Espadero (South America '86)
ARUBA Mildred Jacqueline "Jacky" Semeleer
AUSTRALIA Christina Lucinda Bucat (International '86, SF Asia Pacific '86)
AUSTRIA Manuela Redtenbacher (International '86)
BAHAMAS Marie Brown
BARBADOS Roslyn Irene Williams (World '86)
BELGIUM Goedele Maria Liekens (World '86)
BELIZE Romy Ellen Taegar
BOLIVIA Elizabeth O’Connor-d’Arlach (3rd RU South America '86)
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Shereen Desmona Flax
CANADA Rene Newhouse
COOK ISLANDS Lorna Sawtell (SF Asia Pacific '86)
COSTA RICA Aurora Velásquez Arigño (SF Asia Pacific '86)
COTE D'IVOIRE Marie Françoise Kouame (International '86)
CURACAO Christine Joyce Denise Sibilo
CYPRUS Christina Vassaliadou
DENMARK Helena Christensen
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Lissette Selena Chamorro Rodríguez
ECUADOR Verónica Lucía Sevilla Ledergerber (South America '86)
EL SALVADOR Vicky Elizabeth Cañas Alvarez (Asia Pacific '86)
ENGLAND Joanne Ruth Sedgley
FRANCE Catherine Carew (World '86)
GAMBIA Rose Marie Eunson (World '86)
GERMANY Birgit Jahn
GIBRALTAR Gail Anne May Francis (World '85)
GREECE Vasilia "Silia" Mantaki
GUAM Dina Ann Reyes Salas (Intercontinental '82, International '86)
GUATEMALA Christa Kalula Wellman Girón (Coffee '85, Wonderland '87)
HOLLAND Caroline Veldkamp (SF International '86) (12th place)
HONDURAS Sandra Natalie Navarrete Romero
HONG KONG Robin Lee Mei-San
ICELAND Thora Thrastardóttir
INDIA Mehr Jessia (13th place)
IRELAND Karen Ann Shevlin (International '85)
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 (World '86)
MALAYSIA Betty Chee Nyuk Pit
MALTA Antoinette Zerafa
MEXICO Alejandrina "Connie" Carranza Ancheta
NEW ZEALAND Christine Atkinson
NORTHERN MARIANAS Christine Guerrero
NORWAY Tone Henriksen (11th place)
PANAMA Gilda García López
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Anna Wild
PARAGUAY Johanna Kelmer Joja
PERU Karin Mercedes Lindemann García (South America '86)
PHILIPPINES Violeta Arsela Enriquez Naluz
PORTUGAL Mariana Dias Carriço
REUNION Geneviève Lebon (14th place)
SCOTLAND Natalie M. Devlin
SINGAPORE Farah Lange
SPAIN Concepción "Concha" Isabel Tur Espinosa (15th place)
SRI LANKA Indra Kumari
SWEDEN Anna Lena Rahmberg
THAILAND Thaveporn Klungploy
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Candace Jennings
TURKEY Demet Basdemir
TURKS & CAICOS Barbara Bulah Mae Capron (World '85)
URUGUAY Norma Silvana García Lapitz (South America '86)
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS Jasmine Olivia Turner (World '79)
WALES Tracey Rowlands
WESTERN SAMOA Tu'iamanu'ula "Tui" Kaye Hunt
DISQUALIFIED:
YUGOSLAVIA Tatjana Spasich (underage)
NO SHOWS:
DOMINICA Dian Francis
SENEGAL Maria Dieye
CAYMAN ISLANDS Deborah Elizabeth Cridland
BERMUDA Samantha Jayne Morton
TAHITI Manea Ruth
ST VINCENT Fay–Kathlyn Roberts
NOT OFFICIALLY REGISTERED:
ST KITTS Jacqueline Petronella Heyliger
ANTIGUA Dorothy Marshall
NAMIBIA Jo-Rina Meyer (Namibia was also boycotted from MU)
DIDN'T GET PERMISSION TO COMPETE:
EGYPT Hoda Abboud
HUNGARY Judit Kruppa
REPLACED:
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Joyceline Durante
FRANCE Valerie Pascale
SPAIN María Amparo Martínez Cerdá
IRELAND Ann Marie Gannon
REUNION Marie Florestan (Chocolat) (resigned)
POLAND Joanna Niedorezo
ICELAND Gigja Birgisdottir
YUGOSLAVIA Aleksandra Kosanovic
DENMARK Pia Rosenberg Larsen
DEBUTS: Cote D'Ivoire
WITHDRAWALS: Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Haiti, Senegal, Tahiti, Yugoslavia
RETURNS: Aruba, Jamaica, Switzerland, Turkey
JUDGES:
1- Don Correia - American dancer.
2- Paloma San Basilio - Spanish singer.
3- Harry Langdon - Photographer.
4- Soon-Tek Oh - Korean-American actor.
5- Shawn Weatherly - Miss Universe 1980 from the USA.
6- Jose Quintero - Panamanian theatre director, producer and pedagogue.
7- Kristy McNichol - Actress.
8- Willard Pugh - Actor.
9- Lupita Ferrer - Venezuelan actress.
10- Jerry Timm - Top Fashion Model.
11- Patrick Macnee - Actor.
12- Sandy Duncan - Actress.