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The 36th Miss World Pageant was held on November 13, 1986 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde (Queen of Americas) from Trinidad & Tobago. Runner up was Pia Rosenberg Larsen (Queen of Europe) representing Denmark and third was Chantal Schreiber from Austria.
[edit] Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
[edit] Order of Semi-finalists
- 1. Austria
- 2. Colombia
- 3. Costa Rica
- 4. Denmark
- 5. Ecuador
- 6. Ireland
- 7. New Zealand
- 8. Panama
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- 9. Philippines
- 10. Swaziland
- 11. Trinidad & Tobago
- 12. United Kingdom
- 13. United States
- 14. Venezuela
- 15. Yugoslavia
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[edit] Order of Finalists
- 1. Austria
- 2. Denmark
- 3. New Zealand
- 4. Venezuela
- 5. Trinidad & Tobago
- 6. United States
- 7. Ecuador
[edit] Special awards
- Personality: Dominique Martinez (Gibraltar)
- Photogenic: Rosemary Elizabeth Thompson (Ireland)
[edit] Continental Queens
- Africa: Ilana Faye Lapidos - Swaziland
- Americas: Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde - Trinidad & Tobago
- Asia: Sherry Rose Austria Byrne - Philippines
- Europe: Pia Rosenberg Larsen - Denmark
- Oceania: Lynda Marie McManus - New Zealand
[edit] 77 Contestants
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Returning countries and Debuts
- Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Macau, and Sierra Leone competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Mauritius last competed in 1980.
- Tonga, and Turkey last competed in 1983.
- Honduras last competed in 1984.
[edit] Withdrawals and Nations not competing
- Aruba, and Puerto Rico lost its Miss World franchise due to financial assistance issues.
[edit] Other Notes
- British Virgin Islands, Anthonia Brenda Lewis, died of cancer in 2000.
- Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1986 were held in Macau.
- Swaziland made into the semi-finals in Miss World for the first time.
- Two contestants had made into the semi-finals since 1984: Austria, and Colombia
- Nearly half of the semi-finalists had made into the semi-finalists after a long-year hiatus: Costa Rica (1978), Denmark, Philippines, and Trinidad & Tobago (1982), Ecuador (1970), Panama (1979), and Yugoslavia (1983).
- Ireland won the Miss Photogenic award for the third time.
- 77 contestants sang All Over The World as their production number after the introduction of the contestants wearing national costumes.
[edit] External Sources
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