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 Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico. Seventy-seven contestants competed in this year.

Results

Placements

Final ResultsContestant
Miss Universe 1986
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
  •  Poland - Brygida Bziukiewicz
4th runner-up
Top 10

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
Miss Congeniality
  •  Guam - Dina Reyes Salas
Miss Photogenic
  •  Italy - Susanna Huckstep

Order of announcements

Top 10

  1. Brazil
  2. Colombia
  3. Puerto Rico
  4. USA
  5. Zaire
  6. Switzerland
  7. Venezuela
  8. Poland
  9. Finland
  10. Chile

Top 5

  1. USA
  2. Finland
  3. Poland
  4. Venezuela
  5. Colombia

Background music

Contestants

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 International

International Broadcasting

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS) that showed the 1986 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

References

  1. "Miss Universe's reign means a delay in plans". Lakeland Ledger (Lakeland, Florida). Associated Press. July 23, 1986. 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). Retrieved 2010-09-12.
    Mottram, James (June 10, 2006). "Helena Christensen: Role Model". The Independent (London). Retrieved 2010-09-12.

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