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Miss World 1987
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 & Tobago. Runner-up was Albani Josefina Lozada Jiménez (Queen of Americas) from Venezuela, and third was Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir from Iceland.
| Miss World 1987 | |
|---|---|
Miss World 1987 Titlecard | |
| Date | 12 November 1987 |
| Presenters | Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo |
| Entertainment | Rick Astley |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
| Broadcaster | Thames Television |
| Entrants | 78[1] |
| Placements | 12 |
| Debuts | Belize, Cook Islands |
| Withdrawals | Antigua & Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Tonga |
| Returns | Argentina, Curaçao, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea |
| Winner | Ulla Weigerstorfer[2][3] Austria |
← 1986 1988 → | |
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1987 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| Top 6 |
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| Top 12 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
Contestants
78 countries participated in Miss World 1987.[1]
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Virgin Islands | Lisa Pitram | 17 | St. Thomas |
| Argentina | Katerina Ciscato[1] | 17 | La Plata |
| Australia | Donna Thelma Rudrum | 23 | Melbourne |
| Austria | Ulla Weigerstorfer[2][3] | 20 | Vienna |
| Bahamas | Indira Regina Wood[1] | 21 | Nassau[1] |
| Barbados | Dawn Michelle Waithe | 19 | Bridgetown |
| Belgium | Lynn Florentine Wesenbeek | 24 | Antwerp |
| Belize | Janine Sylvestre | 20 | Belize City |
| Bermuda | Kim Elizabeth Johnston | 20 | Southampton |
| Bolivia | Birgit Ellefsen | 19 | Cochabamba |
| Brazil | Simone Augusto Costa da Silva | 20 | Recife |
| Canada | Tracey Westerholm | 24 | Vancouver |
| Cayman Islands | Desirée Ann Hunter | 22 | Grand Cayman |
| Chile | Yasna Angélica Vukasovic Álvarez | 18 | Punta Arenas |
| Colombia | Claudia Mercedes Escobar Zapata[1] | 21 | Cali |
| Cook Islands | Michelle Leone Oberg | 21 | Rarotonga |
| Costa Rica | Alejandra Eugenia Martínez Fuentes | 20 | Cartago |
| Curaçao | Diana Patricia Fraai | 18 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Niki Christou | 20 | Nicosia |
| Denmark | Zelma Hesselmann | 17 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Paula del Carmen Lora García[1] | 21 | Salcedo |
| Ecuador | Cecilia Pozo Caminer[1] | 21 | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador | Claudia Lorena Alvarenga Ruiz | 19 | San Salvador |
| Finland | Minna Susanna Rinnetmaki | 19 | Tampere |
| France | Nathalie Marquay | 20 | Mulhouse |
| Germany | Christiane Kopp | 19 | Berlin |
| Gibraltar | Mayte Sanchez | 19 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Helen Moskiou | 20 | Athens |
| Guam | Francel Maribel Manibog Caracol | 24 | Tumon |
| Guatemala | Mábel Daniza Hernández Gutiérrez | 24 | Chinautla |
| Holland | Angelique Johanna Gerarda Cremers[1] | 22 | Schinveld |
| Honduras | Claudia María Paz Valladares † | 18 | San Pedro Sula |
| Hong Kong | Pauline Yeung Bo-ling | 20 | Hong Kong Island |
| Iceland | Anna Margret Jónsdóttir[1] | 21 | Reykjavík |
| India | Manisha Kohli | 17 | Bombay |
| Ireland | Adrienne Rock † | 22 | Dublin |
| Isle of Man | Lesley Elizabeth Henthorn | 18 | Greeba |
| Israel | Ya'el Gerthler | 19 | Rehovot |
| Italy | Barbara Martinuzzi | 17 | Turin |
| Jamaica | Janice Nadine Whittingham | 20 | Kingston |
| Japan | Keiko Unno | 20 | Tokyo |
| Kenya | Sheila Linda Kegode | 21 | Nairobi |
| Korea | Chung Myoung-sun | 22 | Seoul |
| Lebanon | Josiane Haddad | 21 | Beirut |
| Luxembourg | Claudine Atten | 24 | Erpeldange |
| Macau | Olívia Ana Maria do Rosário | 17 | Macau |
| Malaysia | Sheela Shankar | 23 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Joanne Corser | 18 | Paola |
| Mauritius | Marie-France Geraldine Mamet | 25 | Grand Bay |
| Mexico | Elizabeth Gracia Carrillo Iturrios | 20 | Mazatlán |
| New Zealand | Karyn Annemarie Therese Metcalf | 18 | Manukau |
| Nigeria | Mary Ngozi Bienoseh | 19 | Benue |
| Norway | Mette Veiseth | 18 | Namsos |
| Panama | María Cordelia Denis Urriola | 19 | Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | Harriet Joan Warren | 19 | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | Lourdes Beatriz Stanley Baranda | 19 | Hohenhau |
| Peru | Suzette Marie Woodman Denegri | 21 | Lima |
| Philippines | Maria Lourdes Manalili Apostol | 21 | Manila |
| Poland | Monika Ewa Nowosadko[6] | 23 | Kolobrzeg |
| Portugal | Paula Isabel Leal do Sousa | 18 | Lisbon |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jennifer Elvina Hensley | 20 | Basseterre |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Nicole Camille Hadaway | 19 | Kingstown |
| Singapore | Janicia Koh Wee Ling | 21 | Spottiswoode Park |
| Spain | Sonsoles Consuelo Artigas Medero | 20 | Las Palmas |
| Sri Lanka | Priyanjali Marina Frances de Alwis | 21 | Dehiwala |
| Swaziland | Phindile Patricia Simelane | 17 | Mbabane |
| Sweden | Karin Agneta Charlotta Trydell | 18 | Laholm |
| Switzerland | Gabriela Bigler | 23 | Bern |
| Thailand | Benjawan Srilapan | 18 | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Maria del Valle Xavier | 18 | Diego Martin |
| Turkey | Şebnem Dinçgor | 17 | Istanbul |
| Turks and Caicos | Edna Smith | 20 | Grand Turk |
| United Kingdom | Karen Mellor[1] | 24 | Barnsley |
| United States | Clotlide Helen Cabrera | 23 | Tampa Bay |
| Uruguay | Mónica Inés Borrea Vicente | 23 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Albani Josefina Lozada Jiménez[1] | 22 | Acarigua |
| Western Samoa | Ainslie Berking | 18 | Apia |
| Yugoslavia | Matilda Sazdova | 18 | Skopje |
Judges
- Eric Morley † – Chairperson of Miss World
- Linford Christie
- Robert Coleman
- John Coleman
- Pilin Leon – Miss World 1981 from Venezuela
- Hayley Mills
- Albert Vinci
- Rick Wakeman
- Simon Williams
Notes
Debuts
- Belize
- Cook Islands
Returns
Last competed in 1981:
- Argentina returned after a 6-year war in the Malvinas Islands which brought its dispute against the United Kingdom.
- Papua New Guinea
Last competed in 1985:
- Curaçao
- Nigeria
Withdrawals
- British Virgin Islands – because of the national pageant postponement
- Sierra Leone – because of the national pageant postponement
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The Free Lance-Star". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "The Lewiston Journal". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Ulla Weigerstorfer kandidiert für das Team Stronach". vienna.at (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Team Stronach - Eine Miss fuer Stronach". news.at. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "A Brief History Of Miss World In Pictures (slide #14)". The Huffington Post UK. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Dziś wielka gala Miss Polonia 2010. Głosujmy na Olgę Lackosz z Jasła!". nowiny24.pl. Retrieved 27 January 2016.