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 and 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
Date12 November 1987
PresentersPeter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo
EntertainmentRick Astley
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants78[1]
Placements12
DebutsBelize, Cook Islands
WithdrawalsAntigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Tonga
ReturnsArgentina, Curaçao, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea
WinnerUlla Weigerstorfer[2][3]
 Austria

Results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss World 1987
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 6
Top 12

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africas
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
  •  Guam – Francel Manibog Caracol

Contestants

78 countries participated in Miss World 1987.[1]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
ArgentinaKaterina Ciscato[1]17La Plata
AustraliaDonna Rudrum23Melbourne
AustriaUlla Weigerstorfer[2][3]20Vienna
BahamasIndira Wood[1]21Nassau[1]
BarbadosDawn Michelle Waithe19Bridgetown
BelgiumLynn Wesenbeek24Antwerp
BelizeJanine Sylvestre20Belize City
BermudaKim Elizabeth Johnston20Southampton
BoliviaBirgit Ellefsen19Cochabamba
BrazilSimone Augusto Costa da Silva20Recife
CanadaTracey Westerholm24Vancouver
Cayman IslandsDesirée Ann Hunter22Grand Cayman
ChileYasna Vukasovic18Punta Arenas
ColombiaClaudia Mercedes Escobar[1]21Cali
Cook IslandsMichelle Leone Oberg21Rarotonga
Costa RicaAlejandra Martínez20Cartago
CuraçaoDiana Fraai18Willemstad
CyprusNiki Christou20Nicosia
DenmarkZelma Hesselmann17Copenhagen
Dominican RepublicPaula del Carmen Lora[1]21Salcedo
EcuadorCecilia Pozo[1]21Guayaquil
El SalvadorClaudia Alvarenga19San Salvador
FinlandMinna Rinnetmaki19Tampere
FranceNathalie Marquay20Mulhouse
GermanyChristiane Kopp19Berlin
GibraltarMayte Sanchez19Gibraltar
GreeceHelen Moskiou20Athens
GuamFrancel Manibog Caracol24Tumon
GuatemalaMábel Hernández24Chinautla
HollandAngelique Cremers[1]22Schinveld
HondurasClaudia María Paz18San Pedro Sula
Hong KongPauline Yeung20Hong Kong Island
IcelandAnna Margret Jónsdóttir[1]21Reykjavík
IndiaManisha Kohli17Bombay
IrelandAdrienne Rock22Dublin
 Isle of ManLesley Henthorn18Greeba
IsraelYa'el Gerthler19Rehovot
ItalyBarbara Martinuzzi17Turin
JamaicaJanice Whittingham20Kingston
JapanKeiko Unno20Tokyo
KenyaSheila Kegode21Nairobi
KoreaChung Myoung-sun22Seoul
LebanonJosiane Haddad21Beirut
LuxembourgClaudine Atten24Erpeldange
MacauOlívia do Rosário17Macau
MalaysiaSheela Shankar23Kuala Lumpur
MaltaJoanne Corser18Paola
MauritiusMarie-France Mamet25Grand Bay
MexicoElizabeth Carrillo20Mazatlán
New ZealandKaryn Metcalf18Manukau
NigeriaMary Ngozi Bienoseh19Benue
NorwayMette Veiseth18Namsos
PanamaMaría Cordelia Denis19Panama City
 Papua New GuineaHarriet Joan Warren19Port Moresby
ParaguayLourdes Stanley19Hohenhau
PeruSuzette Woodman21Lima
PhilippinesMaria Lourdes Apostol21Manila
PolandMonika Nowosadko[6]23Kolobrzeg
PortugalPaula Isabel Leal do Sousa18Lisbon
Saint Kitts and NevisJennifer Hensley20Basseterre
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNicole Hadaway19Kingstown
SingaporeJanicia Koh21Spottiswoode Park
SpainSonsoles Artigas20Las Palmas
Sri LankaPriyanjali de Alwis21Dehiwala
SwazilandPhindile Simelane17Mbabane
SwedenKarin Trydell18Laholm
SwitzerlandGabriela Bigler23Bern
ThailandBenjawan Srilapan18Bangkok
Trinidad and TobagoMaria del Valle Xavier18Diego Martin
TurkeyŞebnem Dinçgor17Istanbul
Turks and CaicosEdna Smith20Grand Turk
United KingdomKaren Mellor[1]24Barnsley
United StatesClotlide Cabrera23Tampa Bay
United States Virgin Islands Lisa Pitram 17 St. Thomas
UruguayMónica Borrea23Montevideo
VenezuelaAlbani Lozada[1]22Acarigua
Western SamoaAinslie Berking18Apia
YugoslaviaMatilda Sazdova18Skopje

Judges

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
  1. "The Free Lance-Star". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "The Lewiston Journal". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. "Ulla Weigerstorfer kandidiert für das Team Stronach". vienna.at (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. "Team Stronach - Eine Miss fuer Stronach". news.at. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  5. "A Brief History Of Miss World In Pictures (slide #14)". The Huffington Post UK. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. "Dziś wielka gala Miss Polonia 2010. Głosujmy na Olgę Lackosz z Jasła!". nowiny24.pl. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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