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 | |
| 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 and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Tonga |
| Returns | Argentina, Curaçao, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea |
| Winner | Ulla Weigerstorfer[2][3] Austria |
Results edit
Placements edit
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1987 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| Top 6 | |
| Top 12 |
|
Continental Queens of Beauty edit
| Continental Group | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Africas |
|
| Americas | |
| Asia | |
| Europe | |
| Oceania |
|
Contestants edit
78 countries participated in Miss World 1987.[1]
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
Katerina Ciscato[1] | 17 | La Plata |
 Australia |
Donna Rudrum | 23 | Melbourne |
| Austria |
Ulla Weigerstorfer[2][3] | 20 | Vienna |
 Bahamas |
Indira Wood[1] | 21 | Nassau[1] |
 Barbados |
Dawn Michelle Waithe | 19 | Bridgetown |
 Belgium |
Lynn 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 Vukasovic | 18 | Punta Arenas |
 Colombia |
Claudia Mercedes Escobar[1] | 21 | Cali |
 Cook Islands |
Michelle Leone Oberg | 21 | Rarotonga |
 Costa Rica |
Alejandra Martínez | 20 | Cartago |
 Curaçao |
Diana Fraai | 18 | Willemstad |
 Cyprus |
Niki Christou | 20 | Nicosia |
 Denmark |
Zelma Hesselmann | 17 | Copenhagen |
 Dominican Republic |
Paula del Carmen Lora[1] | 21 | Salcedo |
 Ecuador |
Cecilia Pozo[1] | 21 | Guayaquil |
 El Salvador |
Claudia Alvarenga | 19 | San Salvador |
 Finland |
Minna 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 Manibog Caracol | 24 | Tumon |
 Guatemala |
Mábel Hernández | 24 | Chinautla |
 Holland |
Angelique Cremers[1] | 22 | Schinveld |
 Honduras |
Claudia María Paz | 18 | San Pedro Sula |
 Hong Kong |
Pauline Yeung | 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 Henthorn | 18 | Greeba |
 Israel |
Ya'el Gerthler | 19 | Rehovot |
 Italy |
Barbara Martinuzzi | 17 | Turin |
 Jamaica |
Janice Whittingham | 20 | Kingston |
 Japan |
Keiko Unno | 20 | Tokyo |
 Kenya |
Sheila Kegode | 21 | Nairobi |
 Korea |
Chung Myoung-sun | 22 | Seoul |
 Lebanon |
Josiane Haddad | 21 | Beirut |
 Luxembourg |
Claudine Atten | 24 | Erpeldange |
 Macau |
Olívia do Rosário | 17 | Macau |
 Malaysia |
Sheela Shankar | 23 | Kuala Lumpur |
 Malta |
Joanne Corser | 18 | Paola |
 Mauritius |
Marie-France Mamet | 25 | Grand Bay |
 Mexico |
Elizabeth Carrillo | 20 | Mazatlán |
 New Zealand |
Karyn Metcalf | 18 | Manukau |
 Nigeria |
Mary Ngozi Bienoseh | 19 | Benue |
 Norway |
Mette Veiseth | 18 | Namsos |
 Panama |
María Cordelia Denis | 19 | Panama City |
 Papua New Guinea |
Harriet Joan Warren | 19 | Port Moresby |
 Paraguay |
Lourdes Stanley | 19 | Hohenhau |
 Peru |
Suzette Woodman | 21 | Lima |
 Philippines |
Maria Lourdes Apostol | 21 | Manila |
 Poland |
Monika Nowosadko[6] | 23 | Kolobrzeg |
 Portugal |
Paula Isabel Leal do Sousa | 18 | Lisbon |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Jennifer Hensley | 20 | Basseterre |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Nicole Hadaway | 19 | Kingstown |
 Singapore |
Janicia Koh | 21 | Spottiswoode Park |
 Spain |
Sonsoles Artigas | 20 | Las Palmas |
 Sri Lanka |
Priyanjali de Alwis | 21 | Dehiwala |
 Swaziland |
Phindile Simelane | 17 | Mbabane |
 Sweden |
Karin 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 Cabrera | 23 | Tampa Bay |
 United States Virgin Islands
|
Lisa Pitram | 17 | St. Thomas |
 Uruguay |
Mónica Borrea | 23 | Montevideo |
 Venezuela |
Albani Lozada[1] | 22 | Acarigua |
 Western Samoa |
Ainslie Berking | 18 | Apia |
 Yugoslavia |
Matilda Sazdova | 18 | Skopje |
Judges edit
- 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 edit
Debuts edit
Belize
Cook Islands
Returns edit
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 edit
British Virgin Islands – because of the national pageant postponement
Sierra Leone – because of the national pageant postponement
References edit
- ^ 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.