Miss Universe 1986

Miss Universe 1986 was the 35th Miss Universe pageant, held on 21 July 1986 at the Atlapa Convention Centre in Panama City, Panama. Bárbara Palacios Teyde of Venezuela was crowned by Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico. Seventy-seven contestants competed in this year.

Miss Universe 1986
Bárbara Palacios
Date	21 July 1986
Presenters	Bob Barker Mary Frann
Entertainment	Miami Sound Machine
Venue	Atlapa Convention Centre, Panama City, Panama
Broadcaster	CBS (international) TVN (official broadcaster)
Entrants	77
Placements	10
Debuts	Côte d'Ivoire
Withdrawals	Bermuda Cayman Islands Dominica Haiti Senegal Tahiti Yugoslavia
Returns	Aruba Jamaica Switzerland Turkey
Winner	Bárbara Palacios Venezuela
Congeniality	Dina Reyes Salas (Guam)
Best National Costume	Gilda García López (Panama)
Photogenic	Susanna Huckstep (Italy)
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Results

Miss Universe 1986 participating nations and results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1986	Venezuela – Bárbara Palacios[1]
1st runner-up	United States – Christy Fichtner
2nd runner-up	Colombia – María Mónica Urbina
3rd runner-up	Poland – Brygida Bziukiewicz
4th runner-up	Finland – Tuula Irmeli Polvi
Top 10	Brazil – Deise Nunes  Chile – Mariana Villasante  Puerto Rico – Elizabeth Robison   Switzerland – Eveline Glanzmann  Zaire – Aimée Dobala

Contestants

•  Argentina - María de los Ángeles Fernández Espadero
•  Aruba - Mildred Jacqueline Semeleer
•  Australia - Christina Lucinda Bucat
•  Austria - Manuela Redtenbacher
•  Bahamas - Marie Brown
•  Barbados - Roslyn Irene Williams
•  Belgium - Goedele Maria Liekens
•  Belize - Romy Ellen Taegar
•  Bolivia - Elizabeth O'Connor-d'Arlach
•  Brazil - Deise Nunes
•  British Virgin Islands - Shereen Desmona Flax
•  Canada - Renee Newhouse
•  Chile - Mariana Villasante Aravena
•  Colombia - María Mónica Urbina Pugliesse
•  Cook Islands - Lorna Sawtell
•  Costa Rica - Aurora Velásquez Arigño
•  Côte d'Ivoire - Marie Françoise Kouame
•  Curaçao - Christine Joyce Denise Sibilo
•  Cyprus - Christina Vassaliadou
•  Denmark - Helena Christensen^[2]
•  Dominican Republic - Lissette Chamorro
•  Ecuador - Verónica Lucía Sevilla Ledergerber
•  El Salvador - Vicky Elizabeth Cañas Álvarez
•  England - Joanne Ruth Sedgley
•  Finland - Tuula Irmeli Polvi
•  France - Catherine Carew
•  Gambia - Rose Marie Eunson
•  Gibraltar - Gail Anne May Francis
•  Greece - Vasilia Mantaki
•  Guam - Dina Ann Reyes Salas
•  Guatemala - Christa Kalula Wellman Girón
•  Holland - Caroline Veldkamp †
•  Honduras - Sandra Natalie Navarrete Romero
•  Hong Kong- San Lee Robin Mae
•  Iceland - Thora Thrastardóttir
•  India - Mehr Jesia
•  Ireland - Karen Ann Shevlin
•  Israel - Nilly Drucker †
•  Italy - Susanna Huckstep
•  Jamaica - Liliana Antoinette Cisneros
•  Japan - Hiroko Esaki
•  Lebanon - Reine Philip Barakat
•  Luxembourg - Martine Christine Georgette Pilot
•  Malaysia - Betty Chee Nyuk Pit
•  Malta - Antoinette Zerafa
•  Mexico - Alejandrina "Connie" Carranza Ancheta
•  New Zealand - Christine Atkinson
•  Northern Mariana Islands - Christine Guerrero
•  Norway - Tone Anette Henriksen
•  Panama - Gilda García López
•  Papua New Guinea - Anna Wild
•  Paraguay - Johanna Eugenia Kelner Toja
•  Peru - Karin Mercedes Lindemann García
•  Philippines - Violeta Naluz
•  Poland - Brygida Elzbieta Bziukiewicz
•  Portugal - Mariana Dias Carriço
•  Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Robison Latalladi
•  Réunion - Geneviève Lebon
•  Scotland - Natalie M. Devlin
•  Singapore - Farah Lange
•  South Korea - Young-ran Bae
•  Spain - Concepción "Concha" Isabel Tur Espinosa
•  Sri Lanka - Indra Kumari
•  Sweden - Anne Lena Rahmberg
•   Switzerland - Eveline Nicole Glanzmann
•  Thailand - Thaveeporn Klungpoy
•  Trinidad and Tobago - Candace Jennings
•  Turkey - Demet Başdemir
•  Turks and Caicos Islands - Barbara Bulah Mae Capron
•  United States - Christy Fichtner
•  United States Virgin Islands - Jasmine Olivia Turner
•  Uruguay - Norma Silvana García Lapitz
•  Venezuela - Bárbara Palacios Teyde
•  Wales - Tracey Rowlands
•  West Germany - Birgit Jahn
•  Western Samoa - Tui Kaye Hunt
•  Zaire - Aimee Likobe Dobala