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]], United Kingdom. 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, United Kingdom
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
← 1986 1988 →

This edition marked the debut of Belize and Cook Islands, and the return of Argentina and Papua New Guinea, which last competed in 1981 and Curaçao and Nigeria last competed in 1985. Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Gambia, Sierra Leone and Tonga, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1987^[1][2][5]

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1987	Austria – Ulla Weigerstorfer[2][3][4][5]
1st runner-up	Venezuela – Albani Lozada[2][5]
2nd runner-up	Iceland – Anna Margret Jónsdóttir[2][5]
Top 6	Argentina – Katerina Ciscato Colombia – Claudia Mercedes Escobar Poland – Monika Nowosadko[6]
Top 12	France – Nathalie Marquay Guam – Francel Manibog Caracol Holland – Angelique Cremers Hong Kong – Pauline Yeung Israel – Ya'el Gerthler Nigeria – Mary Ngozi Bienoseh

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africas	Nigeria – Mary Ngozi Bienoseh
Americas	Venezuela – Albani Lozada
Asia	Hong Kong – Pauline Yeung
Europe	Austria – Ulla Weigerstorfer
Oceania	Guam – Francel Manibog Caracol

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

Contestants

78 countries participated in Miss World 1987.^[1]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Argentina	Katerina Ciscato[1]	17	La Plata
Australia	Donna Rudrum[7]	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[8]	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 Rinnetmäki	19	Tampere
France	Nathalie Marquay	20	Mulhouse
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[9]	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
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
South Korea[b]	Chung Myoung-sun	22	Seoul
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[10]	18	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Maria del Valle Xavier	18	Diego Martin
Turkey	Şebnem Dinçgor	17	Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Islands	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
West Germany	Christiane Kopp[11]	19	Berlin
Western Samoa	Ainslie Berking	18	Apia
Yugoslavia	Matilda Sazdova	18	Skopje

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant
2. Competed as Korea in the pageant

Withdrawals

•  British Virgin Islands – because of the national pageant postponement
•  Sierra Leone – because of the national pageant postponement