# Miss World 1986

Miss World 1986, the 36th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1986 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Giselle Laronde (Queen of Americas) from Trinidad and Tobago. She was crowned by Miss World 1985, Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland. Runner-up was Pia Rosenberg Larsen (Queen of Europe) representing Denmark and third was Chantal Schreiber from Austria.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1986 | Trinidad and Tobago – Giselle Laronde |
| 1st Runner-up | Denmark – Pia Rosenberg Larsen |
| 2nd Runner-up | Austria – Chantal Schreiber |
| Top 7 | Ecuador – Alicia Cucalon  New Zealand – Lynda McManus  United States – Halle Berry  Venezuela – María Begoña Juaristi |
| Top 15 | Colombia – Karen Sue Wightman  Costa Rica – Ana Lorena González  Ireland – Rosemary Thompson  Panama – María Lorena Orillac  Philippines – Sherry-Rose Byrne  Swaziland – Ilana Lapidos  United Kingdom – Alison Slack  Yugoslavia – Maja Kučić |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | Swaziland – Ilana Lapidos |
| Americas | Trinidad and Tobago – Giselle Laronde |
| Asia | Philippines – Sherry-Rose Byrne |
| Europe | Denmark – Pia Rosenberg Larsen |
| Oceania | New Zealand – Lynda McManus |

## Contestants

Seventy-seven contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Karen Knowles | 19 | St. John's |
| Australia | Stephanie Andrews | 24 | West Leederville |
| Austria | Chantal Schreiber | 21 | Vienna |
| Bahamas | Bridgette Strachan | 17 | Nassau |
| Barbados | Roslyn Williams | 24 | Saint Michael |
| Belgium | Goedele Liekens | 23 | Brussels |
| Bermuda | Samantha Jayne Morton | 20 | Pembroke West |
| Bolivia | Claudia Arévalo | 17 | Cochabamba |
| Brazil | Roberta Pereira da Silva | 18 | Itajai |
| British Virgin Islands | Anthonia Lewis | 21 | Tortola |
| Canada | Wynne Anita Kroontje | 22 | Sarnia |
| Cayman Islands | Deborah Cridland | 21 | George Town |
| Chile | Margot Elena Fuenzalida | 22 | Santiago |
| Colombia | Karen Sue Wightman | 21 | Barranquilla |
| Costa Rica | Ana Lorena González | 21 | San Jose |
| Cyprus | Maro Andreou | 17 | Limassol |
| Denmark | Pia Rosenberg Larsen | 19 | Frederiksberg |
| Dominican Republic | Susan González | 19 | Santiago |
| Ecuador | Alicia Cucalon | 20 | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador | Nadine Jeanpierre | 18 | San Salvador |
| Finland | Satu-Riitta Ala-Harja | 19 | Seinäjoki |
| France | Catherine Carew | 21 | Guadeloupe |
| Gambia | Rose Marie Eunson | 17 | Banjul |
| Germany | Dagmar Schulz | 21 | Duisburg |
| Gibraltar | Dominique Martinez | 20 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Anna Kechagia | 19 | Athens |
| Guam | Valerie Jean Flores | 18 | Agana |
| Guatemala | Sonia Schoenstedt | 20 | Guatemala City |
| Holland | Janny Tervelde | 17 | Domburg |
| Honduras | Nilcer Viscovich | 20 | San Pedro Sula |
| Hong Kong | May Ng | 19 | Kowloon Bay |
| Iceland | Gígja Birgisdóttir | 18 | Akureyri |
| India | Maureen Lestourgeon | 24 | Bombay |
| Ireland | Rosemary Thompson | 20 | Lisburn |
| Isle of Man | Sarah Therese Craig | 21 | Ballaugh |
| Israel | Osnat Moas | 17 | Motzkin |
| Italy | Enrica Patane | 19 | Rome |
| Jamaica | Lisa Mahfood | 22 | Kingston |
| Japan | Mutsumi Sugimura | 19 | Tokyo |
| Kenya | Patricia Maingi | 20 | Nairobi |
| Korea | An Jung-mi | 19 | Seoul |
| Lebanon | Mireille Abi Fares | 19 | Beirut |
| Luxembourg | Martine Pilot | 20 | Erpeldange |
| Macau | Patricia Cheong | 18 | Macau |
| Malaysia | Joan Martha Cardoza | 22 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Andrea Licari | 21 | Floriana |
| Mauritius | Michelle Pastor | 17 | Quatre Bornes |
| Mexico | María de la Luz Velasco | 20 | Mexicali |
| New Zealand | Lynda McManus | 20 | Christchurch |
| Norway | Inger Louise Berg | 18 | Bodø |
| Panama | María Lorena Orillac | 20 | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Verónica Angulo | 20 | Asunción |
| Peru | Patricia Kuypers | 22 | Lima |
| Philippines | Sherry-Rose Byrne | 18 | Manila |
| Poland | Renata Fatla | 19 | Bielsko-Biała |
| Portugal | Elsa Maria Rodrigues | 19 | Lisbon |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jacqueline Heyliger | 20 | Basseterre |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Mandy Haydock | 21 | Kingstown |
| Sierra Leone | Alice Matta Fefegula | 22 | Bo |
| Singapore | Michelle Loh | 20 | Bedok |
| Spain | Remedios Cervantes | 22 | Málaga |
| Sri Lanka | Indira Gunaratne | 20 | Colombo |
| Swaziland | Ilana Faye Lapidos | 18 | Manzini |
| Sweden | Elizabeth Ulvan | 21 | Motala |
| Switzerland | Renate Walther | 22 | Megève |
| Thailand | Sangravee as-Savarak | 18 | Bangkok |
| Tonga | Kerry Cowley | 20 | Nuku'alofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Giselle Laronde | 23 | Marabella |
| Turkey | Meltem Doganay | 18 | Ankara |
| Turks and Caicos | Carmelita Ariza | 17 | Grand Turk |
| United Kingdom | Alison Louise Slack | 20 | Sheffield |
| United States | Halle Berry | 20 | Oakwood |
| United States Virgin Islands | Carmen Acosta | 21 | Saint Croix |
| Uruguay | Alexandra Goldenthal | 17 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | María Begoña Juaristi | 18 | Maracaibo |
| Western Samoa | Kasileta Gabriel | 19 | Apia |
| Yugoslavia | Maja Kučić | 17 | Split |

## Judges

* Lloyd Honeyghan
* Mrs. Arabella
* Nick Owen
* Robert Kalman
* Eric Morley † - Chairman and CEO Miss World Organization
* Linda Womack
* Cecil Womack
* Ralph Halpern †
* John Lloyd