# 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.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1986 | Venezuela – Bárbara Palacios |
| 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
* 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
* West Germany - Birgit Jahn
* 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
* South Korea - Young-ran Bae
* 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 Marianas - 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
* 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 - Barbara Bulah Mae Capron
* Uruguay - Norma Silvana García Lapitz
* United States - Christy Fichtner
* US Virgin Islands - Jasmine Olivia Turner
* Venezuela - Bárbara Palacios Teyde
* Wales - Tracey Rowlands
* Western Samoa - Tui Kaye Hunt
* Zaire - Aimee Likobe Dobala