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.

This edition marked the debut of Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Macau and Sierra Leone. and the return of Mauritius last competed in 1980, Tonga and Turkey last competed in 1983, and Honduras last competed in 1984.

Aruba, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, French Polynesia (as Tahiti), Liberia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Uganda and Zaire, withdrew from the competition.

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

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

Contestants

Seventy-seven contestants competed for the title.

Notes

Withdrawals

and lost its Miss World franchise due to financial assistance issues.

Other Notes

• Turks and Caicos – Carmelita Louise Ariza competed in the 1987 pageant in Singapore, where she achieved a Top 10 placement. She made history by being the first and only representative from Turk and Caicos to reach this milestone in Miss Universe.

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