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

Results

Placements

Final competition

{{Color box|#FADADD|border=darkgray}} Winner

{{Color box|#eadafd|border=darkgray}} First runner-up

{{Color box|#ccff99|border=darkgray}} Second runner-up

{{Color box|#d9eefb|border=darkgray}} Third runner-up

{{Color box|#ffff99|border=darkgray}} Fourth runner-up

(#) Rank in each round of competition

Contestants

• {{ARG}} - María de los Ángeles Fernández Espadero
• {{ARU}} - Mildred Jacqueline "Jacky" Semeleer
• {{AUS}} - Christina Lucinda Bucat
• {{AUT}} - Manuela Redtenbacher
• {{BAH}} - Marie Brown
• {{BAR}} - Roslyn Irene Williams
• {{BEL}} - Goedele Maria Liekens
• {{BIZ}} - Romy Ellen Taegar
• {{flag|Bolivia}} - Elizabeth O'Connor-d'Arlach
• {{flag|Brazil|1968}} - Deise Nunes de Souza
• {{IVB}} - Shereen Desmona Flax
• {{CAN}} - Renee Newhouse
• {{CHL}} - Mariana Villasante Aravena
• {{COL}} - María Mónica Urbina Pugliesse
• {{COK}} - Lorna Sawtell
• {{CRC}} - Aurora Velásquez Arigño
• {{flag|CIV|name=Côte d'Ivoire}} - Marie Françoise Kouame
• {{CUW}} - Christine Joyce Denise Sibilo
• {{CYP}} - Christina Vassaliadou
• {{DEN}} - Helena Christensen^[2]
• {{DOM}} - Lissette Chamorro
• {{ECU}} - Verónica Lucía Sevilla Ledergerber
• {{ELS}} - Vicky Elizabeth Cañas Álvarez
• {{ENG}} - Joanne Ruth Sedgley
• {{FIN}} - Tuula Irmeli Polvi
• {{FRA}} - Catherine Carew
• {{GAM}} - Rose Marie Eunson
• {{flag|West Germany|name=Germany}} - Birgit Jahn
• {{GIB}} - Gail Anne May Francis
• {{GRE}} - Vasilia "Silia" Mantaki
• {{GUM}} - Dina Ann Reyes Salas
• {{GUA}} - Christa Kalula Wellman Girón
• {{flag|Holland}} - Caroline Veldkamp
• {{HON}} - Sandra Natalie Navarrete Romero
• {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}- San Lee Robin Mae
• {{ISL}} - Thora Thrastardóttir
• {{IND}} - Mehr Jessia
• {{IRL}} - Karen Ann Shevlin
• {{ISR}} - Nilly Drucker
• {{ITA}} - Susanna Huckstep
• {{JAM}} - Liliana Antoinette Cisneros
• {{flag|Japan|1870}} - Hiroko Esaki
• {{flag|KOR|name=Korea}} - Young-ran Bae
• {{LBN}} - Reine Philip Barakat
• {{LUX}} - Martine Christine Georgette Pilot
• {{MAS}} - Betty Chee Nyuk Pit
• {{MLT}} - Antoinette Zerafa
• {{MEX}} - Alejandrina "Connie" Carranza Ancheta
• {{NZL}} - Christine Atkinson
• {{flag|Northern Marianas}} - Christine Guerrero
• {{NOR}} - Tone Anette Henriksen
• {{PAN}} - Gilda García López
• {{PNG}} - Anna Wild
• {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} - Johanna Eugenia Kelner Toja
• {{PER}} - Karin Mercedes Lindemann García
• {{flag|Philippines|1986}} - Violeta Asela Enriquez Naluz
• {{flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}} - Brygida Elzbieta Bziukiewicz
• {{POR}} - Mariana Dias Carriço
• {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}} - Elizabeth Robison Latalladi
• {{REU}} - Geneviève Lebon
• {{SCO}} - Natalie M. Devlin
• {{SIN}} - Farah Lange
• {{ESP}} - Concepción "Concha" Isabel Tur Espinosa
• {{SRI}} - Indra Kumari
• {{SWE}} - Anne Lena Rahmberg
• {{SWI}} - Eveline Nicole Glanzmann
• {{THA}} - Thaveeporn Klungpoy
• {{flag|Trinidad & Tobago}} - Candace Jennings
• {{TUR}} - Demet Başdemir
• {{flag|Turks & Caicos}} - Barbara Bulah Mae Capron
• {{URU}} - Norma Silvana García Lapitz
• {{flag|United States}} - Christiane Crane Fichtner
• {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} - Jasmine Olivia Turner
• {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} - Bárbara Palacios Teyde
• {{WAL}} - Tracey Rowlands
• {{flag|Western Samoa}} - Tui Kaye Hunt
• {{ZAI}} - Aimee Likobe Dobala

Notes

Debut

• {{flag|CIV|name=Côte d'Ivoire}}

Withdrawals

• {{BER}} - Samantha Jayne Morton
• {{flag|Cayman Islands|old}}
• {{DMA}}
• {{HTI}}
• {{SEN}}
• {{flag|PYF|name=Tahiti}} ー participated only in Miss France since then
• {{YUG}} - Tatjana Spasic

Returns

Last competed in 1975:

• {{JAM}}

Last competed in 1984:

• {{ABW}}
• {{CHE}}
• {{TUR}}

Awards

• {{GUM}} - Miss Amity (Dina Reyes Salas)
• {{ITA}} - Miss Photogenic (Susanna Huckstep)
• {{PAN}} - Best National Costume (Gilda García López)

Celebrity judges

• Harry Langdon (actor) - actor
• Shawn Weatherly - Miss Universe 1980 winner & actress
• Kristy McNichol - actress
• Patrick Macnee - actor
• Willard Pugh - actor
• Sandy Duncan - actress

General references

• {{cite web|title=Miss Universe 1986 |website=pageantopolis.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212024339/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1986.htm |archive-date=February 12, 2012 |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com:80/international/Universe_1986.htm |deadurl=yes |df= }}

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