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. She was crowned by Giselle Laronde of Trinidad and Tobago. Runner-up was Albani Lozada (Queen of Americas) from Venezuela, and third was Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir from Iceland. It is the second victory of Austria in the pageant.
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
Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1987 – Ulla Weigerstorfer 1st Runner-Up – Albani Lozada 2nd Runner-Up – Anna Margret Jónsdóttir Top 6 – Katerina Ciscato – Claudia Mercedes Escobar – Monika Nowosadko Top 12 – Nathalie Marquay – Francel Manibog Caracol – Angelique Cremers – Pauline Yeung – Ya'el Gerthler – Mary Ngozi Bienoseh
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africas – Mary Ngozi Bienoseh Americas – Albani Lozada Asia – Pauline Yeung Europe – Ulla Weigerstorfer Oceania – 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. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Argentina Katerina Ciscato 17 La Plata Australia Donna Rudrum 23 Melbourne Austria Ulla Weigerstorfer 20 Vienna Bahamas Indira Wood 21 Nassau 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 21 Cali Cook Islands Michelle Leone Oberg 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 21 Salcedo Ecuador Cecilia Pozo 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 22 Schinveld Honduras Claudia María Paz 18 San Pedro Sula Hong Kong Pauline Yeung 20 Hong Kong Island Iceland Anna Margret Jónsdóttir 21 Reykjavík India Manisha Kohli 17 Bombay Ireland Adrienne Rock 22 Dublin 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 City Nigeria Mary Ngozi Bienoseh 19 Benue Norway Mette Veiseth 18 Namsos Panama María Cordelia Denis 19 Panama City 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 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 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 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 24 Barnsley United States Clotlide Cabrera 23 Tampa Bay United States Virgin IslandsLisa Pitram17St. Thomas Uruguay Mónica Borrea 23 Montevideo Venezuela Albani Lozada 22 Acarigua West Germany Christiane Kopp 19 Berlin Western Samoa Ainslie Berking 18 Apia Yugoslavia Matilda Sazdova 18 Skopje
Notes
Withdrawals – because of the national pageant postponement – because of the national pageant postponement
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