Miss World 1987
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 Miss World 1987 Titlecard | |
| Date | 12 November 1987 |
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| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | Thames Television |
| Entrants | 78[1] |
| Placements | 12 |
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| Winner | Ulla Weigerstorfer[2][3] Austria |
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.[2][4] 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 |
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| Miss World 1987 | |
| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up | |
| Top 6 | |
| Top 12 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
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| Europe |
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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.[1]
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Notes
Withdrawals
British Virgin Islands – because of the national pageant postponement
Sierra Leone – because of the national pageant postponement
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "The Free Lance-Star". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Lewiston Journal". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Ulla Weigerstorfer kandidiert für das Team Stronach". vienna.at (in German). July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- 1 2 "Team Stronach - Eine Miss fuer Stronach". news.at. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "A Brief History Of Miss World In Pictures (slide #14)". The Huffington Post UK. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- 1 2 "Dziś wielka gala Miss Polonia 2010. Głosujmy na Olgę Lackosz z Jasła!". nowiny24.pl. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ↑ McHugh, Jillian (30 August 2015). "Miss World Australia crowned". The West Australian. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ↑ Skews, Robert. "Cook Islands' hard working commercial traveller". Cook Islands Sun. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Issuu.
- ↑ Yuen, Norman (22 November 2022). "10 Miss Hong Kong winners from the 1980s – what are they doing now?". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ↑ "Page 1". The Press. Christchurch, New Zealand. 13 April 1987. p. 1. Retrieved 1 October 2025 – via Papers Past.
- ↑ "Thai beauty's all set for Miss World contest". The Straits Times. 22 September 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via National Library Board.
- ↑ "Young beauty queens". The Vancouver Sun. 10 March 1988. p. 12. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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