Miss International 1986

{{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | winner = [[Helen Fairbrother]] | represented = England | date = August 31, 1986 | presenters = [[Masumi Okada]] | image = Huis_Ten_Bosch_-_01.jpg | venue = [[Huis Ten Bosch (theme park)|Huis Ten Bosch]], [[Nagasaki]], Japan | broadcaster = [[TV Tokyo]] | entrants = 46 | placements = 15 | debuts = {{Hlist|Côte d'Ivoire}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Guatemala|Zaire}} | returns = {{Hlist|Argentina|Malaysia|Puerto Rico|Sweden}} | before = [[Miss International 1985|1985]] | next = [[Miss International 1987|1987]] }}

''' Miss International 1986''', the 26th [[Miss International]] pageant, was held on 31 August 1986 at the Holland Village in [[Nagasaki]]. The pageant was won by [[Helen Fairbrother]] of England.

==Results==

===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss International 1986 | * {{flagu|England}} - [[Helen Fairbrother]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crowning-glory-miss-derby-karen-438124|title=Crowning glory as Miss Derby Karen Mellor scooped 1987 Miss UK title |newspaper=Derby Telegraph|date=19 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Helen Fairbrother |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-evening-mail-helen-fairbrothe/133984379/ |accessdate=16 February 2025 |website=e-consulta.com }}</ref> |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flagu|Denmark}} - Pia Rosenberg Larsen |- | 2nd runner-up | * {{flagu|Mexico}} - [[:es:Martha Cristiana|Martha Merino]]<ref>{{cite web |date=8 May 2024 |title=Así fue el paso de Martha Cristiana por Miss Puebla 1986 |url=https://www.e-consulta.com/nota/2024-05-08/entretenimiento/asi-fue-el-paso-de-la-poblana-martha-cristianala-en-miss-puebla-1986 |accessdate=16 February 2025 |website=e-consulta.com |language=es}}</ref> |- | Top 15 | * {{flagu|Colombia}} - Maria del Carmen * {{flagu|Holland}} - Caroline Veldkamp * {{flagu|Israel}} - Chava Distenfeld * {{flagu|Japan|1947}} - Rika Kobayashi * {{flagu|New Zealand}} - Zena Grace Jenkins * {{flagu|Norway}} - Annette Bjerke * {{flagu|Philippines|1986}} - [[Alice Dixson]] * {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} - Elizabeth Robison * {{flagu|Spain}} - Irán Pont Gil * {{flagu|Sweden}} - Susanna Marie Lundmark * {{flagu|United States}} - [[Cindy Williams (journalist)|Cindy Jane Williams]] * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} - Nancy Gallardo |}

==Contestants== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * '''{{flag|Argentina}}''' - Bárbara Laszyc * '''{{flag|Australia}}''' - Christine Lucinda Bucat * '''{{flag|Austria}}''' - Manuela Redtenbacher * '''{{flag|Belgium}}''' - Nancy Maria Marcella Stoop * '''{{flag|Bolivia}}''' - Gloria Patricia Roca * '''{{flag|Brazil|1968}}''' - Kátia Marques Faria * '''{{flag|Canada}}''' - Irene Elizabeth Vermuelen * '''{{flag|Colombia}}''' - Maria del Carmen Zapata Valencia * '''{{flag|Costa Rica}}''' - Ana Lorena González García * '''{{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}''' - Marie Françoise Kouame * '''{{flag|Denmark}}''' - Pia Rosenberg Larsen * '''{{flag|England}}''' - Helen Fairbrother * '''{{flag|Finland}}''' - Maarit Hannele Salomäki * '''{{flag|France}}''' - Catherine Lucette Billaudeau * '''{{flag|Greece}}''' - Afrodite Panagiotou * '''{{flag|Guam}}''' - Dina Ann Reyes Salas * '''{{flag|Holland}}''' - Caroline Veldkamp * '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' - Francia Tatiana Reyes Beselinoff * '''{{flag|Hong Kong|colonial}}''' - Patty Ngai Suen-Tung * '''{{flag|Iceland}}''' - Ragna Saemundsdóttir * '''{{flag|India}}''' - Poonam Pahlet Gidwant * '''{{flag|Ireland}}''' - Majella Byrne * '''{{flag|Israel}}''' - Chava Distenfeld * '''{{flag|Italy}}''' - Caterina Fanciulli * '''{{flag|Japan|1870}}''' - Rika Kobayashi * '''{{flag|Malaysia}}''' - Latonia Chang Pei Pei * '''{{flag|Mexico}}''' - Martha Cristiana Merino Ponce de León * '''{{flag|New Zealand}}''' - Zena Grace Jenkins * '''{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}''' - Lisa Aquiningoc Manglona * '''{{flag|Norway}}''' - Annette Bjerke * '''{{flag|Panama}}''' - Nidia Esther Pérez * '''{{flag|Philippines}}''' - Jessie Alice Celones Dixson * '''{{flag|Poland}}''' - Renata Fatla * '''{{flag|Portugal}}''' - Ana Rosa Pequito Antunes * '''{{flag|Puerto Rico}}''' - Elizabeth Robison Latalladi * '''{{flag|Scotland}}''' - Kim Robertson * '''{{flag|Singapore}}''' - Shirley Teo Ser Lee * '''{{flag|South Korea|1949}}''' - Kim Yoon-jung * '''{{flag|Spain}}''' - Irán Pont Gil * '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' - Susanna Marie Lundmark * '''{{flag|Switzerland}}''' - Marianne Müller * '''{{flag|Thailand}}''' - Janthanee Singsuwan * '''{{flag|United States}}''' - [[Cindy Williams (journalist)|Cindy Williams]] * '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' - Nancy Josefina Gallardo Quiñones * '''{{flag|Wales}}''' - Judith Kay Popham * '''{{flag|West Germany}}''' - Birgit Jahn {{div col end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Miss International}} {{Miss International 1986 delegates}}

[[Category:Miss International|1986]] [[Category:1986 in Japan]] [[Category:1986 beauty pageants]] [[Category:Beauty pageants in Japan]]