# Miss World 1987 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1987 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_World_1987.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1987 > Source revision: 1325875911 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Beauty pageant edition Miss World 1987 Miss World 1987 Titlecard Date 12 November 1987 Presenters Peter Marshall Alexandra Bastedo Entertainment Rick Astley Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom Broadcaster Thames Television Entrants 78[1] Placements 12 Debuts Belize Cook Islands Withdrawals Antigua and Barbuda British Virgin Islands Gambia Sierra Leone Tonga Returns Argentina Curaçao Nigeria Papua New Guinea Winner Ulla Weigerstorfer[2][3] Austria ← 1986 1988 → **Miss World 1987**, the 37th edition of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, was held on 12 November 1987 at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall) in [London](/source/London), United Kingdom. The winner was [Ulla Weigerstorfer](/source/Ulla_Weigerstorfer) (*Queen of Europe*) from [Austria](/source/Austria).[2][4] She was crowned by [Miss World 1986](/source/Miss_World_1986), [Giselle Laronde](/source/Giselle_Laronde) of Trinidad and Tobago. Runner-up was [Albani Lozada](/source/Albany_Lozada) (*Queen of Americas*) from Venezuela, and third was Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir from Iceland. This edition marked the debut of Belize and Cook Islands, and the return of Argentina and Papua New Guinea, which last competed in [1981](/source/Miss_World_1981) and Curaçao and Nigeria last competed in [1985](/source/Miss_World_1985). Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Gambia, Sierra Leone and Tonga, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. ## Results Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1987[1][2][5] ### Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1987 Austria – Ulla Weigerstorfer[2][3][4][5] 1st runner-up Venezuela – Albani Lozada[2][5] 2nd runner-up Iceland – Anna Margret Jónsdóttir[2][5] Top 6 Argentina – Katerina Ciscato Colombia – Claudia Mercedes Escobar Poland – Monika Nowosadko[6] Top 12 France – Nathalie Marquay Guam – Francel Manibog Caracol Holland – Angelique Cremers Hong Kong – Pauline Yeung Israel – Ya'el Gerthler Nigeria – Mary Ngozi Bienoseh ### Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africas Nigeria – Mary Ngozi Bienoseh Americas Venezuela – Albani Lozada Asia Hong Kong – Pauline Yeung Europe Austria – Ulla Weigerstorfer Oceania Guam – Francel Manibog Caracol ## Judges - [Eric Morley](/source/Eric_Morley) † – Chairperson of [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) - [Linford Christie](/source/Linford_Christie) - Robert Coleman - John Coleman - [Pilin Leon](/source/Pilin_Leon) – [Miss World 1981](/source/Miss_World_1981) from Venezuela - [Hayley Mills](/source/Hayley_Mills) - Albert Vinci - [Rick Wakeman](/source/Rick_Wakeman) - [Simon Williams](/source/Simon_Williams_(actor)) ## Contestants 78 countries participated in Miss World 1987.[1] Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown Argentina Katerina Ciscato[1] 17 La Plata Australia Donna Rudrum[7] 23 Melbourne Austria Ulla Weigerstorfer[2][3] 20 Vienna Bahamas Indira Wood[1] 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[1] 21 Cali Cook Islands Michelle Leone Oberg[8] 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[1] 21 Salcedo Ecuador Cecilia Pozo[1] 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[1] 22 Schinveld Honduras Claudia María Paz 18 San Pedro Sula Hong Kong Pauline Yeung[9] 20 Hong Kong Island Iceland Anna Margret Jónsdóttir[1] 21 Reykjavík India Manisha Kohli 17 Bombay Ireland Adrienne Rock 22 Dublin Isle of Man 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[10] 18 Manukau City Nigeria Mary Ngozi Bienoseh 19 Benue Norway Mette Veiseth 18 Namsos Panama María Cordelia Denis 19 Panama City Papua New Guinea 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[6] 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[b] 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[11] 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[1] 24 Barnsley United States Clotlide Cabrera 23 Tampa Bay United States Virgin Islands Lisa Pitram 17 St. Thomas Uruguay Mónica Borrea 23 Montevideo Venezuela Albani Lozada[1] 22 Acarigua West Germany Christiane Kopp[12] 19 Berlin Western Samoa Ainslie Berking 18 Apia Yugoslavia Matilda Sazdova 18 Skopje ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Ages at the time of the pageant 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Competed as Korea in the pageant ### Withdrawals - **British Virgin Islands** – because of the national pageant postponement - **Sierra Leone** – because of the national pageant postponement ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-google.com_1-11) ["The Free Lance-Star"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19871112&id=i_hNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U4sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,2133522&hl=en). 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Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com. v t e Miss World Editions 1950s 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Related Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Beauty with a Purpose v t e Miss World 1987 national titleholders Ulla Weigerstorfer Yasna Vukasovic Nathalie Marquay Karen Mellor Albany Lozada --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss World 1987](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1987) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1987?action=history)). 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