Miss Universe 1987

Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 27 May 1987[lower-alpha 1] at the HarbourFront Centre in Singapore. Bárbara Palacios of Venezuela crowned her successor Cecilia Bolocco of Chile. 68 contestants competed in the pageant.

Miss Universe 1987 Titlecard

Miss Universe 1987
Miss Universe 1987 Cecilia Bolocco
Date	27 May 1987[lower-alpha 1]
Presenters	Bob Barker Mary Frann
Entertainment	Cultural Dance Group of Singapore Little Sisters of Singapore
Venue	HarbourFront Centre, Singapore
Broadcaster	CBS (international) SBC (official broadcaster)
Entrants	68
Placements	10
Debuts	Egypt Greenland Kenya
Withdrawals	Aruba Belgium Cook Islands Côte d'Ivoire Gambia Gibraltar Iceland Luxembourg Papua New Guinea Poland Réunion Scotland Western Samoa Zaire
Returns	Nigeria Senegal
Winner	Cecilia Bolocco  Chile
Congeniality	Francia Tatiana Reyes  Honduras
Best National Costume	Jacqueline Meirelles  Brazil
Photogenic	Patricia López Ruiz  Colombia

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 1987

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1987	Chile – Cecilia Bolocco
1st Runner-up	Italy – Roberta Capua
2nd Runner-up	United States – Michelle Royer
3rd Runner-up	Venezuela – Inés María Calero
4th Runner-up	Puerto Rico – Laurie Tamara Simpson
Top 10	Peru – Jessica Newton  Philippines – Geraldine Asis  Singapore – Marion Nicole Teo  Sweden – Suzanne Thörngren  Turks and Caicos – Carmelita Ariza

Final Competition

Nation	Preliminary Average	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Semifinal Average
Chile	8.514 (2)	9.539 (1)	9.569 (1)	9.765 (1)	9.624 (1)
Italy	8.434 (3)	8.890 (3)	9.383 (2)	9.680 (2)	9.317 (2)
United States	8.618 (1)	9.195 (2)	9.263 (3)	9.480 (3)	9.312 (3)
Venezuela	8.046 (7)	8.375 (5)	8.630 (5)	8.890 (5)	8.631 (5)
Puerto Rico	8.149 (4)	8.630 (4)	8.800 (4)	8.783 (6)	8.737 (4)
Philippines	8.132 (5)	8.231 (6)	8.603 (6)	8.915 (4)	8.583 (6)
Turks and Caicos	8.092 (6)	8.018 (8)	8.420 (7)	8.634 (7)	8.357 (7)
Sweden	7.915 (10)	8.105 (7)	8.405 (8)	8.300 (9)	8.270 (8)
Singapore	7.937 (9)	7.935 (9)	7.940 (10)	8.333 (8)	8.069 (9)
Peru	7.956 (8)	7.870 (10)	8.055 (9)	8.268 (10)	8.064 (10)

Contestants

•  Argentina - Carolina Brachetti
•  Australia - Jennine Leonarder
•  Austria - Kristina Sebestyen
•  Bahamas - Betty Ann Hanna
•  Barbados - Dawn Michelle Waithe
•  Belize - Holly Emma Edgell
•  Bolivia - Patricia Arce
•  Brazil - Jacqueline Meirelles
•  British Virgin Islands - Sandy Michelle Harrigan
•  Canada - Tina May Simpson
•  Chile - Cecilia Bolocco
•  Colombia - Patricia López Ruiz
•  Costa Rica - Ana María Bolaños
•  Curaçao - Viennaline Arvelo
•  Cyprus - Natasha Papademetriou
•  Denmark - Nanna Louisa Johansson
•  Dominican Republic - Carmen Rita Pérez
•  Ecuador - María del Pilar Barreiro Cucalón
•  Egypt - Hoda Abboud
•  El Salvador - Virna Passely Machuca
•  England - Yvette Dawn Lindsey
•  Finland - Outi Tanhuanpää
•  France - Nathalie Marquay
•  Germany - Dagmar Schulz
•  Greece - Xenia Pantazi
•  Greenland - Susse Petersen
•  Guam - Teresa Torres Fischer
•  Guatemala - María Isabel Flores
•  Holland - Janny Tervelde
•  Honduras - Francia Tatiana Reyes
•  Hong Kong - Lily Chong Sok Hui
•  India - Priyadarshini Pradhan
•  Ireland - Rosemary Thompson
•  Israel - Yamit Noy
•  Italy - Roberta Capua
•  Jamaica - Janice Sewell
•  Japan - Hiroe Namba
•  Kenya - Susan Waruguru Kahumba
•  Korea - Kim Ji-eun
•  Lebanon - Sahar Mouhsen Haydar
•  Malaysia - Christine Praglar
•  Malta - Kristina Apap Bologna
•  Mexico - Cynthia Fallon
•  New Zealand - Ursula Kim Ryan
•  Nigeria - Lynda Chuba Ikpeazu
•  Northern Marianas - Luciana Seman Ada
•  Norway - Mariann Leines
•  Panama - Gabriela Deleuze Ducasa
•  Paraguay - Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza
•  Peru - Jessica Newton Saez
•  Philippines - Geraldine Edith Villarruz Asis
•  Portugal - Noelia Chávez Pereira
•  Puerto Rico - Laurie Simpson
•  Senegal - Fabienne Joelle Feliho
•  Singapore - Marion Nicole Teo
•  Spain - Remedios Cervantes
•  Sri Lanka - Nandaine Wijiegooneratna
•  Sweden - Suzanne Thörngren
•   Switzerland - Renate Walther
•  Thailand - Chutima Naiyana
•  Trinidad and Tobago - Sheree Ann Denise Richards
•  Turkey - Leyle Sesbet
•  Turks and Caicos - Carmelita Louise Ariza
•  Uruguay - María Victoria Zangaro Groso
•  United States - Michelle Royer
•  US Virgin Islands - Felize Bencosme
•  Venezuela - Inés María Calero
•  Wales - Nicola Gail Davies

Notes

Debuts

•  Egypt
•  Greenland
•  Kenya

Returns

Last competed in 1964:

•  Nigeria

Last competed in 1985:

•  Senegal

Withdrawals

•  Aruba
•  Belgium
•  Cook Islands
•  Côte d'Ivoire
•  Gambia
•  Gibraltar
•  Iceland
•  Luxembourg
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Poland
•  Scotland – Eileen Catterson was underage before February 1.
•  Réunion – participated in Miss France since then.
•  Western Samoa
•  Zaire – Mesatewa Tuzolana

Did not compete

•  Bermuda – Shelley Bascombe was overage, hence disqualified.

Awards

•  Honduras – Miss Amity (Francia Tatiana Reyes)
•  Colombia – Miss Photogenic (Patricia López Ruiz)
•  Brazil – Best National Costume (Jacqueline Meirelles)

General references

1. The event was held at 8:00 am Singapore Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was May 26 in their local times.

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