The 26th Miss International pageant was held on 31 August 1986 at Holland Village, Nagasaki

Nagasaki

is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the second half of the 16th century on the site of a small fishing village, formerly part of Nishisonogi District...

. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada

Masumi Okada

was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the "Mermaid...

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Results

Final result	Contestant
Miss International 1986	Kingdom of England - Helen Fairbrother Helen Fairbrother Helen Fairbrother, of England, is the third delegate from her country to win the Miss International crown. Her victory came in 1986, when it was held in Nagasaki, Japan.-Miss United Kingdom:...
1st runner-up	Denmark - Pia Rosenberg Larsen
2nd runner-up	Mexico - Martha Merino Ponce de León
Semi-finalist	- Maria del Carmen Zapata Valencia ' - Caroline Veldkamp - Chava Distenfeld - Rika Kobayashi - Zena Jenkins - Annette Bjerke - Alice Dixson - Elizabeth Robison Latalladi (SF Universe 86) - Irán Pont Gil - Susanna Marie Lundmark ' - Cindy Jane Williams - Nancy Gallardo Quiñones

Special awards

• Friendship: Rika Kobayashi (Japan)
• Photogenic: Susanna Marie Lundmark (Sweden)
• National costume: Nancy Gallardo (Venezuela)

Contestants

- Bárbara Laszyc - Christine Lucinda Bucat (Universe 86) - Manuela Redtenbacher (Universe 86) - Nancy Maria Marcella Stoop - Gloria Patricia Roca - Kátia Marques Faria - Irene Elizabeth Vermuelen - Maria del Carmen Zapata Valencia - Ana Lorena González García (SF World 86) - Marie Françoise Kouame (Universe 86) - Pia Rosenberg Larsen (1st RU World 86) - Helen Fairbrother - Maarit Hannele Salomäki - Catherine Lucette Billaudeau - Birgit Jahn (Universe 86) - Afrodite Panagiotou - Dina Ann Reyes Salas (Universe 86) - Caroline Veldkamp (Universe 86) - Francia Tatiana Reyes Beselinoff (Universe 87) - Patty Ngai Suen-Tung - Ragna Saemundsdóttir - Poonam Pahlet Gidwant - Majella Byrne
- Chava Distenfeld- Caterina Fanciulli - Rika Kobayashi - Kim Yoon-jung - Latonia Chang Pei Pei - Martha Cristiana Merino Ponce de León - Zena Grace Jenkins - Lisa Aquiningoc Manglona - Annette Bjerke - Nidia Esther Pérez - Jessie Alice Salones Dixson - Renata Fatla (World 86) - Ana Rosa Pequito Antunes - Elizabeth Robison Latalladi (SF Universe 86) - Kim Robertson - Teo Ser Lee - Irán Pont Gil - Susanna Marie Lundmark - Marianne Müller- Janthanee Singsuwan- Cindy Jane Williams- Nancy Josefina Gallardo Quiñones- Judith Kay Popham