The 27th Miss International pageant was held on 13 September 1987 at Nihon Seinen-Kan, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. Laurie Simpson Rivera from Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 won the Miss International title.

Results

Final result	Contestant
Miss International 1987	Puerto Rico - Laurie Tamara Simpson Rivera
1st runner-up	Belgium - Muriel Jane Georges Rens
2nd runner-up	Mexico - Rosa Isela Fuentes Chávez
Semi-finalist	- Vanessa Lynn Gibson - Kristina Sebestyen - Fernanda Campos Soares - Niina Katariina Kärkkäinen - Dagmar Schulz - Erika Maria de Souza - Ofir Alony - Denise Josephine Thompson - Yayoi Morita - Ana García Bonilla ' - Paula Jean Morrinson - Begoña Victoria García Varas

Special awards

• Friendship: Michelle Betancourt Vergara (Colombia)
• Photogenic: Lam Wing-Han (Hong Kong)
• National costume: Begoña Victoria García Varas (Venezuela)

Contestants

- Rossana Ranier - Vanessa Lynn Gibson (Universe 88) - Kristina Sebestyen (Universe 87) - Muriel Jane Georges Rens - Gouldin Balcázar - Fernanda Campos Soares - Debbie Ann Pearman - Julie Christine McDonald - Michelle Betancourt Vergara - Alexandra Eugenia Martínez Fuentes (World 87) - Zelma Hesselmann (World 87) - Niina Katariina Kärkkäinen - Joelle Annik Ramyhed - Dagmar Schulz (World 86 & Universe 87) - Peggy Thanopoulou - Geraldine Dydasco Gumataotao - Angelique Johanna Gerarda Cremers (SF World 87) - Darlene Jacqueline Sikaffy Powery - Lam Wing-Han - Magnea Lovisa Magnusdóttir (3rd RU Europe 88) - Erika Maria de Souza - Barbara Ann Curran (SF World 89; Universe 90) - Ofir Alony - Luisa Rigamonti - Denise Josephine Thompson - Yayoi Morita
- Chung Wha-sun - Claudine Atten (World 87) - Maria Arlette Balzan - Rosa Isela Fuentes Chávez - Philippa Lynn Beazley - Luciana Seman Ada (Universe 87) - Hege Elisabeth Rasmussen - Amarilis Aurelia Sandoval - Rosario Elsa Leguia Nugent - Maria Lourdez "Lilu" Dizon Enriquez - Ewa Monika Nowosadko (3rd RU World 87; 1st RU Europe 88) - Susana Paula Neto da Silva Nunes - Laurie Tamara Simpson Rivera (4th RU Universe 87) - Marjorie Ai Ling Tan - Ana García Bonilla - Nathalie Amiet - Prapaphan Bamrubngthai - Mine Baysan- Paula Jean Morrinson- Begoña Victoria García Varas- Mesatewa Tuzolana