Miss Universe 1987
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Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant was held at Hall Four at World Trade Centre, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
on May 27, 1987. 22-year-old Cecilia Bolocco of Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
was crowned as Miss Universe 1987. 68 contestants competed in the 1987 Miss Universe Pageant. This was the twenty-first and final Miss Universe competition to be hosted by popular American television host Bob Barker
Bob Barker
Robert William "Bob" Barker is a former American television game show host. He is best known for hosting CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history, and for hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975.Born...
. Mr. Barker, an animal rights proponent, requested pageant organizers to ban all animal fur prizes from the pageant. He promptly resigned as host when his request was refused. The program was broadcast by CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1987 | |
| 1st runner-up |
Roberta Capua -Biography:She became known in the Italian entertainment world with her election as Miss Italia in 1986. Her mother Marisa Jossa had been awarded the same title in 1959. The year after she placed second at Miss Universe.... |
| 2nd runner-up |
 United States - Michelle RoyerMichelle Royer Michelle Renee Royer-Jefferson is a former Miss USA and second runner-up to .-Early life:Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jefferson was a student at Texas Wesleyan University... |
| 3rd runner-up |
 Venezuela - Inés María CaleroInés María Calero Inés María Calero Rodríguez is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on March 21, 1969. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1987, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1987 pageant held in Singapore on May 26, 1987, when she won the title of 3rd... |
| 4th runner-up |
Laurie Tamara Simpson Laurie Tamara Simpson Rivera is a beauty pageant titleholder from Puerto Rico who was crowned Miss International 1987.-Miss International:Prior to winning the beauty pageant, the blonde, blue-eyed beauty participated in several beauty pageants... |
| Top 10 |
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Semifinal Scores
| Country | Preliminary Average | Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.514 (2) | 9.539 (1) | 9.569 (1) | 9.765 (1) | 9.624 (1) | |
| 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) |
| 8.149 (4) | 8.630 (4) | 8.800 (4) | 8.783 (6) | 8.737 (4) | |
| Venezuela |
8.046 (7) | 8.375 (5) | 8.630 (5) | 8.890 (5) | 8.631 (5) |
| 8.132 (5) | 8.231 (6) | 8.603 (6) | 8.915 (4) | 8.583 (6) | |
| 8.092 (6) | 8.018 (8) | 8.420 (7) | 8.634 (7) | 8.357 (7) | |
| 7.915 (10) | 8.105 (7) | 8.405 (8) | 8.300 (9) | 8.270 (8) | |
| 7.937 (9) | 7.935 (9) | 7.940 (10) | 8.333 (8) | 8.069 (9) | |
| 7.956 (8) | 7.870 (10) | 8.055 (9) | 8.268 (10) | 8.064 (10) |
Winner
First Runner-up
Second Runner-up
Third Runner-up
Fourth Runner-up
Top 10 Semifinalist
(#) Rank in each round of competition
Special Awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Best National Costume |
|
| Miss Congeniality |
 Honduras - Francia Tatiana Reyes |
| Miss Photogenic |
 Colombia - Patricia López Ruiz |
Background music
- Opening Number: "Let's Go!" by Wang ChungWang Chung (band)Wang Chung are an English New Wave musical group.The group found their greatest success in America, with five Top 40 hits in the US, all charting between 1983 and 1987, including "Dance Hall Days" , "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" and "Let's Go!" .-Pre-history: The Intellektuals and 57 Men :Jeremy...
(Cover versionCover versionIn popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
) - Musical Number: "Big Time" by Peter GabrielPeter GabrielPeter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
(Cover versionCover versionIn popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
) - Evening Gown Competition: "You are My Star"
- Crowning Moment: "This is Your Night"
Judges
- Isabel SanfordIsabel SanfordIsabel Sanford was an American actress best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family and The Jeffersons .-Career:...
- Nancy Dussault
- Goh Choo San
- Peter GravesPeter Graves (actor)Peter Aurness , known professionally as Peter Graves, was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his starring role in the CBS television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973...
- José GrecoJosé GrecoJose Greco was a flamenco dancer and choreographer.He was born in Montorio nei Frentani, Italy of Italian parents. He was raised in New York City from the time he was 10 years old. He began dancing in Brooklyn with his sister Norina at a young age.He made his professional dancing debut in 1937 at...
- Neil Hickey
- Kan Yue Sai
- Arnold KopelsonArnold KopelsonArnold Kopelson is an American film producer.Among his credits are Platoon, Seven, Outbreak, The Fugitive and The Devil's Advocate.-Biography:...
- David Niven, Jr.David Niven, Jr.David Niven, Jr. , the son of Oscar-winning actor David Niven and his wife Primula Rollo, is a film producer and film actor with stints as an executive at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. His credits include Rush Hour 3, The Cool Surface, Psycho Cop Returns and The Girl with the Hungry Eyes...
- Paul-Louis Orrier
- Charlotte RaeCharlotte RaeCharlotte Rae is a prolific American character actress of stage, comedienne, singer and dancer, who in her six decades of television is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life...
- Deborah Carthy Deu
Contestants
- - Carolina Brachetti
- - Jennine Leonarder
- - Kristina Sebestyen
- - Betty Ann Hanna
- - Dawn Michelle Waithe
- - Holly Emma Edgell
- - Patricia Arce
- ' - Jacqueline MeirellesJacqueline MeirellesJacqueline Meirelles is a Brazilian model, former television host, and Miss Brazil Universe 1987 titleholder. She was the first delegate from the Federal Capital, Brasília, to win an edition of this pageant since the inauguration of the city, on 21 April 1960...
- - Sandy Michelle Harrigan
- - Tina May Simpson
- - Cecilia Bolocco
- - Patricia López Ruiz
- - Ana María Bolaños
- - Viennaline Arvelo
- - Natasha Papademetriou
- - Nanna Louisa Johansson
- - Carmen Rita Pérez
- - María del Pilar Barreiro Cucalón
- - Hoda Abboud
- - Virna Passely Machuca
- - Yvette Dawn Lindsey
- - Outi Tanhuanpää
- - Nathalie MarquayNathalie MarquayNathalie Marquay was Miss France in 1987 and her country's representative at Miss Universe and Miss World.-References:...
- - Dagmar Schulz
- - Xenia Pantazi
- - Susse Petersen
- - Teresa Torres Fischer
- - María Isabel Flores
- ' - Janny Tervelde
- - Francia Tatiana Reyes
Hong Kong - Lily Chong Sok Hui- - Priyadarshini PradhanPriyadarshini PradhanPriyadarshini Pradhan is the Miss India winner of 1987. She represented India in the Miss Universe 1987 pageant. She won the Best National Costume Award at the Miss Universe competition. She received her title from Mehr Jessia and handed it over to Dolly Minhas. Also Priyardarshini competed in the...
- - Rosemary Thompson
- - Yamit Noy
- - Roberta CapuaRoberta Capua-Biography:She became known in the Italian entertainment world with her election as Miss Italia in 1986. Her mother Marisa Jossa had been awarded the same title in 1959. The year after she placed second at Miss Universe....
- - Janice Sewell
- - Hiroe Namba
- - Susan Waruguru Kahumba
- ' - Kim Ji-Eun
- - Sahar Mouhsen Haydar
- - Christine Praglar
- - Kristina Apapbologna
- - Cynthia Fallon
- - Ursula Kim Ryan
- - Lynda Chuba IkpeazuLynda Chuba IkpeazuThe Honourable Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu is a Nigerian politician.The daughter of judge and former Nigeria Football Association chairman Justice Chuba-Ikpeazu QC, Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu was educated in Nigeria, England, and America where she worked as a model...
- ' - Luciana Seman Ada
- - Mariann Leines
- - Gabriela Deleuze DucasaGabriela DeleuzeGabriela Deleuze Ducasa born Ciudad de Panamá , is a Panamanian beauty pageant contestant winner of the Miss Panamá 1987 title. Also represented Panama in Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant was held at Hall Four at World Trade Centre, Singapore on May 27, 1987...
- - Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza
- - Jessica Newton Sáez
- - Geraldine Edith Asis
- - Noelia Chávez Pereira
- - Laurie Tamara SimpsonLaurie Tamara SimpsonLaurie Tamara Simpson Rivera is a beauty pageant titleholder from Puerto Rico who was crowned Miss International 1987.-Miss International:Prior to winning the beauty pageant, the blonde, blue-eyed beauty participated in several beauty pageants...
- - Fabienne Joelle Feliho
- - Marion Nicole Teo
- - Remedios Cervantes
- - Nandaine Wijiegooneratna
- - Suzanne Thörngren
- - Renate Walther
- - Chuttima Naiyana
- ' - Sheree Ann Denise Richards
- - Leyle Sesbet
- ' - Carmelita Louise Ariza
- - María Victoria Zangaro Groso
- United States - Michelle RoyerMichelle RoyerMichelle Renee Royer-Jefferson is a former Miss USA and second runner-up to .-Early life:Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jefferson was a student at Texas Wesleyan University...
United States Virgin Islands - Felize Bencosme- Venezuela - Inés María Calero RodríguezInés María CaleroInés María Calero Rodríguez is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on March 21, 1969. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1987, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1987 pageant held in Singapore on May 26, 1987, when she won the title of 3rd...
- - Nicola Gail Davies
Preliminary Swimsuit Scores
- 8.390 USA
- 8.264 Turks & Caicos
- 8.229 Sweden
- 8.115 Uruguay
- 8.008 Chile
- 7.920 Italy
- 7.889 Singapore
- 7.877 Finland
- 7.819 Peru
- 7.815 Puerto Rico
- 7.804 Venezuela
- 7.793 Philippines
- 7.729 Colombia
- 7.645 Dominican Republic
- 7.569 Switzerland
- 7.555 Spain
- 7.545 Wales
- 7.530 Korea
- 7.529 Guatemala
- 7.529 Japan
- 7.510 Hong Kong
- 7.509 England
- 7.374 Sri Lanka
- 7.344 Norway
- 7.343 New Zealand
- 7.340 Ecuador
- 7.330 France
- 7.270 Panama
- 7.260 Austria
- 7.260 Portugal
- 7.255 Trinidad & Tobago
- 7.240 Mexico
- 7.234 Malaysia
- 7.219 Nigeria
- 7.210 Holland
- 7.210 Jamaica
- 7.180 Costa Rica
- 7.169 Barbados
- 7.160 Brazil
- 7.140 Germany
- 7.140 Senegal
- 7.130 Guam
- 7.119 India
- 7.118 Ireland
- 7.070 Australia
- 7.069 Turkey
- 7.068 Israel
- 6.980 Argentina
- 6.935 Canada
- 6.908 Kenya
- 6.800 Curaçao
- 6.767 U.S. Virgin Islands
- 6.680 Malta
- 6.640 El Salvador
- 6.600 Bolivia
- 6.599 Paraguay
- 6.549 Thailand
- 6.539 Lebanon
- 6.530 Greece
- 6.440 Denmark
- 6.329 Greenland
- 6.325 Bahamas
- 6.270 British Virgin Islands
- 6.170 Honduras
- 6.030 Northern Marianas
- 5.950 Belize
- 5.830 Egypt
- 5.750 Cyprus
Debuts
Withdrawals
Disqualified
: Shelley Bascombe (overage): Eileen Catterson (underage)
Returns
(first appearance since 1964Miss Universe 1964
Miss Universe 1964, the 13th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 21-year-old Corinna Tsopei of Greece. It took place on 1 August 1964 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:...
)
(last participation)
Miss International
- Miss International 1987Miss International 1987The 27th Miss International pageant was held on 13 September 1987 at Nihon Seinen-Kan, Tokyo. Laurie Simpson Rivera from Puerto Rico won the Miss International title.- Results :-Special awards:*Friendship: Michelle Betancourt Vergara...
}: Laurie Simpson
Laurie Tamara Simpson
Laurie Tamara Simpson Rivera is a beauty pageant titleholder from Puerto Rico who was crowned Miss International 1987.-Miss International:Prior to winning the beauty pageant, the blonde, blue-eyed beauty participated in several beauty pageants...
(Winner)
International Broadcasting
These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBSCBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
) that showed the 1987 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:
- : Seven Network
- : ZNS-TVZNS-TVZNS is a national radio and TV broadcaster operated by the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas....
- : VRTVlaamse Radio- en TelevisieomroepThe Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie , or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders ....
- : SBT
- : BNT 1
- : CBC TelevisionCBC TelevisionCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
- : TVNTelevisión Nacional de ChileTVN is Chile's state-owned television station. Its inaugural transmission took place on 1969. TVN is owned, but not funded, by the state, and it functions independently from it; a very particular case of public television in South America...
- : Caracol
- : RIK 1
- : DR1DR1DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week....
- : Gamavision
- : ETVEesti TelevisioonEesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...
- : YLE TV1YLE TV1YLE TV1 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Finnish public broadcaster Yleisradio. It is the first and oldest Television channel in Finland. More than 70% of channel's programs are documentaries, news or educative programmes...
- : TF1TF1TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
- : ARDARD (broadcaster)ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
- : ET1
- ' TVB PearlTVB PearlTVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
- : m1M1 (TV channel)m1 is a Hungarian television channel own and operated by Magyar Televízió. It is also transmitted in high definition.It was 24 hours in 2000 along with m2...
- : RTÉ OneRTÉ OneRTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
- : Channel 1Channel 1 (Israel)Channel 1 is one of the oldest television channels in Israel and one of five terrestrial channels in the country...
- : DD NationalDD NationalDD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...
- : Rai UnoRai UnoRai 1 is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Rai Tv from 1954 to 1961, called Programma Nazionale from 1961 to 1979, after called Rete 1 from 1979 to 1982, then called Rai Uno from 1982 to...
- : Ination TV
- : ABCAsahi Broadcasting Corporationis a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.-Offices:*Headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan...
- : KBS
- : TV1
- : TVMTVM (Malta)Television Malta is the national television station of Malta. TVM is operated by Public Broadcasting Services Ltd . PBS Ltd is state owned....
- : TelevisaTelevisaTelevisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
- : TV One
- : NRK1NRK1NRK1 is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's main television channel. Test broadcasts started on 12 January 1954, regular test broadcasts started on 13 April 1958 and regular broadcasts started in 20 August 1960. It is Norway's oldest and largest television channel...
- : Telemetro
- : ATV
- : GMA NetworkGMA NetworkGMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...
- : TVP1
- : RTP1
- : TVR1
- : Channel OneChannel One (Russia)Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
- (host country): SBCSingapore Broadcasting CorporationSingapore Broadcasting Corporation was a partially privatised mass market media conglomeration, which dominated the entire television and most of the radio broadcasting industry in Singapore during its existence...
- : TVE1
- : SF 1SF 1SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
- : SVT1SVT1SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
- ': CTSChinese Television SystemChinese Television System is a broadcast television station in Republic of China .-History:Founded on October 31, 1971, CTS started off as a joint venture between the ROC's Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education. At the time of its establishment, CTS was the only VHF-supported...
- : MCOTMCOTMCOT Public Company Limited )) is a Thai media conglomerate. Its origins date back to the creation in 1955 of Thailand's first television broadcaster, The Thai Television Company Limited. In 1977, this company was reconstituted as a state enterprise, the Mass Communications Organization of Thailand...
- ': CCN TV6CCN TV6The Caribbean Communications Network Television 6 ' is the largest private television broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago. The station operates an analog composite NTSC 525 television system, broadcasting on channels 6 and 18 in the island of Trinidad, channel 5 on the Flow Cable System and channel...
- : BBC OneBBC OneBBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
- United States: CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
- Venezuela: VenevisiónVenevisiónVenevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...