title: Miss International 1986
text: # Miss International 1986
  
  Miss International 1986, the 26th Miss International pageant, was held on 31 August 1986 at the Holland Village in Nagasaki. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada and the pageant won by Helen Fairbrother of England.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Placement | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss International 1986 | England - Helen Fairbrother |
  | 1st runner-up | Denmark - Pia Rosenberg Larsen |
  | 2nd runner-up | Mexico - Martha Merino Ponce de León |
  | Top 15 | Colombia - Maria del Carmen Zapata Valencia  Holland - Caroline Veldkamp  Israel - Chava Distenfeld  Japan - Rika Kobayashi  New Zealand - Zena Jenkins  Norway - Annette Bjerke  Philippines - Alice Dixson  Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Robison Latalladi  Spain - Irán Pont Gil  Sweden - Susanna Marie Lundmark  United States - Cindy Jane Williams  Venezuela - Nancy Gallardo Quiñones |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  * Argentina - Bárbara Laszyc
  * Australia - Christine Lucinda Bucat
  * Austria - Manuela Redtenbacher
  * Belgium - Nancy Maria Marcella Stoop
  * Bolivia - Gloria Patricia Roca
  * Brazil - Kátia Marques Faria
  * Canada - Irene Elizabeth Vermuelen
  * Colombia - Maria del Carmen Zapata Valencia
  * Costa Rica - Ana Lorena González García
  * Côte d'Ivoire - Marie Françoise Kouame
  * Denmark - Pia Rosenberg Larsen
  * England - Helen Fairbrother
  * Finland - Maarit Hannele Salomäki
  * France - Catherine Lucette Billaudeau
  * Germany - Birgit Jahn (Universe '86)
  * Greece - Afrodite Panagiotou
  * Guam - Dina Ann Reyes Salas
  * Holland - Caroline Veldkamp
  * Honduras - Francia Tatiana Reyes Beselinoff
  * Hong Kong - Patty Ngai Suen-Tung
  * Iceland - Ragna Saemundsdóttir
  * India - Poonam Pahlet Gidwant
  * Ireland - Majella Byrne
  * Israel - Chava Distenfeld
  * Italy - Caterina Fanciulli
  * Japan - Rika Kobayashi
  * Korea - Kim Yoon-jung
  * Malaysia - Latonia Chang Pei Pei
  * Mexico - Martha Cristiana Merino Ponce de León
  * New Zealand - Zena Grace Jenkins
  * Northern Mariana Islands - Lisa Aquiningoc Manglona
  * Norway - Annette Bjerke
  * Panama - Nidia Esther Pérez
  * Philippines - Jessie Alice Celones Dixson
  * Poland - Renata Fatla
  * Portugal - Ana Rosa Pequito Antunes
  * Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Robison Latalladi
  * Scotland - Kim Robertson
  * Singapore - Shirley Teo Ser Lee
  * Spain - Irán Pont Gil
  * Sweden - Susanna Marie Lundmark
  * Switzerland - Marianne Müller
  * Thailand - Janthanee Singsuwan
  * United States - Cindy Jane Williams
  * Venezuela - Nancy Josefina Gallardo Quiñones
  * Wales - Judith Kay Popham
  