| Miss World 1986 | |
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Miss World 1986 Titlecard
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| Date | 13 November 1986 |
| Presenters | Peter Marshall,Mary Ann Catrin Stavin |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
| Broadcaster | Thames Television |
| Entrants | 77 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Macau, Sierra Leone |
| Withdrawals | Aruba, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Tahiti, Uganda, Zaire |
| Returns | Honduras, Mauritius, Tonga, Turkey |
| Winner |
Giselle Laronde |
Miss World 1986, the 36th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 November 1986 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde (Queen of Americas) from Trinidad & Tobago. She was crowned by Miss World 1985, Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir of Iceland. Runner-up was Pia Rosenberg Larsen (Queen of Europe) representing Denmark and third was Chantal Schreiber from Austria.
The judges for Miss World 1986 awarded the Continental Queens of Beauty winners a few minutes before the final winners were announced. Some of the judges included:
Aruba and
Puerto Rico lost its Miss World franchise due to financial assistance issues.