Miss Universe 1986 was the 35th Miss Universe pageant, held on 21 July 1986 at the Atlapa Convention Centre in Panama City, Panama. Bárbara Palacios Teyde of Venezuela was crowned by Deborah Carthy-Deu of Puerto Rico. Seventy-seven contestants competed in this year.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1986	Venezuela – Bárbara Palacios
1st runner-up	United States – Christy Fichtner
2nd runner-up	Colombia – María Mónica Urbina
3rd runner-up	Poland – Brygida Bziukiewicz
4th runner-up	Finland – Tuula Irmeli Polvi
Top 10	Brazil – Deise Nunes  Chile – Mariana Villasante  Puerto Rico – Elizabeth Robison  Switzerland – Eveline Glanzmann  Zaire – Aimée Dobala

Contestants