Grand Slam Ranking and Country of the Year 1987

101 Papua New Guinea; 102 The Gambia; 103 British Virgin Islands; 103 Isle of Man; 105 Jordan; 105 Reunion; 107 Jersey; 108 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; 109 Guadeloupe; 109 Okinawa; 109 Saint Kitts & Nevis; 109 West Indies; 113 Cook Islands; 113 Madagascar; 113 Martinique; 113 Burma; 117 American Samoa; 117 Bonaire; 117 Lesotho; 117 Namibia; 117 Saint Maarten; 117 Transkei; 123 Antigua & Barbuda; 123 Botswana; 123 Cote d´Ivoire; 123 French Guyana; 123 Senegal; 123 Syria; 123 Uganda; 130 Dominica; 130 Fiji; 130 Guernsey; 130 Macau; 130 Monaco;130 New Caledonia; 130 Tanzania; 130 Tonga; 138 Benin; 138 Bophuthatwana; 138 Borneo; 138 Bulgaria; 138 Greenland; 138 Iraq; 138 Micronesia; 138 Sierra Leone; 138 South Pacific; 138 Vanuatu; 138 Zambia.

1987: ANALYSING THE MAIN CHANGES IN THE GRAND SLAM RANKING DURING THE PAST YEAR

In 1987 Venezuela entered the Top 5, in 5th place, overtaking Finland, then 6th;
From 1984 to 1987, Puerto Rico went 10 notches up, going from 31st to 21st place;
Chile moved up to the Top 40 after its Miss Universe victory, in 39th place (+6);
Poland also made a significant move from 1984 to 1987, going from 67th to 51st place (+16);
Turks & Caicos, up 20, going from 100th to 80th place, was one of the movers of the year, after a historical Top 10 placement in Miss Universe. The other was Nigeria, 82nd (+20), after a Top 12 placement in Miss World.

Miss World Ranking in 1987 (Top 10): 1-UK; 2-United States; 3-Sweden; 4-Germany; 5-Venezuela; 6-France; 7-Israel; 8-Australia; 9-Jamaica; 10-South Africa.

Miss Universe Ranking in 1987 (Top 10): 1-United States; 2-Sweden; 3-Brazil; 4-Venezuela; 5-Finland; 6-Germany; 7-England / UK; 8-Israel; 9-Colombia; 10-Philippines.

Miss International Ranking in 1987 (Top 10): 1-United States; 2-England / UK; 3-Philippines; 4-Brazil; 5-Australia; 6-Finland; 7-Spain; 8-Japan; 9-Germany; 10-Colombia.

COUNTRY OF THE YEAR 1987: PUERTO RICO

If Venezuela's meteoric climb in the 1980s was unprecedent, Puerto Rico, at its own pace, also made it clear that it would not stop growing. In 1987, Miss Puerto Rico Laurie Simpson was the 4th runner-up in Miss Universe and, a few months later, in Tokyo, conquered the Miss International title. Puerto Rico, the country of the year in 1987, then had all three Grand Slam titles, something that not many nations could claim to have achieved!
It was a tough dispute with Austria, which that year had its second Miss World, Ulla Weigerstorfer, and a Top 15 finisher in Miss International. Third place went to Chile, after the one and only Cecilia Bolocco won the first Miss Universe and Grand Slam title for her country.

This is how the top nations of 1987 scored:

1) Puerto Rico - 3600 points;
2) Austria - 3426;
3) Chile - 3001.

Top 5: Venezuela (2625) and USA (1526).