She bested 1st runner-up Pia Rosenberg Larsen of Denmark, who would later be crowned 1st runner-up at the Miss World 1986, and 2nd runner-up Martha Cristiana Merino Ponce de León of Mexico, to become the 26th winner of the pageant.
She outdid Pia Rosenberg Larsen of Denmark, who was later named first runner-up at Miss World 1986, and Martha Cristiana Merino Ponce de León of Mexico, second runner-up, to take the top spot as the 26th winner of the pageant.