Miss World 1998


Miss World 1998, the 48th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 26 November 1998 at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown. Ronan Keating, then lead singer of Boyzone, and MTV's Eden Harel hosted the event. This year's winner, Israel's Linor Abargil, revealed days after the competition that she had been raped several weeks before the pageant. She was crowned by Miss World 1997, Diana Hayden of India.

Background

Debuts, and returns, and, withdrawals

This edition saw the debut of Angola, Kazakhstan and Sint Maarten, and the return of Curaçao, Liberia, Mauritius, Nicaragua and Nigeria; Nicaragua, which last competed in 1977, Liberia last competed in 1988, Mauritius last competed in 1994 and Curaçao and Nigeria last competed in 1996.
Cape Verde, Egypt, Honduras, Latvia, Macau, Namibia, Thailand, and Uganda, withdrew from the competition. The third runner-up of Miss Honduras 1997, Miriam Eloisa Vivas Luna was chosen to participate at Miss World 1998, but she wasn't able to travel to the contest due to the consequences of Hurricane Mitch in November of that year in Central America. She went to Miss Asia-Pacific 1998. Miss Macau pageant stop to held due lack of sponsorship and low televiewers. Only was held in 2008 for 2 years.

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Judges

  • Eric Morley – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
  • Diana Hayden – Miss World 1997 from India
  • Sophie Dahl
  • Pilin Leon – Miss World 1981 from Venezuela
  • Jonah Lomu
  • Mark Newson
  • Terry O'Neill
  • Mica Paris
  • Jacques Villeneuve

    Contestants

  • ' – Maria Manuela Cortez de Lemos João
  • ' – Natalia Elisa González
  • ' – Judelca Shahira Briceno
  • ' – Sarah-Jane Camille St. Clair
  • ' – Sabine Lindorfer
  • ' – LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham
  • ' – Tanja Dexters
  • ' – Bianca Bauer Áñez
  • ' – Samra Tojaga
  • ' – Earthen Pinkinyana Mbulawa
  • ' – Adriana Reis
  • ' – Virginia Olen Rubiane
  • ' – Polina Petkova
  • ' – Leanne Baird
  • ' – Gemma Marie McLaughlin
  • ' – Daniella Andrea Campos Lathrop
  • ' – Mónica Marcela Cuartas Jiménez
  • ' – María Luisa Ureña Salazar
  • ' – Lejla Šehović
  • ' – Jeameane Veronica Colastica
  • ' – Chrysanthi Michael
  • ' – Alena Šeredová
  • ' – Sharmin Arelis Díaz Costo
  • ' – Vanessa Natania Graf Alvear
  • ' – Ly Jürgenson
  • ' – Maaret Saija Nousiainen
  • ' – Véronique Caloc
  • ' – Sandra Ahrabian
  • ' – Efia Owusuaa Marfo
  • ' – Melanie Soiza
  • ' – Katia Margaritoglou
  • ' – Glenda Iracema Cifuentes Ruiz
  • ' – Nerena Ruinemans
  • ' – Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi
  • ' – Éva Horváth
  • ' – Annie Thomas
  • ' – Vivienne Doyle
  • ' – Linor Abargil
  • ' – Maria Concetta Travaglini
  • ' – Christine Renee Straw
  • ' – Rie Mochizuki
  • ' – Anna Kirpota
  • ' – Clemence Achkar
  • ' – Olivia Precious Cooper
  • Lithuania – Kristina Pakarnaitė
  • ' – Lina Teoh
  • ' – Rebecca Camilleri
  • ' – Oona Sujaya Fulena
  • ' – Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol
  • ' – Jyoti Pradhan
  • ' – Tanya Hayward
  • ' – Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernández
  • ' – Temitayo Osobu
  • ' – Henriette Dankersten
  • ' – Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miro
  • ' – Perla Carolina Benítez Gonzales
  • ' – Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso
  • ' – Rachel Muyot Soriano
  • ' – Izabela Opęchowska
  • ' – Marcia Vasconcelos
  • ' – Antonia Alfonso Pagán
  • ' – Tatiana Makrouchina
  • ' – Alvina Antoinette Grand d'Court
  • ' – Grace Chay
  • ' – Myrtille Charlotte Brookson
  • Slovakia – Karolína Čičatková
  • Slovenia – Mihaela Novak
  • ' – Kerishnie Naiker
  • ' – Kun-woo Kim
  • ' – Rocío Jiménez Fernández
  • ' – Cindy Stanckoczi
  • ' – Jessica Almenäs
  • ' – Sonja Grandjean
  • Taiwan – Yi-Ju Chen
  • ' – Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi
  • ' – Jeanette Marie La Caillie
  • Turkey – Buket Saygı
  • ' – Nataliya Nadtochey
  • ' – Emmalene McLoughlin
  • ' – Shauna Gambill
  • ' – Wendy Sanchez
  • ' – María Desiree Fernández Mautone
  • ' – Verónica Schneider
  • Yugoslavia – Jelena Jakovljević
  • ' – Chisala Chibesa
  • ' – Annette Kambarami

    Scrutineer

  • David Boyd

    Replacements

  • ' - Nadia Rodgers-Albury was originally supposed to compete at Miss World but ended not competing after the Miss Bahamas Committee lost the franchise to a new organization and that organization decided to hold a new contest which crowned another queen that took her place.
  • ' – Miss Czech Republic 1998, Kateřina Stočesová was remplaced with her First Runner up - Alena Šeredová due her lack of English Language skills. She later won the Queen of the World 1998 title in same November.
  • ' - Véronique Caloc was the first runner-up at Miss France 1998, representing Martinique. She was chosen to represent France at Miss World, while the winner of Miss France 1998, Sophie Thalmann, participated at Miss Universe 1998.
  • ' – Dana Tolesh

    Withdrawals

  • ' - Evija Rucevska - She withdrew for personal reasons, but competed a year later in Miss World 1999.
  • ' - Miss Namibia 1998, Retha Reinders did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.
  • - Lacked sponsorship to send a delegate.
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    Did not compete

  • ' - Shaila Simi - Miss World Bangladesh 1998 withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
  • ' - Viola Jeffery - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to Miss Universe 1999.
  • ' - Julina Felida - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to Miss Universe 1999.
  • ' - Ban Kadret - She withdrew because of a disagreement between Eric Morley and the Miss Iraq organizers, due to sanctions placed on Iraq.
  • - Miss Suriname 1998, Farah Breeveld did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.