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Miss International 1998
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DateSeptember 26, 1998
PresentersMasumi Okada
VenueKoseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
BroadcasterTV Tokyo
Entrants43
Placements15
DebutsLatvia
Withdrawals
  • Brazil
  • Guatemala
  • Lebanon
  • Macau
  • Malta
  • Puerto Rico
  • Russia
  • Ukraine
Returns
  • Cyprus
  • Holland
  • Iceland
  • Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Senegal
  • Togo
WinnerLía Borrero
Panama
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Miss International 1998 was the 38th Miss International pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 26 September 1998.

Lía Borrero of Panama won and was crowned by Consuelo Adler of Venezuela. It is the first time Panama has won the pageant.[1][2]

Contestants from forty-three countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada.

Results

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Miss International 1998 participating countries and territories.

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss International 1998
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 15

Special awards

Award Contestant
Miss Friendship
Best National Costume
Miss Photogenic

Contestants

Forty-three contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
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Argentina
Maria Fernanda Ortiz Buenos Aires
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Aruba
Anushka Sheritsa Lew Jen Tai 18 Oranjestad
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Australia
Katherine O'Brien 18 Sydney
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Bolivia
Liliana Peña[5] 18 Litoral
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Colombia
Adriana Hurtado 21 Valle de Cauca
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Curaçao
Santa Indris Tokaay Willemstad
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Cyprus
Marianna Panayiotou Nicosia
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Czech Republic
Petra Faltýnová[6] 21 Prague
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Dominican Republic
Sorangel Fersobe 20 San Juan de la Maguana
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Finland
Piia Hartikainen[7] 20 Rovaniemi
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France
Patricia Spéhar[8] 23 Paris
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Germany
Fiona Ammann Berlin
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Great Britain
Melanie Devina Jones[9] 20 Ewloe
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Greece
Eleni Pliatsika Athens
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Hawaii
Lori-Ann Lee Medeiros Honolulu
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Holland
Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen 22 Amsterdam
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Honduras
Wendy Suyapa Rodríguez Cortés
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Hong Kong
Natalie Ng[10] Hong Kong
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Iceland
Gudbjörg Sigridur Hermannsdóttir Reykjavík
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India
Shvetha Jaishankar 17 Chennai
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Israel
Galia Abramov Tel Aviv
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Japan
Megumi Taira[10] Tokyo
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Latvia
Līga Graudumniece Riga
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Macedonia
Ana Binovska Skopje
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Mexico
Karina Mora 17 Mérida
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Northern Mariana Islands
Sonya Pangelinan[3] Saipan
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Norway
Bjørg Sofie Løvstad 18 Akershus
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Panama
Lía Borrero[11] 22 Las Tablas
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Paraguay
Maria Fabiola Roig 19 Asunción
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Peru
Melissa Miranda Tacna
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Philippines
Colette Centeno[12] 17 Manila
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Poland
Agnieszka Osinska 20 Frampol
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Portugal
Icilia Berenguel[13] 21 Póvoa de Varzim
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Senegal
Maimouna Diallo Dakar
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Singapore
Sudha Menon[14] 21 Singapore
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Slovakia
Martina Kalmanová[15] Bratislava
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South Korea
Cho Hye-young[10] Seoul
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Spain
Vanessa Romero 20 Alicante
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Togo
Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body Lomé
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Tunisia
Nejla Kouniali Tunis
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Turkey
Senay Akay 18 Istanbul
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United States
Susan Paez 22 South Gate
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Venezuela
Daniela Kosán 24 Maracay

Notes

  1. ^ Ages during the competition

References

  1. ^ "Lía Victoria Borrero nueva Miss Internacional". portal.critica. 1998.
  2. ^ "Winning ways". The Straits Times. 28 September 1998. p. 6. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via National Library Board.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Younis, Laila C. (30 September 1998). "An unforgettable experience". Marianas Variety. p. 6. Retrieved 3 January 2024 – via eVols.
  4. ^ "Daniela Kosán se queda sin palabras". panamaamerica. April 5, 2011.
  5. ^ "Liliana Peña en su mejor papel de mamá emprendedora" [Liliana Peña in her best role as an entrepreneurial mother]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  6. ^ Velímska, Elena (22 February 2024). "Pamatujete na misku Petru Faltýnovou, bývalku Leoše Mareše? Podívejte, jak dnes vypadá. Poznáte ji ještě?" [Do you remember the bowl of Petra Faltýnová, Leoš Mareš's ex? See how she looks today. Do you still know her?]. Dotyk (in Czech). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Kokkolan Jonnasta kruunattiin Miss Suomi" [Kokkola's Jonna was crowned Miss Finland]. MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 February 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. ^ Jaeglé, Yves (5 April 2017). "Miss France : et revoilà Miss Paris !". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Actress Melanie Hughes died after battle with alcohol". BBC. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Bathing beauties". The Straits Times. 24 September 1998. p. 16. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via National Library Board.
  11. ^ Concepcion, Martha Vanessa (18 March 2023). "Ya se supo. Otra Lía Victoria volverá a llevar la corona de Calle Abajo. La tuna la pedirá esta noche". Midiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  12. ^ "RP entries". Manila Standard. March 17, 1998. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  13. ^ Morais, Carolina (21 December 2015). "Troca de Misses também já aconteceu em Portugal" [Exchange of Misses has also taken place in Portugal]. Diario de Noticias (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Stunning Sudha". The New Paper. 22 July 1998. p. 9. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via National Library Board.
  15. ^ "Článok z týždenníka PLUS 7 DNÍ, kvôli ktorému prišlo k pokusu o skúpenie nákladu:". SME (in Slovak). 14 April 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

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