| Miss World 1998 | |
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| 👁 Image Miss World 1998 Linor Abargil | |
| Date | 26 November 1998 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort, Mahé, Seychelles |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 86 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Linor Abargil[1] Israel |
← 1997 1999 → | |
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,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1998 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up | |
| Top 5 |
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| Top 10 |
Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group | Contestant |
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| Africa |
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| Americas |
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| Asia & Oceania | |
| Caribbean |
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| Europe |
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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[1][4]
- Jonah Lomu[1][4]
- Mark Newson
- Terry O'Neill
- Mica Paris
- Jacques Villeneuve[1][4]
Contestants
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Angola – Maria Manuela Cortez de Lemos João - 👁 Image
Argentina – Natalia Elisa González - 👁 Image
Aruba – Judelca Shahira Briceno - 👁 Image
Australia – Sarah-Jane Camille St. Clair - 👁 Image
Austria – Sabine Lindorfer - 👁 Image
Bahamas – LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham - 👁 Image
Belgium – Tanja Dexters - 👁 Image
Bolivia – Bianca Bauer Áñez - 👁 Image
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Samra Tojaga - 👁 Image
Botswana – Earthen Pinkinyana Mbulawa - 👁 Image
Brazil – Adriana Reis - 👁 Image
British Virgin Islands – Virginia Olen Rubiane - 👁 Image
Bulgaria – Polina Petkova - 👁 Image
Canada – Leanne Baird - 👁 Image
Cayman Islands – Gemma Marie McLaughlin - 👁 Image
Chile – Daniella Andrea Campos Lathrop[5] - 👁 Image
Colombia – Mónica Marcela Cuartas Jiménez - 👁 Image
Costa Rica – María Luisa Ureña Salazar - 👁 Image
Croatia – Lejla Šehović - 👁 Image
Curaçao – Jeameane Veronica Colastica - 👁 Image
Cyprus – Chrysanthi Michael - 👁 Image
Czech Republic – Alena Šeredová - 👁 Image
Dominican Republic – Sharmin Arelis Díaz Costo - 👁 Image
Ecuador – Vanessa Natania Graf Alvear - 👁 Image
Estonia – Ly Jürgenson - 👁 Image
Finland – Maaret Saija Nousiainen - 👁 Image
France – Véronique Caloc - 👁 Image
Germany – Sandra Ahrabian - 👁 Image
Ghana – Efia Owusuaa Marfo - 👁 Image
Gibraltar – Melanie Soiza - 👁 Image
Greece – Katia Margaritoglou - 👁 Image
Guatemala – Glenda Iracema Cifuentes Ruiz - 👁 Image
Holland – Nerena Ruinemans - 👁 Image
Hong Kong[a] – Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi - 👁 Image
Hungary – Éva Horváth[6] - 👁 Image
India – Annie Thomas - 👁 Image
Ireland – Vivienne Doyle - 👁 Image
Israel – Linor Abargil[1] - 👁 Image
Italy – Maria Concetta Travaglini - 👁 Image
Jamaica – Christine Renee Straw - 👁 Image
Japan – Rie Mochizuki - 👁 Image
Kazakhstan – Anna Kirpota - 👁 Image
Lebanon – Clemence Achkar - 👁 Image
Liberia – Olivia Precious Cooper - 👁 Lithuania
Lithuania – Kristina Pakarnaitė[7] - 👁 Image
Malaysia – Lina Teoh - 👁 Image
Malta – Rebecca Camilleri - 👁 Image
Mauritius – Oona Sujaya Fulena - 👁 Image
Mexico – Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol - 👁 Image
Nepal – Jyoti Pradhan - 👁 Image
New Zealand – Tanya Hayward - 👁 Image
Nicaragua – Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernández - 👁 Image
Nigeria – Temitayo Osobu - 👁 Image
Norway – Henriette Dankersten - 👁 Image
Panama – Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miro - 👁 Image
Paraguay – Perla Carolina Benítez Gonzales - 👁 Image
Peru – Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso - 👁 Image
Philippines – Rachel Muyot Soriano - 👁 Image
Poland – Izabela Opęchowska - 👁 Image
Portugal – Marcia Vasconcelos - 👁 Image
Puerto Rico – Antonia Alfonso Pagán - 👁 Image
Russia – Tatiana Makrouchina - 👁 Image
Seychelles – Alvina Antoinette Grand d'Court - 👁 Image
Singapore – Grace Chay - 👁 Image
Sint Maarten[b] – Myrtille Charlotte Brookson - 👁 Slovakia
Slovakia – Karolína Čičatková[8] - 👁 Slovenia
Slovenia – Mihaela Novak[9] - 👁 Image
South Africa – Kerishnie Naiker - 👁 Image
South Korea[c] – Kun-woo Kim - 👁 Image
Spain – Rocío Jiménez Fernández - 👁 Image
Swaziland – Cindy Stanckoczi - 👁 Image
Sweden – Jessica Almenäs - 👁 Image
Switzerland – Sonja Grandjean - 👁 Chinese Taipei
Taiwan[d] – Yi-Ju Chen - 👁 Image
Tanzania – Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi - 👁 Image
Trinidad and Tobago – Jeanette Marie La Caillie - 👁 Turkey
Turkey – Buket Saygı[10] - 👁 Image
Ukraine – Nataliya Nadtochey - 👁 Image
United Kingdom – Emmalene McLoughlin - 👁 Image
United States – Shauna Gambill - 👁 Image
United States Virgin Islands[e] – Wendy Sanchez - 👁 Image
Uruguay – María Desiree Fernández Mautone - 👁 Image
Venezuela – Verónica Schneider - 👁 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia – Jelena Jakovljević - 👁 Image
Zambia – Chisala Chibesa - 👁 Image
Zimbabwe – Annette Kambarami
Scrutineer
- David Boyd
Notes
- Miss Malaysia, Lina Teoh is the cousin of the owner for Lake Berjaya Resort, Mahé.
Replacements
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Bahamas - 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. - 👁 Image
Czech Republic – 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. - 👁 Image
France - 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. - 👁 Image
Kazakhstan – Dana Tolesh[11]
Withdrawals
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Latvia - Evija Rucevska - She withdrew for personal reasons, but competed a year later in Miss World 1999. - 👁 Image
Namibia - Miss Namibia 1998, Retha Reinders did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship. - 👁 Image
Thailand - Lacked sponsorship to send a delegate. - 👁 Image
Uganda
Did not compete
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Bangladesh - Shaila Simi - Miss World Bangladesh 1998 withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.[12] - 👁 Image
Belize - Viola Jeffery - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to Miss Universe 1999. - 👁 Image
Bonaire - Julina Felida - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to Miss Universe 1999. - 👁 Image
Iraq - Ban Kadret - She withdrew because of a disagreement between Eric Morley and the Miss Iraq organizers, due to sanctions placed on Iraq. - 👁 Image
Suriname - Miss Suriname 1998, Farah Breeveld did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Linor cruises to Miss World title". BBC News. 27 November 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "'Mitch kills top model'. - Free Online Library".
- ^ "As irmãs Pedruco e os títulos de Miss Macau, com vídeo". Cronicas Macaenses (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Miss World goes PC?". BBC News. 26 November 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Facelift for Miss World". The New Paper. 23 September 1998. p. 7. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "1998-ban Magyarország legszebb lányának koronázták meg Horváth Évát, aki jól sáfárkodott a Miss World Hungary királynői státuszával" [In 1998, Éva Horváth was crowned the most beautiful girl in Hungary, and she managed her status as the queen of Miss World Hungary well.]. Blikk (in Hungarian). 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ ""Mis Lietuva 1998" nugalėtoją K.Pakarnaitę į konkurso atranką atvedė tėvai" ["Miss Lithuania 1998" winner K.Pakarnaitė was brought to the competition by her parents]. Lrytas (in Lithuanian). 26 August 2013. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Marína Georgievová finišuje s prípravami na Miss World" [Marina Georgieva finishes preparations for Miss World]. Pluska Slovakia (in Slovak). 28 September 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Nekoč najlepša Slovenka pokazala stopala" [The once most beautiful Slovenian woman showed off her feet]. Žurnal24 (in Slovenian). 17 November 2024. Archived from the original on 18 November 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Üyesi, Onedio (13 February 2019). "Hepsi Zirveye Çıktı Ama Orada Kalamadı: Türkiye'nin Son 25 Yıldaki Türkiye Güzelleri Şimdi Ne Yapıyor?" [They All Reached the Top But Couldn't Stay There: What Are Türkiye's Beauties of the Last 25 Years Doing Now?]. Onedio (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Жизнь после короны
- ^ "Search for Miss World Bangladesh will start from September 16". Dhaka Tribune. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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