Miss World 1988

Miss World 1988
Miss World 1988 Titlecard
Date17 November 1988
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants84
Placements10
Debuts
  • Bulgaria
Withdrawals
  • Brazil
  • Panama
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Returns
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Egypt
  • Ghana
  • Guyana
  • Liberia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Taiwan
  • Uganda
WinnerLinda Pétursdóttir[1][2]
Iceland

Miss World 1988, the 38th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir (Queen of Europe) from Iceland.[1][2] She was crowned by Miss World 1987, Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria. Runner-up was Yeon-hee Choi (Queen of Asia) representing South Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom. The Miss World 1988 was hosted by Peter Marshall, who has hosted other Miss World competitions such as Miss World 1986,[3][4][5] and Alexandra Bastedo,[4][5] with musical performances by Koreana and 1970s American pop musician Donny Osmond.

This edition marked the debut of Bulgaria and the return of Egypt, which last competed in 1956, Taiwan last competed (as Free China) in 1964, Ghana last competed in 1968 , Guyana last compted in 1971, Liberia and Uganda last competed in 1985, and the British Virgin and Sierra Leone Islands last competed in 1986

Brazil, Panama, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines withdrew from the competition due to lost Miss World franchise.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 1988
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •  Kenya – Dianna Naylor
Americas
Asia
  •  South Korea – Yeon-hee Choi
Europe
Oceania
  •  Australia – Catherine Bushell

Contestants

84 countries participated in Miss World 1988.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
Argentina Gabriela Madeira 19 Buenos Aires
Australia Catherine Bushell 21 Sydney
Austria Alexandra Werbanschitz 21 Graz
Bahamas Natasha Rolle 21 Nassau
Barbados Ferida Kola 20 Bridgetown
Belgium Daisy van Cauwenbergh 19 Limbourg
Belize Pauline Young 19 Belize City
Bermuda Sophie Cannonier[7] 19 Warwick East
Bolivia Claudia Nazer 24 Tarija
British Virgin Islands Nelda Farrington 22 Tortola
Bulgaria Sonia Vassilieva[8] 19 Varna
Canada Morgan Fox 18 Richmond
Cayman Islands Melissa McTaggart 23 Grand Cayman
Chile María Francisca Aldunate 22 Santiago
Colombia Jasmín Oliveros 20 Bahía Solano
Cook Islands Annie Wigmore 17 Titikaveka
Costa Rica Virginia Steinvort 19 San José
Curaçao Anuschka Cova 19 Willemstad
Cyprus Aphrodite Theophanous 18 Paphos
Denmark Susanne Johansen 24 Copenhagen
Dominican Republic María Josefina Martínez 21 San Ignacio de Sabaneta
Ecuador Cristina López 20 Guayaquil
Egypt Dina El Naggar 20 Giza
El Salvador Karla Hasbún 17 San Salvador
Finland Nina Andersson 21 Lahti
France Claudia Frittolini 20 Illzach
Ghana Dzidzo Abra Amoa 23 Volta
Gibraltar Tatiana Desoiza 23 Gibraltar
Greece Ariadni Mylona 19 Chania
Guam Rita Mae Diaz 23 Windward Hills
Guatemala Mariluz Aguilar 18 Guatemala City
Guyana Christine Jardim 20 Georgetown
Holland Angela Visser 21 Rotterdam
Honduras Alina Patricia Díaz 19 Choluteca
Hong Kong Michelle Reis[9] 18 Kowloon
Iceland Linda Pétursdóttir[1][2][10] 18 Vopnafjörður
India Anuradha Kottoor 22 Bombay
Ireland Collette Jackson 22 Coolock
 Isle of Man Victoria O'Dea 17 Douglas
Israel Dganit Cohen 18 Tel Aviv
Italy Giulia Gemo 18 Modena
Jamaica Andrea Haynes 24 Kingston
Japan Kazumi Sakikubo 22 Kobe
Kenya Dianna Naylor 21 Mombasa
Lebanon Sylvana Samaha 19 Beirut
Liberia Ollie White[11] 19 Nimba
Luxembourg Chantal Schanbacher 22 Altrier
Macau Helena da Conceição Lo Branco 19 Macau
Malaysia Sue Wong 19 Penang
Malta Josette Camilleri 21 Marsa
Mauritius Véronique Ash 21 Beau Bassin
Mexico Cecilia Cervera 20 Tlaxcala
New Zealand Lisa Corban 19 Waikato
Nigeria Omasan Buwa 22 Warri
Norway Rita Paulsen 21 Myrvoll
 Papua New Guinea Erue Taunao 19 Port Moresby
Paraguay María José Miranda 19 Asunción
Peru Martha Kaik 21 Lima
Philippines Dana Narvadez 19 Manila
Poland Joanna Gapinska 20 Szczecin
Portugal Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano 20 Sesimbra
Saint Kitts and Nevis Hailey Cassius 21 Newtown
Sierra Leone Tiwilla Ojukutu 21 Freetown
Singapore Shirley Teo 23 Singapore
South Korea[a] Choi Yeon-hee 22 Seoul
Spain Susana de la Llave 19 Figueres
Sri Lanka Michelle Koelmeyer 18 Colombo
Swaziland Thandeka Magagula 22 Manzini
Sweden Cecilia Hörberg 22 Gothenburg
Switzerland Karina Berger 20 Zürich
Taiwan[b] Wu Yi-ning[12] 17 Taipei
Thailand Prapatsara Chutanutpong[13] 18 Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago Wendy Baptiste 19 Arouca
Turkey Esra Sumer 19 Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Islands Doreen Dickenson 20 Grand Turk
Uganda Nazma Mohamed 20 Entebbe
United Kingdom Kirsty Roper 17 Staffordshire
United States Diana Magaña 23 Rancho Palos Verdes
United States Virgin Islands Cathy Mae Sitaram 19 St. Croix
Uruguay Gisel Silva 19 Montevideo
Venezuela Emma Rabbe 19 La Guaira
West Germany[c] Katja Munch 19 Frankfurt
Western Samoa Noanoa Hill 17 Apia
Yugoslavia Suzana Žunić[14] 17 Split

Notes

  1. ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
  2. ^ Competed as China Taiwan in the pageant
  3. ^ Competed as Germany in the pageant

Other Notes

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Miss World 1988 winner Linda Petursdottir from Iceland". Daily Express. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Bodybuilder crowned Miss World". Observer-Reporter. 19 November 1988. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Irish TV presenter Peter Marshall interviews Miss World winner". Getty Images. 13 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Alexandra Bastedo - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Alexandra Bastedo: Actress best known for her role in the 1960s". The Independent. 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Former Miss UK lands a billionaire life and enters Rich List in sixth". The Sunday Times. (subscription required)
  7. ^ Hendrickson, Sékou (11 July 2022). "Sophia Cannonier tells court her antibodies 'equal to, if not better than' vaccine". Royal Gazette. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Red beauty Sonia faces court". The Sunday People. 2 July 1989. p. 9. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Wang, Zijing (23 September 2024). "Beyond the Crown: Miss Hong Kong's Shifting Influence". The World of Chinese. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  10. ^ Guðjónsdóttir, Guðrún Ósk (13 May 2020). "Fegurðardrottningar sem leituðu á önnur mið" [Beauty queens who sought other paths]. DV - Frjáls og óháður miðill (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Liberia: Former Miss Liberia Launches School Operation". The Inquirer Newspaper. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via AllAfrica.
  12. ^ "Newest rage in Taiwan". The Free-Lance Star. 5 May 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "Beast in the beauties rears its ugly head". The New Paper. 18 October 1988. p. 2. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via National Library Board.
  14. ^ "Bila je tiha patnja i želja mnogih muškaraca, no zbog ovog je našeg nogometaša bivša Miss Jugoslavije prošla kroz pakao" [It was the silent suffering and desire of many men, but because of this our football player, the former Miss Yugoslavia went through hell.]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 18 March 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.

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