Miss World 1998

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The 48th Miss World pageant was held at the Lake Berjaya Mahe Resort in Mahe 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. That's year's winner Israel's Linor Abargil, revealed days after the competition that she was raped months before the pageant.

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[edit] Miss World 1998 Results:

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
  • Miss World 1998: Linor Abargil (Israel)
  • First Runner-up: Véronique Caloc (France)
  • Second Runner-up: Lina Teoh (Malaysia)
  • Semi-Finalists: Adrianna Reis (Brazil), Daniella Lathorp (Chile), Christine Renee Straw (Jamaica), Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso (Peru), Kerishnie Naicker (South Africa), Shauna Gambill (United States)

[edit] Continental Queens

  • Africa: Kerishnie Naicker (South Africa)
  • Americas: Daniella Andrea Campos Lathorp (Chile)
  • Asia and Oceania: Pick Lim Lina Teoh (Malaysia)
  • Caribbean: Christine Renee Straw (Jamaica)
  • Europe: Linor Abargil (Israel)

[edit] Delegates

American Virgin Islands

  • Wendy Sanchez
  • Angola
    • Maria de Cortez de Lemos Joao

Aruba

  • Judelca Shahira Briceno

Australia

  • Sarah Jane Camille St. Clair

Austria

  • Sabine Lindhofer

Bahamas

  • LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham

Belgium

  • Tanja Dexters

Bolivia

  • Bianca Bauer Añez

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • Samra Sojaga

Botswana

  • Earthen Pinkinyana Mbulana

Brazil

  • Adriana Luci de Souza Reis
  • Semi-finalist

British Virgin Islands

  • Virginia Olen Rubaine

Bulgaria

  • Polina Petkova

Canada

Cayman Islands

  • Gemma Marie McLoughlin

Chile

  • Daniella Lathrop
  • Semi-finalist

Chinese Taipei

  • Chen Yi-Ju

Miss Colombia

  • Monica Marcela Cuartas Jimenez

Costa Rica

  • Maria Luisa Ureña Salazar

Croatia

  • Lejla Sehovic

Curaçao

  • Jeameane Veronica Colastica

Cyprus

  • Chrysanthi Michael

Czech Republic

  • Alena Seredova
  • Top 5 Finalist

Dominican Republic

  • Sharmin Arelis Diaz Costo

Ecuador

  • Vanessa Natania Graf Alvear

Estonia

  • Ly Jurgenson

Finland

  • Maaret Saija Nousiainen

France

  • Veronique Caloc
  • 1st runner-up

Germany

  • Sandra Ahrabian

Ghana

  • Efia Owusuaa Marfo

Gibraltar

  • Melanie Soiza

Greece

  • Katja Maria Margaritoglou

Guatemala

  • Glenda Iracema Cifuentes Ruiz

Holland

  • Nerena Ruinemans

Hong Kong China

  • Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi

Hungary

  • Eva Horvath

India

  • Annie Thomas

Ireland

  • Vivienne Doyle

Israel

Italy

  • Maria Conchetta Travaglini

Jamaica

  • Christine Renee Straw
  • Semi-finalist

Japan

  • Rie Machizuki

Kazakhstan

  • Anna Kirpota

Korea

  • Kun-woo Kim

Lebanon

  • Clemence Achkar

Liberia

  • Olivia Precious Cooper

Lithuania

  • Kristina Pakarnaite

Malaysia

  • Lina Teoh Pik Lim
  • 2nd runner-up

Malta

  • Rebecca Camilleri

Mauritius

  • Oona Sujaya Fulena

Mexico

  • Vilma Veronica Zamora Suñol

Nepal

  • Jydti Pradhan

New Zealand

  • Tanya Hayward

Nicaragua

  • Claudia Patricia Alaniz Gutierrez

Nigeria

  • Temitayo Osubo

Norway

  • Henriette Dankersten

Panama

  • Lucia del Carmen Zagra Miro

Paraguay

  • Perla Carolina Benitez Gonzalez

Peru

  • Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso
  • Semi-finalist

Philippines

  • Rachel Muyot Soriano

Poland

  • Izabela Opechowska

Portugal

  • Marcia Vasconcelos

Puerto Rico

  • Antonia Alfonso Pagan

Russia

  • Tatiana Makrouchina

Saint Maarten

  • Myrtille Charlotte Brookson

Seychelles

  • Alvina Antoinette Lucia Grand d'Court

Singapore

  • Grace Chay

Slovakia

  • Karolina Cicatkova

Slovenia

  • Mihaela (Misa) Novak

South Africa

  • Kerishnie Naicker
  • Top 5 Finalist

Spain

  • Rocio Jimenez Fernandez

Swaziland

  • Cindy Stanckozi

Sweden

  • Jessica Magdalena Therese Almenas

Switzerland

  • Sonja Grandjean

Tanzania

  • Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi

Trinidad & Tobago

  • Jeanette Marie LeCaillie

Turkey

  • Buket Saygi

Ukraine

  • Nataliya Nadtochey

United Kingdom

  • Emmalene McLoughlin

United States

Uruguay

  • Desiree Fernandez Mautone

Venezuela

  • Veronica Schneider Rodriguez

Yugoslavia

  • Jelena Jakovljevic

Zambia

  • Chisala Chibesa

Zimbabwe

  • Annette Kambarani

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