Miss Universe 1988
| Miss Universe 1988 |
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| Date |
May 24, 1988 |
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| Presenters |
Alan Thicke, Tracy Scoggins |
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| Venue |
Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Broadcaster |
CBS |
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| Entrants |
66 |
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| Placements |
10 |
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| Withdraws |
Barbados, Belize, Curaçao, Cyprus, Greece, India, Kenya, Panama, Senegal |
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| Returns |
Belgium, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Iceland, Luxembourg, Taiwan, Scotland |
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| Winner |
Porntip Nakhirunkanok[1]
 Thailand |
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| Congeniality |
Liza Marie Camacho
 Guam |
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| Best National Costume |
Porntip Nakhirunkanok
Thailand |
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| Photogenic |
Tracey Williams
 England |
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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe Pageant was held at Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan on May 24, 1988. Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand was crowned Miss Universe 1988. She was crowned by Cecilia Bolocco of Chile. 66 contestants competed in this year.
This was the first Miss Universe Pageant not to feature Bob Barker as host. Barker left his hosting duties over a dispute of fur being involved in the pageants, Growing Pains star Alan Thicke was selected to host this pageant.
Results
Placements
| Final Results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1988 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 10 |
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Semifinal scores
Special awards
| Award |
Contestant |
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| Miss Congeniality |
- Guam - Liza Marie Camacho
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best National Costume |
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Order of announcements
Top 10
- Hong Kong
- Dominican Republic
- Mexico
- USA
- Japan
- Thailand
- Korea
- Colombia
- Norway
- Venezuela
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Top 5
- Mexico
- Hong Kong
- Korea
- Japan
- Thailand
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Background Music
Host city
Helsinki, Finland was elected as the host city after Bob Barker announced he would serve as host for 1988 pageant. On January 3, 1988, the mayor of Helsinki, Raimo Ilaskivi, announced that his city would not host the 1988 pageant due to critical problems. On January 4, 1988, the day after Helsinki cancelled to host the 1988 pageant, the mayor of Taipei, Hsu Shui-teh, announced that his city would serve as host the 1988 pageant.
Contestants
Preliminary swimsuit scores
- 8.988 Dominican Republic
- 8.822 USA
- 8.644 Korea
- 8.272 Singapore
- 8.255 Norway
- 8.227 New Zealand
- 8.188 Colombia
- 8.161 Iceland
- 8.144 Denmark
- 8.122 Mexico
- 8.105 Thailand
- 8.105 Sweden
- 8.100 Venezuela
- 8.055 Hong Kong
- 8.044 Japan
- 8.011 Costa Rica
- 8.005 England
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- 7.988 Trinidad and Tobago
- 7.977 Holland
- 7.966 Portugal
- 7.937 Ireland
- 7.883 Philippines
- 7.868 Brazil
- 7.805 Taiwan ROC
- 7.783 Italy
- 7.772 Scotland
- 7.733 Finland
- 7.711 Australia
- 7.622 Malaysia
- 7.600 Turkey
- 7.594 Israel
- 7.588 Austria
- 7.566 Chile
- 7.544 Canada
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- 7.422 Peru
- 7.411 Greenland
- 7.400 Argentina
- 7.342 Northern Marianas
- 7.342 Guam
- 7.316 Turks Caicos
- 7.311 Germany
- 7.305 Switzerland
- 7.300 Puerto Rico
- 7.266 Bahamas
- 7.244 Belgium
- 7.222 Uruguay
- 7.155 Spain
- 7.111 Wales
- 7.088 US Virgin Islands
- 7.072 Sri Lanka
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- 7.066 France
- 7.055 British Virgin Islands
- 7.044 Ecuador
- 7.022 Bolivia
- 6.922 Gibraltar
- 6.911 Malta
- 6.868 Nigeria
- 6.844 El Salvador
- 6.761 Paraguay
- 6.755 Egypt
- 6.722 Jamaica
- 6.711 Luxembourg
- 6.655 Honduras
- 6.622 Bermuda
- 6.555 Guatemala
- 6.472 Lebanon
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National pageant notes
Withdraws
Returns
Crossovers
Miss International
Miss World
International Broadcasting
These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS) that showed the 1988 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:
References
External links
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