Miss World 1988

Miss World 1988
Miss World 1988 Titlecard
Date	17 November 1988
Presenters	Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo
Entertainment	Koreana, Donny Osmond
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	84
Placements	10
Debuts	Bulgaria
Withdrawals	Brazil, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Returns	British Virgin Islands, Republic of China, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda
Winner	Linda Pétursdóttir 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, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir (Queen of Europe) from Iceland. She was crowned by Miss World 1987, Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria. Runner-up was Yeon-hee Choi (Queen of Asia) representing Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom. The Miss World 1988 was hosted by Peter Marshall and Alexandra Bastedo, with musical performances of Koreana who sang Hand In Hand in the Seoul Olympics, and the 1970s American pop sensation, Donny Osmond.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1988	Iceland - Linda Pétursdóttir
1st runner-up	Korea - Yeon-hee Choi
2nd runner-up	United Kingdom - Kirsty Roper
3rd runner-up	Venezuela - Emma Rabbe
4th runner-up	Spain - Susana de la Llave Varon
Semi-finalists	Australia - Catherine Bushell Austria - Alexandra Werbanschitz Norway - Rita Paulsen Sweden - Cecilia Margareta Hörberg United States - Diana Magaňa

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continent	Contestant
Africa	Kenya - Dianna Naylor
Americas	Venezuela - Emma Rabbe
Asia	Korea - Yeon-hee Choi
Europe	Iceland - Linda Pétursdóttir
Oceania	Australia - Catherine Bushell

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Personality	Portugal - Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano
Miss Photogenic	Guatemala - Mariluz Aguilar Rivas

Order of announcements

Top 10

1. Australia

2. Austria

3. Iceland

4. Korea

5. Norway

6. Spain

7. Sweden

8. United Kingdom

9. United States

10. Venezuela

Top 5

1. Korea

2. United Kingdom

3. Venezuela

4. Iceland

5. Spain

Contestants

Nation	Contestant	Hometown	Preliminary Score
American Virgin Islands	Cathy Mae Sitaram	St. Croix	18
Argentina	Gabriela Karina Madeira	Buenos Aires	18
Australia	Catherine Bushell	Sydney	26
Austria	Alexandra Werbanschitz	Graz	25
Bahamas	Natasha Rolle	Nassau	18
Barbados	Ferida Kola	Bridgetown	18
Belgium	Daisy van Cauwenbergh	Limbourg	19
Belize	Pauline Young	Belize City	18
Bermuda	Sophie Cannonier	Warwick East	19
Bolivia	Claudia Nazer	Santa Cruz	18
British Virgin Islands	Nelda Felecia Farrington	Tortola	19
Bulgaria	Sonia Vassilieva	Varna	18
Canada	Morgan Fox	Richmond	19
Cayman Islands	Melissa McTaggart	Grand Cayman	20
Chile	Maria Francisca Aldunate Sanhueza	Santiago	20
Taiwan	Wu Yi-Ning	Taipei	18
Colombia	Jasmin Oliveros Segura	Bahia Solano	18
Cook Islands	Annie Wigmore	Titikaveka	18
Costa Rica	Virginia Steinvorth	San José	18
Curaçao	Anuschka Cova	Willemstad	18
Cyprus	Aphrodite Theophanous	Pappos	18
Denmark	Susanne Johansen	Copenhagen	20
Dominican Republic	Maria Josefina Martinez	San Ignacio de Sabaneta	23
Ecuador	Cristina Elena Lopez Villagomez	Guayaquil	20
Egypt	Dina El-Naggar	Giza	19
El Salvador	Karla Lorena Hasbun	San Salvador	19
Finland	Nina Andersson	Lahti	24
France	Claudia Frittolini	Strasbourg	18
Germany	Katja Munch	Frankfurt	21
Ghana	Dzidzo Abra Amoa	Volta	20
Gibraltar	Tatiana Desoiza	Gibraltar	18
Greece	Ariadni Mylona	Heraklion	18
Guam	Rita Mae Diaz Pangelinan	Yona	18
Guatemala	Mariluz Aguilar Rivas	Guatemala City	23
Guyana	Christine Jardim	Georgetown	18
Holland	Angela Visser	Rotterdam	23
Honduras	Alina Diaz	Choluteca	18
Hong Kong	Michelle Monique Reis	Kowloon	23
Iceland	Linda Pétursdóttir	Vopnafjörður	31
India	Anuradha Kottoor	Bombay	18
Ireland	Collette Jackson	Pollagh	23
Isle of Man	Victoria O'Dea	Douglas	18
Israel	Dganit Cohen	Tel Aviv	21
Italy	Giulia Gemo	Modena	20
Jamaica	Andrea Heynes	Kingston	21
Japan	Kazumi Sakikubo	Kobe	18
Kenya	Dianna Naylor	Mombasa	21
Korea	Choi Yeon-hee	Seoul	25
Lebanon	Sylvana Samaha	Beirut	18
Liberia	Ollie White	Nimba	18
Luxembourg	Chantal Schanbacher	Wiltz	20
Macau	Helena de Conceiçao Lo Branco	Macau	18
Malaysia	Sue Wong Choy Fun	Penang	18
Malta	Josette Camilleri	Marsa	18
Mauritius	Veronique Ash	Beau Bassin	18
Mexico	Cecilia Cervera Ferrer	Mexico City	20
New Zealand	Lisa Corban	Waikato	19
Nigeria	Omasan Tokurbo Buwa	Warri	19
Norway	Rita Paulsen	Oslo	25
Papua New Guinea	Erue Taunao	Port Moresby	18
Paraguay	Maria Jose Miranda	Asunción	18
Peru	Martha Elena Kaik Tasso	Lima	18
Philippines	Dana Mayor Narvadez	San Fernando, Romblon	19
Poland	Joanna Gapinska	Szczecin	20
Portugal	Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano	Sesimbra	18
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Hailey Cassius	Newtown	18
Sierra Leone	Tiwila Ojukutu	Freetown	18
Singapore	Shirley Teo Ser Lee	Singapore	20
Spain	Susana de la Llave Varon	Figueres	26
Sri Lanka	Michelle Koelmeyer	Colombo	18
Swaziland	Thandeka Magagula	Manzini	19
Sweden	Cecilia Margareta Hörberg	Gothenburg	28
Switzerland	Karina Berger	Zurich	21
Thailand	Thaveeporn Hunsilp	Bangkok	19
Trinidad and Tobago	Wendy Baptiste	Arouca	24
Turkey	Esra Sumer	Istanbul	18
Turks and Caicos Islands	Doreen Dickerson	Grand Turk	18
Uganda	Nazma Jamal Mohamed	Entebbe	18
United Kingdom	Kirsty Roper	Staffordshire	29
United States	Diana Magaña	Rancho Palos Verdes	27
Uruguay	Gisel Silva Sienra	Montevideo	18
Venezuela	Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez	La Guaira	29
Western Samoa	Noanoa Hill	Apia	18
Yugoslavia	Suzana Žunić	Split	18

Notes

Debuts

• Bulgaria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Egypt last competed in 1956.
• Republic of China last competed in 1964.
• Ghana last competed in 1968.
• Guyana last competed in 1971.
• Liberia and Uganda last competed in 1985.
• British Virgin Islands and Sierra Leone last competed in 1986.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Brazil lost its Miss World franchise.
• Panama lost its national pageant franchise to send delegates to Miss World and to Miss Universe.
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines failed to send delegates to Miss World.

Other notes

• This is the first time that there were only 10 semi-finalists and five out of the Top 10 would make it into the finals.
• Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1988 was held at the Hotel Torrequebrada in Benalmádena and Puerto Banús, Spain.
• Dominican Republic, Finland, Guatemala, Holland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, and Trinidad and Tobago missed their spots into the semi-finals after receiving high preliminary scores; therefore they were among the Top 20 contestants. Guatemala won the Miss Photogenic award in Miss World 1988.
• Holland, who failed to make it to the semi-finals, was crowned Miss Universe 1989 in Cancún, Mexico.
• Hong Kong, who failed to make it to the semi-finals, was crowned Miss Chinese International Pageant 1988 in Hong Kong. While on the other hand, Macau, who failed to make it to the semi-finals also, didn't make it to the semi-finals in Miss Chinese International Pageant 1988.
• Poland, who failed to make it to semi-finals, competed Miss Universe 1989 and finished as the third runner-up.
• Spain (Susana de la Llave Varon) was the 1st runner-up in Miss Spain 1987, as pageant organizers rescheduled Miss Spain 1988 to December.
• Korea was placed as 1st runner-up for the first time in Miss World 1988. In fact, a Korean representative also placed 1st runner-up at the Miss Universe 1988 and the country hosted the Olympic Games in Seoul that same year.
• 4 out of 84 contestants (Belgium, British Virgin Islands, France, and Nigeria) competed in Miss Universe 1988 six months before.
• Iceland won the Miss World title for the second time in 3 years.
• Sweden won the Miss Hawaiian Tropic International pageant four years earlier.
• 1988 was the biggest Miss World pageant to date, with eighty-four contestants.
• United Kingdom's entry, Kirsty Roper, later became a songwriter and the future wife of billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli
• Half the number of countries which made it into the semi-finals, were not in the semi-finals last year: Korea (1965), Norway (1974), Spain (1979), Australia (1984), and Sweden (1985).

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1988