Miss World 1998

Miss World 1998
Miss World 1998 Titlecard
Date	26 November 1998
Presenters	Ronan Keating and Eden Harel
Venue	Baie Lazare, Seychelles
Entrants	86
Placements	10
Debuts	Angola, Kazakhstan, St. Maarten
Withdraws	Cape Verde, Honduras, Latvia, Macau, Namibia, Thailand, Uganda
Returns	Curaçao, Liberia, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria
Winner	Linor Abargil  Israel

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

The 48th Miss World pageant was held 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, revealed days after the competition that she was raped months before the pageant.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1998	Israel - Linor Abargil
1st runner-up	France - Véronique Caloc
2nd runner-up	Malaysia - Lina Teoh
Finalists	Czech Republic - Alena Šeredová  South Africa - Kerishnie Naicker
Semi-finalists	Chile - Daniella Campos  Brazil - Adrianna Reis  Jamaica - Christine Straw  Peru - Mariana Larrabure  United States - Shauna Gambill

Order of Semi-finalists

1. Israel 2. Peru 3. Chile 4. France 5. Brazil

6. United States 7. Jamaica 8. South Africa 9. Malaysia 10. Czech Republic

Continental Queens

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

Delegates

American Virgin Islands - Wendy Sanchez  Angola - Maria Manuela Cortez de Lemos João  Argentina - Natalia Elisa González  Aruba - Judelca Shahira Briceno  Australia - Sarah-Jane Camille St. Clair  Austria - Sabine Lindorfer  Bahamas - LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham  Belgium - Tanja Dexters  Bolivia - Bianca Bauer Añez  Bosnia & Herzegovina - Samra Tojaga  Botswana - Earthen Pinkinyana Mbulawa  Brazil - Adriana Luci de Souza Reis  British Virgin Islands - Virginia Olen Rubiane  Bulgaria - Polina Petkova  Canada - Leanne Baird  Cayman Islands - Gemma Marie McLaughlin  Chile - Daniella Andrea Campos Lathrop  Colombia - Mónica Marcela Cuartas Jimenez  Costa Rica - María Luisa Ureña Salazar  Croatia - Lejla Sehović  Curaçao - Jeameane Veronica Colastica  Cyprus - Chrysanthi Michael  Czech Republic - Alena Šeredová  Dominican Republic - Sharmin Arelis Díaz Costo  Ecuador - Vanessa Natania Graf Alvear  Estonia - Ly Jürgenson  Finland - Maaret Saija Nousiainen  France - Véronique Caloc  Germany - Sandra Ahrabian  Ghana - Efia Owusuaa Marfo  Gibraltar - Melanie Soiza  Greece - Katia Marie 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 - Linor Abargil  Italy - Maria Concetta Travaglini  Jamaica - Christine Renee Straw  Japan - Rie Mochizuki  Kazakhstan - Anna Kirpota

Korea - Kim Kun-woo  Lebanon - Clemence Achkar  Liberia - Olivia Precious Cooper  Lithuania - Kristina Pakarnaite  Malaysia - Lina Teoh Pick Lim  Malta - Rebecca Camilleri  Mauritius - Oona Sujaya Fulena  Mexico - Vilma Veronica Zamora Suñol  Nepal - Jyoti Pradhan  New Zealand - Tanya Hayward  Nicaragua - Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernandez  Nigeria - Temitayo Osobu  Norway - Henriette Dankersten  Panama - Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miro  Paraguay - Perla Carolina Benítez Gonzales  Peru - Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso  Philippines - Rachel Muyot Soriano  Poland - Izabela Opęchowska  Portugal - Marcia Vasconcelos  Puerto Rico - Antonia Alfonso Pagan  Russia - Tatiana Makrouchina  St. Maarten - Myrtille Charlotte Brookson  Seychelles - Alvina Antoinette Grand d'Court  Singapore - Grace Chay  Slovakia - Karolina Cicatkova  Slovenia - Mihaela (Miša) Novak  South Africa - Kerishnie Naicker  Spain - Rocio Jiménez Fernandéz  Swaziland - Cindy Stanckoczi  Sweden - Jessica Magdalena Therése Almenäs  Switzerland - Sonja Grandjean  Chinese Taipei - Chen Yi-Ju  Tanzania - Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi  Trinidad & Tobago - Jeanette Marie La Caillie  Turkey - Buket Saygi  Ukraine - Nataliya Nadtochey  United Kingdom - Emmalene McLoughlin  United States - Shauna Gene Gambill  Uruguay - Maria Desiree Fernández Mautone  Venezuela - Veronica Schneider Rodriguez  Yugoslavia - Jelena Jakovljević  Zambia - Chisala Chibesa  Zimbabwe - Annette Kambarami

Trivia & Updates

Returning countries and Debuts

• Angola, Kazakhstan and St. Maarten competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Nicaragua last competed in 1977.
• Liberia last competed in 1988.
• Mauritius last competed in 1994.
• Curaçao and Nigeria last competed in 1996.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Latvia and Thailand did not compete in Miss World for the first time. Latvia, Evija Rucevska, withdrew in Miss World for personal reasons, but she competed in Miss World a year later. Thailand had a lack of sponsorship by sending a delegate to Miss World.

Other Notes

• Ghana slipped down on stage during the Day Wear Presentation in the finals.
• This is the first time that Miss World had a presentation on Day Wear, while the presentation for the national dress was annihilated. Australia, Sarah-Jane St. Clair won the award.
• United States, Shauna Gambill, was also Miss California Teen USA 1994 and Miss California USA 1998. She competed at Miss Teen USA 1994 where she won the title and placed 1st runner up at Miss USA 1998. She is the first Miss Teen USA winner to compete in Miss World.
• South Africa, Kerishnie Naicker, was a semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1998 in Hawaii, United States, while Jamaica, Christine Straw, later became the semi-finalist in Miss Universe 2004 in Ecuador.
• Belgium, Cayman Islands, Ireland, and Lebanon competed in Miss Universe 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Ukraine (Nataliya Nadtochey) competed in Miss Universe 1997 in Miami.
• France (Véronique Caloc) represented her country although she came from the island of Martinique.
• Republic of China changed the name on its sash to Chinese Taipei.
• After returning to the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong added the word China to its sash.
• 7 out of 10 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Chile (1967), Peru (1977), France and Jamaica (1993), Israel (1995), and Brazil (1996). Czech Republic made into the semi-finals for the first time since the separation from Czechoslovakia in 1993.
• Aruba and Curaçao had sent Spanish-speaking contestants in Miss World for the first time.

Background Music for Day Wear

• Group 1 - Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones
• Group 2 - Une Very Stylish Fille - Dimitri from Paris
• Group 3 - Garden Party - Mezzoforte
• Group 4 -
• Group 5 -
• Group 6 - Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band
• Group 7 -
• Group 8 - Would You Go To Bed With Me - Touch & Go

Group Order

GROUP 1 Malta Turkey St. Maarten Seychelles Italy Croatia Bolivia South Africa Ecuador Jamaica Aruba GROUP 2 Germany Switzerland France Mauritius American Virgin Islands Gibraltar Japan Australia Korea Lithuania United Kingdom GROUP 3 Hungary Malaysia Chile Zimbabwe Dominican Republic United States Colombia Sweden Finland Liberia Slovakia GROUP 4 Belgium Botswana Holland Nigeria Cyprus Nepal Guatemala Cayman Islands Curaçao

GROUP 5 Tanzania Canada Brazil Trinidad & Tobago Argentina New Zealand Poland Zambia Hong Kong China Spain Israel GROUP 6 Estonia Ireland Ghana Lebanon Swaziland Bosnia & Herzegovina Austria Venezuela Yugoslavia Uruguay Czech Republic GROUP 7 Chinese Taipei Puerto Rico Costa Rica Singapore Bahamas Panama British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Kazakhstan Mexico Norway GROUP 8 Ukraine Russia Greece Portugal Slovenia Peru India Philippines Angola Nicaragua Paraguay

Note: Contestants who do not speak English during the interview are italicized.

Judges

Eric Morley Diana Hayden Sophie Dahl Pilin Leon Jonah Lomu

Mark Newson Terry O'Neill Mica Paris Jacques Villeneuve

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1998