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Miss World 1998
Miss World 1998 TitlecardDate 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
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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.
Contents
Results
Placements
Final results Contestant Miss World 1998 1st runner-up France - Véronique Caloc
2nd runner-up 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
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