Miss World 1988

Miss World 1988
Miss World 1988 Titlecard
Date	17 November 1988
Presenters	Peter Marshall, and Alexandra Bastedo
Entertainment	Koreana, and Donny Osmond
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	84
Placements	10
Debuts	Bulgaria
Withdraws	Brazil, Panama, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Returns	British Virgin Islands, Republic of China, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda
Winner	Linda Pétursdóttir  Iceland

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

The 38th Miss World Pageant was held on November 17, 1988 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir (Queen of Europe) from Iceland. 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 70's American pop sensation, Donny Osmond.

Results

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
Top 10 Semi-finalists	Australia - Catherine Bushell  Austria - Alexandra Werbanschitz  Norway - Rita Paulsen  Sweden - Cecilia Margareta Hörberg  United States of America - Diana Magaňa

Order of Semi-finalists

1. Australia 2. Austria 3. Iceland 4. Korea 5. Norway

6. Spain 7. Sweden 8. United Kingdom 9. United States 10. Venezuela

Order of Finalists

• 1. Korea
• 2. United Kingdom
• 3. Venezuela
• 4. Iceland
• 5. Spain

Special awards

• Personality: Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano (Portugal)
• Photogenic: Mariluz Aguilar Rivas (Guatemala)

Continental Queens

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

84 Contestants

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

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Bulgaria competed in Miss World for the first time.
• 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.
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines failed to send delegates in 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 in Hotel Torrequebrada, Benalmadena and Puerto Banus, Malaga, Spain.
• Dominican Republic, Finland, Guatemala, Holland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, and Trinidad & Tobago missed their spots into the semi-finalists 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 Cancun, Mexico.
• Hong Kong, who failed to make it to the semi-finals, was crowned Miss Chinese International 1988 in Hong Kong.
• 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 decided to move Miss Spain by December 1988.
• 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 1988 Miss Universe pageant and the country hosted the Olympic Games in Seoul on 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.
• This was the biggest Miss World pageant ever in the 1980s since eighty-four contestants were competing.
• United Kingdom's entry, Kirsty Roper, later became a songwriter and the future wife of billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli^[1][2][3]
• Half the number of countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Korea (1965), Norway (1974), Spain (1979), Australia (1984), and Sweden (1985).

Judges

Eric Morley Richard Birchnall Angelo Carrazo Lindka Cierach Reita Faria

Khadija Adam Ismail James Kimber Kimberley Santos

Contestants Preliminary Scores

Country	Score	Country	Score
American Virgin Islands	18	Israel	21
Argentina	18	Italy	20
Australia	26	Jamaica	21
Austria	25	Japan	18
Bahamas	18	Kenya	21
Barbados	18	Korea	25
Belgium	19	Lebanon	18
Belize	18	Liberia	18
Bermuda	19	Luxembourg	20
Bolivia	18	Macau	18
British Virgin Islands	19	Malaysia	18
Bulgaria	18	Malta	18
Canada	19	Mauritius	18
Cayman Islands	20	Mexico	20
Chile	20	New Zealand	19
China Taiwan	18	Nigeria	19
Colombia	18	Norway	25
Cook Islands	18	Papua New Guinea	18
Costa Rica	18	Paraguay	18
Curaçao	18	Peru	18
Cyprus	18	Philippines	19
Denmark	20	Poland	20
Dominican Republic	23	Portugal	18
Ecuador	20	St. Kitts & Nevis	18
Egypt	19	Sierra Leone	18
El Salvador	19	Singapore	20
Finland	24	Spain	26
France	18	Sri Lanka	18
Germany	21	Swaziland	19
Ghana	20	Sweden	28
Gibraltar	18	Switzerland	21
Greece	18	Thailand	19
Guam	18	Trinidad & Tobago	24
Guatemala	23	Turkey	18
Guyana	18	Turks & Caicos	18
Holland	23	Uganda	18
Honduras	18	United Kingdom	29
Hong Kong	23	United States of America	27
Iceland	31	Uruguay	18
India	18	Venezuela	29
Ireland	23	Western Samoa	18
Isle of Man	18	Yugoslavia	18

References

1. ^ Former Miss UK lands a billionaire life and enters Rich List in sixth - Times Online Rich List
2. ^ Le triomphe discret de Kirsty Bertarelli
3. ^ Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: From Miss UK to the richest Mrs in Britain

External sources

• Official site
• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1988