Miss International 1998
Miss International 1998 | |
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Winner | Lía Borrero Panama |
Miss International 1998 was the 38th Miss International pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 26 September 1998.
Big Four international beauty pageants.[1]
Contestants from forty-three countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada.
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss International 1998 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up | |
Top 15 |
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Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Friendship | |
Best National Costume | |
Miss Photogenic |
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Contestants
Forty-three contestants competed for the title.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
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Argentina | Maria Fernanda Ortiz | – | Buenos Aires |
Aruba | Anushka Sheritsa Lew Jen Tai | 18 | Oranjestad |
Australia | Katherine O'Brien | 18 | Sydney |
Bolivia | Liliana Peña | – | Litoral |
Britain | Melanie Devina Jones[4] | 20 | Ewloe |
Colombia | Adriana Hurtado | 21 | Valle de Cauca |
Curaçao | Santa Indris Tokaay | – | Willemstad |
Cyprus | Marianna Panayiotou | – | Nicosia |
Czech Republic | Petra Faltýnová | 21 | Prague |
Dominican Republic | Sorangel Fersobe | 20 | San Juan de la Maguana |
Finland | Piia Hartikainen[5] | 20 | Rovaniemi |
France | Patricia Spéhar | 23 | Paris |
Germany | Fiona Ammann | – | Berlin |
Greece | Eleni Pliatsika | – | Athens |
Hawaii | Lori-Ann Lee Medeiros | – | Honolulu |
Holland | Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen | 22 | Amsterdam |
Honduras | Wendy Suyapa Rodríguez | – | Cortés
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Hong Kong | Natalie Ng | – | Hong Kong |
Iceland | Gudbjörg Sigridur Hermannsdóttir | – | Reykjavík |
India | Shvetha Jaishankar | 17 | Chennai |
Israel | Galia Abramov | – | Tel Aviv |
Japan | Megumi Taira | – | Tokyo |
Latvia | Līga Graudumniece | – | Riga |
Macedonia | Ana Binovska | – | Skopje |
Mexico | Karina Mora | 17 | Mérida |
Northern Mariana Islands | Sonya Pangelinan[2] | – | Saipan |
Norway | Bjørg Sofie Løvstad | 18 | Akershus |
Panama | Lía Borrero | 22 | Las Tablas |
Paraguay | Maria Fabiola Roig | 19 | Asunción |
Peru | Melissa Miranda | – | Tacna |
Philippines | Colette Centeno[6] | 17 | Manila |
Poland | Agnieszka Osinska | 20 | Frampol |
Portugal | Icilia Berenguel | 21 | Póvoa de Varzim |
Senegal | Maimouna Diallo | – | Dakar |
Singapore | Sudha Menon | – | Singapore |
Slovakia | Martina Kalmanova | – | Bratislava |
South Korea | Cho Hye-young | – | Seoul |
Spain | Vanessa Romero | 20 | Alicante |
Togo | Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body | – | Lomé |
Tunisia | Nejla Kouniali | – | Tunis |
Turkey | Senay Akay | 18 | Istanbul |
United States | Susan Paez | 22 | South Gate |
Venezuela | Daniela Kosán | 24 | Maracay |
References
- ^ "Lía Victoria Borrero nueva Miss Internacional". portal.critica. 1998.
- ^ a b c d e f Younis, Laila C. (30 September 1998). "An unforgettable experience". Marianas Variety. p. 6. Retrieved 3 January 2024 – via eVols.
- ^ "Daniela Kosán se queda sin palabras". panamaamerica. April 5, 2011.
- ^ "Actress Melanie Hughes died after battle with alcohol". BBC. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Kokkolan Jonnasta kruunattiin Miss Suomi" [Kokkola's Jonna was crowned Miss Finland]. MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 February 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "RP entries". Manila Standard. March 17, 1998. Retrieved October 3, 2021.