Miss World 1988
Appearance
Miss World 1988 | |
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UK | |
Broadcaster | Thames Television |
Entrants | 84 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts | Bulgaria |
Withdrawals | Brazil, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Returns | British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda |
Winner | Linda Pétursdóttir[1][2] Iceland |
Miss World 1988, the 38th edition of the
Peter Marshall, who has hosted other Miss World competitions such as Miss World 1986,[3][4][5] and Alexandra Bastedo,[4][5] with musical performances by Koreana and 1970s American pop musician Donny Osmond
.
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss World 1988 | |
1st Runner-up |
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2nd Runner-up | |
Top 5 |
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Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group | Contestant |
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Africa |
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Americas | |
Asia |
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Europe | |
Oceania |
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Contestants
84 countries participated in Miss World 1988.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
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Argentina | Gabriela Madeira | 19 | Buenos Aires |
Australia | Catherine Bushell | 21 | Sydney |
Austria | Alexandra Werbanschitz | 21 | Graz |
Bahamas | Natasha Rolle | 21 | Nassau |
Barbados | Ferida Kola | 20 | Bridgetown |
Belgium | Daisy van Cauwenbergh | 19 | Limbourg |
Belize |
Pauline Young | 19 | Belize City |
Bermuda | Sophie Cannonier | 19 | Warwick East
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Bolivia | Claudia Nazer | 24 | Tarija |
British Virgin Islands | Nelda Farrington | 22 | Tortola |
Bulgaria | Sonia Vassilieva | 19 | Varna |
Canada | Morgan Fox | 18 | Richmond |
Cayman Islands | Melissa McTaggart | 23 | Grand Cayman |
Chile | María Francisca Aldunate | 22 | Santiago |
China Taiwan |
Wu Yi-ning | 17 | Taipei |
Colombia |
Jasmín Oliveros | 20 | Bahía Solano |
Cook Islands | Annie Wigmore | 17 | Titikaveka |
Costa Rica | Virginia Steinvort | 19 | San José |
Curaçao | Anuschka Cova | 19 | Willemstad |
Cyprus | Aphrodite Theophanous | 18 | Paphos |
Denmark | Susanne Johansen | 24 | Copenhagen |
Dominican Republic | María Josefina Martínez | 21 | San Ignacio de Sabaneta
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Ecuador | Cristina López | 20 | Guayaquil |
Egypt | Dina El Naggar | 20 | Giza |
El Salvador | Karla Hasbún | 17 | San Salvador |
Finland | Nina Andersson | 21 | Lahti |
France | Claudia Frittolini | 20 | Illzach |
Germany | Katja Munch | 19 | Frankfurt |
Ghana | Dzidzo Abra Amoa | 23 | Volta |
Gibraltar | Tatiana Desoiza | 23 | Gibraltar |
Greece | Ariadni Mylona | 19 | Chania |
Guam | Rita Mae Diaz | 23 | Windward Hills |
Guatemala | Mariluz Aguilar | 18 | Guatemala City |
Guyana | Christine Jardim | 20 | Georgetown |
Holland | Angela Visser | 21 | Rotterdam |
Honduras | Alina Patricia Díaz | 19 | Choluteca |
Hong Kong |
Michelle Reis | 18 | Kowloon |
Iceland | Linda Pétursdóttir[1][2] | 18 | Vopnafjörður |
India | Anuradha Kottoor | 22 | Bombay |
Ireland | Collette Jackson | 22 | Coolock |
Isle of Man | Victoria O'Dea | 17 | Douglas |
Israel | Dganit Cohen | 18 | Tel Aviv |
Italy | Giulia Gemo | 18 | Modena |
Jamaica | Andrea Haynes | 24 | Kingston |
Japan | Kazumi Sakikubo | 22 | Kobe |
Kenya | Dianna Naylor | 21 | Mombasa |
Korea | Choi Yeon-hee | 22 | Seoul |
Lebanon | Sylvana Samaha | 19 | Beirut |
Liberia | Ollie White | 19 | Nimba |
Luxembourg | Chantal Schanbacher | 22 | Altrier |
Macau | Helena da Conceição Lo Branco | 19 | Macau |
Malaysia | Sue Wong | 19 | Penang |
Malta | Josette Camilleri | 21 | Marsa |
Mauritius | Véronique Ash | 21 | Beau Bassin
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Mexico | Cecilia Cervera | 20 | Tlaxcala |
New Zealand | Lisa Corban | 19 | Waikato |
Nigeria | Omasan Buwa | 22 | Warri |
Norway |
Rita Paulsen | 21 | Myrvoll |
Papua New Guinea | Erue Taunao | 19 | Port Moresby |
Paraguay | María José Miranda | 19 | Asunción |
Peru | Martha Kaik | 21 | Lima |
Philippines | Dana Narvadez | 19 | Manila |
Poland | Joanna Gapinska | 20 | Szczecin |
Portugal | Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano | 20 | Sesimbra |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Hailey Cassius | 21 | Newtown |
Sierra Leone | Tiwilla Ojukutu | 21 | Freetown |
Singapore | Shirley Teo | 23 | Singapore |
Spain | Susana de la Llave | 19 | Figueres |
Sri Lanka | Michelle Koelmeyer | 18 | Colombo |
Swaziland |
Thandeka Magagula | 22 | Manzini
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Sweden | Cecilia Hörberg | 22 | Gothenburg |
Switzerland | Karina Berger | 20 | Zürich |
Thailand | Prapatsara Chutanutpong | 18 | Bangkok |
Trinidad and Tobago | Wendy Baptiste | 19 | Arouca |
Turkey | Esra Sumer | 19 | Istanbul |
Turks and Caicos | Doreen Dickenson | 20 | Grand Turk |
Uganda | Nazma Mohamed | 20 | Entebbe |
United Kingdom | Kirsty Roper | 17 | Staffordshire |
United States | Diana Magaña | 23 | Rancho Palos Verdes |
United States Virgin Islands | Cathy Mae Sitaram | 19 | St. Croix
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Uruguay | Gisel Silva | 19 | Montevideo |
Venezuela | Emma Rabbe | 19 | La Guaira |
Western Samoa | Noanoa Hill | 17 | Apia |
Yugoslavia | Suzana Žunić | 17 | Split |
Notes
Debuts
- Bulgaria
Returns
Withdrawals
- 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
Other Notes
- Holland- Angela Visser competed in Miss Universe 1989, in May 1989, she only had 7 months to prepare to Miss Universe before going to win.
References
- ^ a b c d "Miss World 1988 winner Linda Petursdottir from Iceland". Daily Express. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ Observer-Reporter. 19 November 1988. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Irish TV presenter Peter Marshall interviews Miss World winner". Getty Images. 13 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Alexandra Bastedo - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Alexandra Bastedo: Actress best known for her role in the 1960s". The Independent. 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Former Miss UK lands a billionaire life and enters Rich List in sixth". The Sunday Times. (subscription required)