Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe Pageant was held at Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 on May 24, 1988. Porntip Nakhirunkanok

Porntip Nakhirunkanok

Porntip Bui Nakhirunkanok aka Porntip Bui Simon is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1988. She became the second woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown, the first being Apasra Hongsakula in 1965.-Biography:Nakhirunkanok was born in Chacheonsao, Thailand...

 of Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 was crowned the title of Miss Universe 1988. 66 contestants competed in the pageant. This year was also considered the "Year of the Far East Asians" as four of the five finalists came from Asian countries.

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1988	Thailand - Porntip Nakhirunkanok Porntip Nakhirunkanok Porntip Bui Nakhirunkanok aka Porntip Bui Simon is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1988. She became the second woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown, the first being Apasra Hongsakula in 1965.-Biography:Nakhirunkanok was born in Chacheonsao, Thailand...
1st runner-up	' - Chang Yoonjung Yunchung Chong Jang Yoon-jeong was named Miss Korea in 1987. She represented South Korea and was the first runner-up of the Miss Universe 1988 beauty contest. Porntip Nakhirunkanok was the winner of the competition.-Miss Universe 1988:...
2nd runner-up	Mexico - Amanda Olivares Amanda Olivares Amanda Beatriz Olivares Phillips is a former Miss Mexico who represented her country in the 1988 Miss Universe pageant, held in Taipei, Taiwan on May 23, 1988 and obtained the second runner-up spot....
3rd runner-up	Japan - Mizuho Sakaguchi
4th runner-up	' - Pauline Yeung Pauline Yeung Pauline Yeung Bo-ling is a Hong Kong actress and a former Miss Hong Kong Pageant titleholder.Yeung won the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, and went on to compete at the 1987 Miss World pageant, where she placed among the top 12 semi-finalists and going on to win the Continental Queen of Asia award....
Top 10	Dominican Republic - Patricia Jiménez  Venezuela - Yajaira Vera Yajaira Vera Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán is Miss Venezuela 1988. She represented her country in Miss Universe 1988 placing as one of the 10 semifinalists and won the very first Miss Globe International pageant in 1988....  United States - Courtney Gibbs Courtney Gibbs Courtney Ann Gibbs-Mokarow is a former Miss USA and Top 10 semifinalist at Miss Universe 1988.-Miss USA:...  Colombia - Diana Arévalo  Norway - Bente Brunland

Semifinal scores

Country	Preliminary Average	Interview	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Semifinal Average
	8.719 (4)	9.730 (1)	9.684 (1)	9.752 (1)	9.722 (1)
	8.795 (3)	9.453 (2)	9.463 (2)	9.630 (2)	9.515 (2)
	8.497 (7)	9.266 (3)	9.144 (3)	9.233 (3)	9.214 (3)
	8.409 (9)	8.922 (4)	8.866 (5)	8.944 (5)	8.910 (4)
	8.505 (6)	8.744 (6)	8.666 (7)	9.074 (4)	8.828 (5)
	9.052 (2)	8.833 (5)	8.688 (6)	8.744 (8)	8.768 (6)
Venezuela	8.518 (5)	8.543 (8)	8.900 (4)	8.811 (7)	8.751 (7)
United States	9.144 (1)	8.522 (9)	8.621 (8)	8.943 (6)	8.695 (8)
	8.440 (8)	8.712 (7)	8.588 (9)	8.644 (9)	8.648 (9)
	8.368 (10)	7.555 (10)	7.977 (10)	8.077 (10)	7.869 (10)

Winner

First Runner-up

Second Runner-up

Third Runner-up

Fourth Runner-up

Top 10 Semifinalist Rank in each round of competition

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Guam - Liza Marie Camacho
Miss Photogenic	Kingdom of England - Tracey Williams
Best National Costume	Thailand - Porntip Nakhirunkanok Porntip Nakhirunkanok Porntip Bui Nakhirunkanok aka Porntip Bui Simon is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1988. She became the second woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown, the first being Apasra Hongsakula in 1965.-Biography:Nakhirunkanok was born in Chacheonsao, Thailand...  United States - Courtney Gibbs Courtney Gibbs Courtney Ann Gibbs-Mokarow is a former Miss USA and Top 10 semifinalist at Miss Universe 1988.-Miss USA:...  Japan - Mizuho Sakaguchi

Background Music

• Opening Number: "Dancing on the Ceiling
  Dancing on the Ceiling
  Dancing on the Ceiling is Lionel Richie's third album, which was released on July 15, 1986. The title cut was the second biggest single from the album, reaching #1 in the U.S. and #7 in the UK...
  
  " by Lionel Richie
  Lionel Richie
  Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...
  
   (Cover version
  Cover version
  In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
  
  )
• Musical Number: "Overload" by Zappacosta
  Zappacosta
  Zappacosta also known as Alfie Zappacosta is a Canadian singer/songwriter.-Career:...
  
   of Dirty Dancing
  Dirty Dancing
  Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic film. Written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino, the film features Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach...
  
  
• Evening Gown Competition: "You are My Star"
• Crowning Moment: "This is Your Night"

Contestants

• - Claudia Gabriela Pereyra
• - Vanessa Lynn Gibson
• - Maria Steinhart
• - Natasha Christine Pinder
• - Daisy Van Cauwenbergh
• - Kim Lightbourne
• - Ana María Pereyra
• - Isabel Cristina Beduschi
• - Nelda Felecia Farrington
• - Mary-Melinda Gillies
• - Verónica Romero Carvajal
• - Diana Patricia Arevalo
• - Erika Maria Paoli
• - Pernille Nathansen
• - Patricia Jimenez
• - Cecilia Pozo Caminer
• - Amina Samy Shelbaya
• - Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie
• - Tracey Williams
• - Nina Carita Bjornstrom
• - Claudia Frittolini
• - Christiane Kopp
• - Mayte Sanchez
• - Nuno Nette Baadh
• - Liza Maria Camacho
• - Silvia Mansilla
• ' - Annabet Reindina Berendsen
• - Jacqueline Herrera Mejia
• ' - Pauline Yeung
• - Anna Margret Jonsdóttir
• - Adrienne Rock
• - Shirly Ben Mordechay
• - Simona Ventura
  Simona Ventura
  Simona Ventura is an Italian television presenter.-The Beginnings:Ventura started in TV on "Domani Sposi" with Giancarlo Magalli on Rai Uno....
  
  

• - Leota Suah
• - Mizuho Sakaguchi
• ' - Chang Yun-Jung
  Yunchung Chong
  Jang Yoon-jeong was named Miss Korea in 1987. She represented South Korea and was the first runner-up of the Miss Universe 1988 beauty contest. Porntip Nakhirunkanok was the winner of the competition.-Miss Universe 1988:...
  
  
• - Eliane George Fakhoury
• - Lydie Garnie
• - Linda Chee Ling Lum
• - Stephanie Spiteri
• - Amanda Olivares
  Amanda Olivares
  Amanda Beatriz Olivares Phillips is a former Miss Mexico who represented her country in the 1988 Miss Universe pageant, held in Taipei, Taiwan on May 23, 1988 and obtained the second runner-up spot....
  
  
• - Lana Coc-Kroft
  Lana Coc-Kroft
  Lana Coc-Kroft is a New Zealand television and radio personality, and was Miss Universe New Zealand in 1988.Coc-Kroft began her television career appearing in Sale of the Century, and in 1991 on the New Zealand version of Wheel of Fortune as the co-host with Phillip Leishman, later Simon Barnett....
  
  
• - Omasan Tokurbo Buwa
  Omasan Buwa
  Omasan Tokurbo Buwa is a Nigerian lawyer and magazine columnist, currently working as a government official in Delta State.Buwa was born in England, but moved to her native Nigeria with her parents at the age of seven. In 1987, she rose to national fame in Nigeria when she represented Warri in the...
  
  
• ' - Ruby Jean Hamilton
• - Bente Brunland
• - Marta Noemi Acosta
• - Katia Escudero Lozano
• - Perfida Reyes Limpin
• - Isabel Martins da Costa
• - Isabel Maria Pardo
• - Jade Hu Fei-Tsui
• - Amanda Laird
• - Audrey Ann Tay
• - Sonsoles Artigas Medero
• - Deepthi Alles
• - Annika Davidsson
• - Gabriela Bigler
• - Porntip Nakhirunkanok
  Porntip Nakhirunkanok
  Porntip Bui Nakhirunkanok aka Porntip Bui Simon is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1988. She became the second woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown, the first being Apasra Hongsakula in 1965.-Biography:Nakhirunkanok was born in Chacheonsao, Thailand...
  
  
• ' - Cheryl Ann Gordon
• - Meltem Hakarar
• ' - Edna Elizabeth Smith
• - Carla Trombotti
•  United States - Courtney Gibbs
  Courtney Gibbs
  Courtney Ann Gibbs-Mokarow is a former Miss USA and Top 10 semifinalist at Miss Universe 1988.-Miss USA:...
  
  
•  United States Virgin Islands - Heather Carty
•  Venezuela - Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán
• - Lise Marie Williams

Preliminary swimsuit scores

• 8.988 Dominican Republic
• 8.822 USA
• 8.644 Korea
• 8.272 Singapore
• 8.255 Norway
• 8.227 New Zealand
• 8.188 Colombia
• 8.161 Iceland
• 8.144 Denmark
• 8.122 Mexico
• 8.105 Thailand
• 8.105 Sweden
• 8.100 Venezuela
• 8.055 Hong Kong
• 8.044 Japan
• 8.011 Costa Rica
• 8.005 England

• 7.988 Trinidad and Tobago
• 7.977 Holland
• 7.966 Portugal
• 7.937 Ireland
• 7.883 Philippines
• 7.868 Brazil
• 7.805 Taiwan ROC
• 7.783 Italy
• 7.772 Scotland
• 7.733 Finland
• 7.711 Australia
• 7.622 Malaysia
• 7.600 Turkey
• 7.594 Israel
• 7.588 Austria
• 7.566 Chile
• 7.544 Canada

• 7.422 Peru
• 7.411 Greenland
• 7.400 Argentina
• 7.342 Northern Marianas
• 7.342 Guam
• 7.316 Turks Caicos
• 7.311 Germany
• 7.305 Switzerland
• 7.300 Puerto Rico
• 7.266 Bahamas
• 7.244 Belgium
• 7.222 Uruguay
• 7.155 Spain
• 7.111 Wales
• 7.088 US Virgin Islands
• 7.072 Sri Lanka

• 7.066 France
• 7.055 British Virgin Islands
• 7.044 Ecuador
• 7.022 Bolivia
• 6.922 Gibraltar
• 6.911 Malta
• 6.868 Nigeria
• 6.844 El Salvador
• 6.761 Paraguay
• 6.755 Egypt
• 6.722 Jamaica
• 6.711 Luxembourg
• 6.655 Honduras
• 6.622 Bermuda
• 6.555 Guatemala
• 6.472 Lebanon

Withdraws

• Barbados
  Barbados
  Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
  
  , Belize
  Belize
  Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
  
  , Curaçao
  Curaçao
  Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
  
  , Cyprus
  Cyprus
  Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
  
  , Greece
  Greece
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
  
  , India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  , Kenya
  Kenya
  Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
  
  , Panama
  Panama
  Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
  
  and Senegal
  Senegal
  Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
  
  

Returns

• Belgium
  Belgium
  Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
  
  , Bermuda
  Bermuda
  Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
  
  , Republic of China
  Republic of China
  The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
  
  , Gibraltar
  Gibraltar
  Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
  
  , Iceland
  Iceland
  Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
  
  , Luxembourg
  Luxembourg
  Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
  
  and Scotland
  Scotland
  Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
  
  

Miss International

• Miss International 1985
  Miss International 1985
  The 25th Miss International pageant was held on 15 September 1985 at Tsukuba's Expo Plaza. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada.- Results :-Special awards:*Miss Friendship: Susan Boje Rasmussen...
  
  : Iceland (semi-finalist)
• Miss International 1987
  Miss International 1987
  The 27th Miss International pageant was held on 13 September 1987 at Nihon Seinen-Kan, Tokyo. Laurie Simpson Rivera from Puerto Rico won the Miss International title.- Results :-Special awards:*Friendship: Michelle Betancourt Vergara...
  
  : Australia (semi-finalist)
• Miss International 1988
  Miss International 1988
  Miss International 1988, the 28th Miss International pageant, was held on June 17, 1988 in Gifu, Japan and hosted by Masumi Okada. Catherine Alexandra Gude of Norway was crowned at the end of the event.-Placements:- Special awards:-External links:*...
  
  : Costa Rica (semi-finalist), Germany and Guam

Miss World

• Miss World 1987
  Miss World 1987
  The 37th Miss World Pageant was held on November 12, 1987 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Ulla Weigerstorfer from Austria. Runner up was Albani Josefina Lozada Jimenez from Venezuela, and third was Anna Margret Jonsdottir from Iceland.-Results:-Order of Semi-finalists:* 1....
  
  : Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong (semi-finalist), Iceland (2nd Runner Up), Ireland, Spain, Switzerland and Turks & Caicos
• Miss World 1988
  Miss World 1988
  The 38th Miss World Pageant was held on November 17, 1988 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir from Iceland. Runner up was Yeon-hee Choi representing Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom...
  
  : Belgium, France and Nigeria
• Miss World 1989
  Miss World 1989
  The 39th Miss World marked the very first staging of the Miss World pageant in a foreign location. The pageant was held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. 78 contestants took part in the pageant...
  
  : Norway

Background music

• Opening Number: "Dancing on the Ceiling
  Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie song)
  "Dancing on the Ceiling" is a song written by Mike Frenchik, Lionel Richie and Carlos Rios and performed by Richie on his 1986 album Dancing on the Ceiling....
  
  " by Lionel Richie
  Lionel Richie
  Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...
  
  
• Evening Gown Competition: "You are My Star"
• Crowning Moment: "This is Your Night"

International broadcasters

Some networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

) showed the Miss Universe 1988 pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

• : Seven Network
• : ZNS-TV
  ZNS-TV
  ZNS is a national radio and TV broadcaster operated by the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas....
  
  
• : VRT
  Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep
  The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie , or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders ....
  
  
• : SBT
• : BNT 1
• : CBC Television
  CBC Television
  CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
  
  
• : TVN
  TVN
  TVN may refer to:*TVN , a horse racing channel*TVN , a public broadcaster*TVN , a television station*TVN or TVNorge, a commercial television channel*TVN , a commercial broadcaster...
  
  
• : Caracol
• : RIK 1
• : DR1
  DR1
  DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week....
  
  
• : Gamavision
• : ETV
  Eesti Televisioon
  Eesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...
  
  
• : YLE TV1
  YLE TV1
  YLE TV1 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Finnish public broadcaster Yleisradio. It is the first and oldest Television channel in Finland. More than 70% of channel's programs are documentaries, news or educative programmes...
  
  
• : TF1
  TF1
  TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
  
  
• : ARD
  ARD (broadcaster)
  ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
  
  
•  United Kingdom: BBC One
  BBC One
  BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
  
  
• : ET1
• ': TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
  
  
• : m1
  M1 (TV channel)
  m1 is a Hungarian television channel own and operated by Magyar Televízió. It is also transmitted in high definition.It was 24 hours in 2000 along with m2...
  
  
• : Channel 1
  Channel 1 (Israel)
  Channel 1 is one of the oldest television channels in Israel and one of five terrestrial channels in the country...
  
  
• : RTÉ One
  RTÉ One
  RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
  
  
• : DD National
  DD National
  DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...
  
  
• : Rai Uno
  Rai Uno
  Rai 1 is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Rai Tv from 1954 to 1961, called Programma Nazionale from 1961 to 1979, after called Rete 1 from 1979 to 1982, then called Rai Uno from 1982 to...
  
  
• : Ination TV

• : ABC
  Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
  is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.-Offices:*Headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan...
  
  
• : KBS
• : TV1
• ': TVM
  TVM (Malta)
  Television Malta is the national television station of Malta. TVM is operated by Public Broadcasting Services Ltd . PBS Ltd is state owned....
  
  
• : Televisa
  Televisa
  Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
  
  
• : TV One
• : NRK1
  NRK1
  NRK1 is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's main television channel. Test broadcasts started on 12 January 1954, regular test broadcasts started on 13 April 1958 and regular broadcasts started in 20 August 1960. It is Norway's oldest and largest television channel...
  
  
• : Telemetro
• : ATV
• : GMA Network
  GMA Network
  GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...
  
  
• : TVP1
• : RTP1
• : TVR1
• : Channel One
  Channel One (Russia)
  Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
  
  
• : Television Corporation of Singapore
  Television Corporation of Singapore
  Television Corporation of Singapore was a private company that provide television broadcasting services in then monopolised media industry. TCS existed from 1 October 1994 to 11 February 2001; Singapore Broadcasting Corporation was privatised on 1 October 1994 at 00:00 am...
  
  
• : TVE1
• : SF 1
  SF 1
  SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
  
  
• : SVT1
  SVT1
  SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
  
  
• ' (host country): CTS
  Chinese Television System
  Chinese Television System is a broadcast television station in Republic of China .-History:Founded on October 31, 1971, CTS started off as a joint venture between the ROC's Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education. At the time of its establishment, CTS was the only VHF-supported...
  
  
• : MCOT
  MCOT
  MCOT Public Company Limited )) is a Thai media conglomerate. Its origins date back to the creation in 1955 of Thailand's first television broadcaster, The Thai Television Company Limited. In 1977, this company was reconstituted as a state enterprise, the Mass Communications Organization of Thailand...
  
  
• ': CCN TV6
  CCN TV6
  The Caribbean Communications Network Television 6 ' is the largest private television broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago. The station operates an analog composite NTSC 525 television system, broadcasting on channels 6 and 18 in the island of Trinidad, channel 5 on the Flow Cable System and channel...
  
  
•  United States: CBS
  CBS
  CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
  
  
•  Venezuela: Venevisión
  Venevisión
  Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...