Miss World 1988
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Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
Pageant was held on November 17, 1988 in the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir
Linda Pétursdóttir
Linda Pétursdóttir is a former Miss World from Vopnafjörður, Iceland. She is now a business woman running Baðhúsið, The Bath House, a ladies-only health spa. After a period in Vancouver, Canada, she has returned to her native Iceland and given birth to a daughter Isabella Cohen.-External links:*...
(Queen of Europe) from 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...
. Runner up was Yeon-hee Choi (Queen of Asia) representing Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom. The Miss World 1988 was hosted by Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)
Peter Marshall is an Irish broadcaster, educated at St. Columb's College in Derry.-Early life:Having originally intended to train as a teacher, he started his working life as an actor, studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.-Television:In 1967 he became an announcer at...
and Alexandra Bastedo
Alexandra Bastedo
Alexandra Bastedo is a British actress, best-known for her role as secret agent Sharron Macready in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction adventure series The Champions...
, with musical performances of Koreana
Koreana
Koreana is a bilingual Korean musical group that performs songs in both English and Korean. The group performed at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Seoul Olympics where they sang its official theme song "Hand in Hand."...
who sang Hand In Hand in the Seoul Olympics, and the 70's American pop sensation, Donny Osmond
Donny Osmond
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...
.
Results
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1988 |
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| 1st Runner-up |
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| 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 |
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
Special awards
- Personality: Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano (PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
) - Photogenic: Mariluz Aguilar Rivas (GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
)
Continental Queens
- Africa: Dianna Naylor - Kenya
- Americas: Emma Rabbe - Venezuela
- Asia: Yeon-hee Choi - Korea
- Europe: Linda PétursdóttirLinda PétursdóttirLinda Pétursdóttir is a former Miss World from Vopnafjörður, Iceland. She is now a business woman running Baðhúsið, The Bath House, a ladies-only health spa. After a period in Vancouver, Canada, she has returned to her native Iceland and given birth to a daughter Isabella Cohen.-External links:*...
- Iceland - Oceania: Catherine Bushell - Australia
84 Contestants
| Nation | Contestant | Hometown |
| ' | Cathy Mae Sitaram | St. Croix |
 Argentina |
Gabriela Karina Madeira | Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
| Australia |
Catherine Bushell | Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... |
| Austria |
Alexandra Werbanschitz | Graz Graz The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students... |
 The Bahamas |
Natasha Rolle | Nassau Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas... |
 Barbados |
Ferida Kola | Bridgetown Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael... |
 Belgium |
Daisy van Cauwenbergh | Limbourg Limbourg Limbourg is a medieval town located in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.On 1 January 2008 Limbourg had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 24.63 km² which gives a population density of 231 inhabitants per km²... |
 Belize |
Pauline Young | Belize City Belize City Belize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize. Unofficial estimates place the population of Belize City at 70,000 or more. It is located at the mouth of the Belize River on the coast of the Caribbean. The city is the country's principal port and its financial and... |
 Bermuda |
Sophie Cannonier | Warwick East |
 Bolivia |
Claudia Nazer | Santa Cruz |
 British Virgin Islands |
Nelda Felecia Farrington | Tortola Tortola Tortola is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. Local tradition recounts that Christopher Columbus named it Tortola, meaning "land of the Turtle Dove". Columbus named the island Santa Ana... |
 Bulgaria |
Sonia Vassilieva | Varna Varna Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011... |
 Canada |
Morgan Fox | Richmond Richmond, British Columbia Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border... |
 Cayman Islands |
Melissa McTaggart | Grand Cayman Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the nation's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles southwest of Cayman Brac.-Geography:Grand Cayman encompasses 76% of... |
 Chile |
Maria Francisca Aldunate Sanhueza | Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level... |
| ' | Wu Yi-Ning | 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... |
 Colombia |
Jasmin Oliveros Segura | Bahia Solano Bahía Solano Bahía Solano is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. Bahia, as it is locally known, is an economic and touristic center of coastal Choco. Bahia is home to an airport as well as seaport, and along with daily flights to and from Medellin, Quibdo, Cali, and Bogota, there are... |
 Cook Islands |
Annie Wigmore | Titikaveka Titikaveka Titikaveka is one of the five districts that make up the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. It is located in the south of the island, to the south of the districts of Ngatangiia and Avarua, and east of the district of Arorangi.... |
 Costa Rica |
Virginia Steinvorth | San Jose San José, Costa Rica San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... |
 Curaçao |
Anuschka Cova | Willemstad Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated population of 140,000. The historic centre of... |
 Cyprus |
Aphrodite Theophanous | Pappos |
 Denmark |
Susanne Johansen | Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... |
 Dominican Republic |
Maria Josefina Martinez | San Ignacio de Sabaneta San Ignacio de Sabaneta San Ignacio de Sabaneta is the capital and a municipality of Santiago Rodriguez in the northwestern part of the Dominican Republic. It is usually called only Sabaneta or Santiago Rodríguez.-Population:... |
 Ecuador |
Cristina Elena Lopez Villagomez | Guayaquil Guayaquil Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port... |
 Egypt |
Dina El-Naggar | Giza |
 El Salvador |
Karla Lorena Hasbun | San Salvador San Salvador The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador... |
 Finland |
Nina Andersson | Lahti Lahti Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki... |
 Early Modern France |
Claudia Frittolini | Strasbourg Strasbourg Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,... |
 Germany |
Katja Munch | Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... |
 Ghana |
Dzidzo Abra Amoa | Volta Volta Region Volta Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is to the east of Lake Volta. Its capital is Ho.-List of districts:The region has 18 districts consisting of 3 municipal and 15 ordinary districts:-Background:... |
 Gibraltar |
Tatiana Desoiza | 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... |
 Greece |
Ariadni Mylona | Heraklion Heraklion Heraklion, or Heraclion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete, Greece. It is the 4th largest city in Greece.... |
 Guam |
Rita Mae Diaz Pangelinan | Yona Yona "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate Greek speakers. Its equivalent in Sanskrit, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil is the word "Yavana" and "Jobonan/Jubonan" in Bengali... |
 Guatemala |
Mariluz Aguilar Rivas | Guatemala City Guatemala City Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America... |
 Guyana |
Christine Jardim | Georgetown Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves... |
| ' | Angela Visser Angela Visser Angela Visser is the first woman from the Netherlands to win the Miss Universe pageant in 1989.-Miss Universe:... |
Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... |
 Honduras |
Alina Diaz | Choluteca Choluteca, Choluteca Choluteca is a municipality and the capital city of the Honduran department of the same name. Situated in southern Honduras between El Salvador and Nicaragua, the city is generally considered the regional center of southern Honduras and is a major transit point on the Pan-American Highway. It... |
| ' | Michelle Monique Reis | Kowloon Kowloon Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of... |
 Iceland |
Linda Pétursdóttir Linda Pétursdóttir Linda Pétursdóttir is a former Miss World from Vopnafjörður, Iceland. She is now a business woman running Baðhúsið, The Bath House, a ladies-only health spa. After a period in Vancouver, Canada, she has returned to her native Iceland and given birth to a daughter Isabella Cohen.-External links:*... |
Vopnafjörður Vopnafjörður Vopnafjörður is a village and municipality in Northeast Iceland, standing on a peninsula in the middle of a mountainous bay by the same name. The main industries of Vopnafjordur are fish processing, agriculture, and tourism and other services.... |
 IndiaMiss India Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co... |
Anuradha Kottoor | Bombay Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... |
 Republic of Ireland |
Collette Jackson | Pollagh Pollagh There is also a Pollagh on Achill Island, County Mayo Pollagh also spelled Pullough is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, located in the midlands of Ireland. The name Pollagh comes from the Irish Poll ach, literally meaning expansive hole, but practically meaning "broad expanse of shallow water"... |
 Isle of Man |
Victoria O'Dea | Douglas Douglas, Isle of Man right|thumb|250px|Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglasright|thumb|250px|Sea terminal in DouglasDouglas is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,218 people . It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, and a sweeping... |
 Israel |
Dganit Cohen | Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... |
 Italy |
Giulia Gemo | Modena Modena Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.... |
 Jamaica |
Andrea Heynes | Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... |
 Japan |
Kazumi Sakikubo | Kobe Kobe , pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka... |
 Kenya |
Dianna Naylor | Mombasa Mombasa Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry.... |
| ' | Choi Yeon-hee | Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
 Lebanon |
Sylvana Samaha | Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... |
 Liberia |
Ollie White | Nimba Nimba County Nimba is a county in the north-central portion of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has six districts. Sanniquellie serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring , the largest in the nation... |
 Luxembourg |
Chantal Schanbacher | Wiltz Wiltz Wiltz is a commune with city status in north-western Luxembourg, capital of the canton Wiltz. Wiltz is situated on the banks of the river Wiltz. It was also a battleground in the Battle of the Bulge, near the end of World War II... |
 Macau |
Helena de Conceiçao Lo Branco | Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China... |
 MalaysiaMiss Malaysia Miss Malaysia represents Malaysia in two of the major international pageants.Miss Universe is a beauty pageant run by the New York-based partnership between NBC and Donald Trump.... |
Sue Wong Choy Fun | Penang Penang Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the... |
 Malta |
Josette Camilleri | Marsa |
 Mauritius |
Veronique Ash | Beau Bassin |
 MexicoMiss Mexico Miss Mexico may refer to:*Nuestra Belleza México , beauty pageant that chooses Mexico's representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International, among others.... |
Cecilia Cervera Ferrer | Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... |
 New ZealandNew Zealand at Miss World New Zealand has contested 46 Miss World pageants since that pageant's inception in 1951. No New Zealander has won the Miss World title, although two have placed first runner-up.... |
Lisa Corban | Waikato Waikato The Waikato Region is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District... |
 Nigeria |
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... |
Warri |
| Norway Miss Norway Miss Norway is the name used to identify Norway's representatives to international beauty pageants.-History:Currently, Norway has two national beauty pageants:... |
Rita Paulsen | Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... |
 Papua New Guinea |
Erue Taunao | Port Moresby Port Moresby Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43... |
 Paraguay |
Maria Jose Miranda | Asuncion Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San... |
 Peru |
Martha Elena Kaik Tasso | Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima... |
 PhilippinesBinibining Pilipinas Binibining Pilipinas is the organization responsible for sponsoring the annual national beauty pageant which selects representatives of the Philippines to Miss Universe and Miss International, among others.-History:... |
Dana Mayor Narvadez | San Fernando, Romblon San Fernando, Romblon San Fernando is a 4th class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 21,214 people in 4,159 households.-Barangays:San Fernando is politically subdivided into 12 barangays.* Agtiwa... |
 Poland |
Joanna Gapinska | Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427.... |
 Portugal |
Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano | Sesimbra Sesimbra -References:Bibliography*The Rough Guide to Portugal; 11th edition, March 2005; ISBN 1-84353-438-X*Rentes de Carvalho, J. - Portugal, um guia para amigos ; De Arbeiderspers, 9th ed. August 1999; ISBN 90-295-3457-5Notes... |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Hailey Cassius | Newtown Basseterre Basseterre , estimated population 15,500 in 2000, is the capital of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies. Geographically, the Basseterre port is located at , on the south western coast of Saint Kitts Island, and it is one of the chief commercial depots of the Leeward Islands... |
 Sierra Leone |
Tiwila Ojukutu | Freetown Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean located in the Western Area of the country, and had a city proper population of 772,873 at the 2004 census. The city is the economic, financial, and cultural center of... |
 Singapore |
Shirley Teo Ser Lee | Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
| Spain |
Susana de la Llave Varon | Figueres Figueres Figueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museum designed by Dalí himself which attracts many visitors... |
 Sri Lanka |
Michelle Koelmeyer | Colombo Colombo Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo... |
 Swaziland |
Thandeka Magagula | Manzini |
| Sweden |
Cecilia Margareta Hörberg | Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... |
 Switzerland |
Karina Berger Karina Berger Karina Berger, of Switzerland, was the 1989 Miss Globe International titleholder and Miss Switzerland in 1988.By winning the national title Miss Switzerland in 1988, she earned the right to represent her country in most of the major beauty pageants within the upcoming year... |
Zurich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... |
 Thailand |
Thaveeporn Hunsilp | Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... |
| ' | Wendy Baptiste | Arouca Arouca -Portugal:* Arouca Municipality, a municipality in the district of Aveiro* Arouca , a civil parish in the municipality of Arouca-Trinidad and Tobago:* Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago, a town in Regional Corporation of Tunapuna-Piarco... |
 Turkey |
Esra Sumer | Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
Doreen Dickerson | Grand Turk Grand Turk Grand Turk may refer to:* Grand Turk * Grand Turk Island* Cem, a Turkish prince made famous by his extended captivity in the West* an informal western name for the Great Sultan of the Turkish Ottoman dynasty... |
 Uganda |
Nazma Jamal Mohamed | Entebbe Entebbe Entebbe is a major town in Central Uganda. Located on a Lake Victoria peninsula, the town was at one time, the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda, prior to Independence in 1962... |
| United Kingdom |
Kirsty Roper | Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders... |
 United StatesMiss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA... |
Diana Magaña | Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes, California Rancho Palos Verdes is a city in Los Angeles County, California that was incorporated on September 7, 1973. The population was 41,643 at the 2010 census... |
 Uruguay |
Gisel Silva Sienra | Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... |
| Venezuela Miss Venezuela The Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has... |
Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez | La Guaira La Guaira La Guaira is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Vargas and the country's chief port. It was founded in 1577 as an outlet for Caracas, to the southeast. The town and the port were badly damaged during the December 1999 floods and mudslides that affected much of the region... |
 Samoa |
Noanoa Hill | Apia |
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Suzana Žunić | Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... |
Returning countries and Debuts
- Bulgaria competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Egypt last competed in 1956Miss World 1956Miss World 1956, the sixth annual Miss World pageant, was held on 15 October 1956 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom. 24 contestants competed for the Miss World...
. - Republic of China last competed in 1964Miss World 1964Miss World 1964, the 14th Miss World pageant, was won by Ann Sidney of United Kingdom. It took place on November 12, 1964 at the Lyceum Theatre in London, UK.-Results:-Contestants:*' - Ana Maria Soria*' - Regina Croes...
. - Ghana last competed in 1968Miss World 1968Miss World 1968, the 18th Miss World pageant was held at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom on November 14, 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown...
. - Guyana last competed in 1971Miss World 1971Miss World 1971, the 21st annual Miss World pageant, was held on November 10, 1971 at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 56 contestants competed for the Miss World...
. - Liberia, and Uganda last competed in 1985Miss World 1985Miss World 1985, the 35th Miss World pageant, was held on 14 November 1985 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom. 78 contestants from all over the world competed for the coveted title...
. - British Virgin Islands, and Sierra Leone last competed in 1986Miss World 1986The 36th Miss World Pageant was held on November 13, 1986 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde from Trinidad & Tobago. Runner up was Pia Rosenberg Larsen representing Denmark and third was Chantal Schreiber from Austria.-Placements:-Order of...
.
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 BanusPuerto BanúsPuerto José Banús, more commonly known as Puerto Banús is a marina located in the area of Nueva Andalucía, to the southwest of Marbella, Spain on the Costa del Sol. It was built in May 1970 by José Banús, a local property developer, as a luxury marina and shopping complex for the rich and famous...
, 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 1989Miss Universe 1989Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant was held at Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico on May 23, 1989. Angela Visser of Holland was crowned as Miss Universe 1989. Seventy-six contestants competed for the crown....
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 1989Miss Universe 1989Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant was held at Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico on May 23, 1989. Angela Visser of Holland was crowned as Miss Universe 1989. Seventy-six contestants competed for the crown....
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 pageantMiss Universe 1988Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe Pageant was held at Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan on May 24, 1988. Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand was crowned the title of Miss Universe 1988. 66 contestants competed in the pageant...
and the country hosted the Olympic Games in SeoulSeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
on that same year. - 4 out of 84 contestants (Belgium, British Virgin Islands, France and Nigeria) competed in Miss Universe 1988Miss Universe 1988Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe Pageant was held at Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan on May 24, 1988. Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand was crowned the title of Miss Universe 1988. 66 contestants competed in the pageant...
six months before. - Iceland won the Miss World title for the second time in 3 years.
- Sweden won the Miss Hawaiian Tropic InternationalHawaiian TropicHawaiian Tropic is a brand of suntan lotion sold around the world, but more widely available in the United States.The Company was founded by Ron Rice in 1969. It was the largest private manufacturer of sun care products in the United States until being acquired in May 2007 by Playtex Products, Inc...
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 BertarelliErnesto BertarelliErnesto Bertarelli is a Swiss-Italian billionaire and entrepreneur.Together with his extended family, Bertarelli was ranked 81st in the 2011 annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine, The family's wealth was estimated at US$10.0...
- 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 CierachLindka CierachLindka Rosalind Wanda Cierach is a British couturier and fashion designer. Notable clients include members of British and European Royal Families, Dame Helen Mirren, Lady Victoria Hervey and Cherie Blair among others.- Early life :...
- Reita Faria
- Khadija Adam Ismail
- James KimberJames KimberJames Kimber, age 33, is a captain in the United States Marine Corps, and was commander of India Company 3rd Battalion 1st Marines. He was removed from command following a report by The Times regarding an alleged hazing incident in Haditha, Iraq on November 19, 2005, recorded and aired by the BBC...
- Kimberley SantosKimberley SantosKimberley Santos won the 1980 Miss World contest after Germany's Gabriella Brum resigned the day after her victory. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.-References:...
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 |