| Miss Universe 1988 |
| Date |
24 May 1988 |
| Presenters |
Alan Thicke, Tracy Scoggins |
| Venue |
Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan  |
| Broadcaster |
CBS |
| Entrants |
66 |
| Placements |
10 |
| Withdrawals |
Barbados, Belize, Curaçao, Cyprus, Greece, India, Kenya, Panama, Senegal |
| Returns |
Belgium, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Iceland, Luxembourg, Republic of China, Scotland |
| Winner |
Porntip Nakhirunkanok[1]
 Thailand |
| Congeniality |
Liza Marie Camacho
 Guam |
| Best National Costume |
Porntip Nakhirunkanok
Thailand |
| Photogenic |
Tracey Williams
 England |
Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 May 1988 at the Lin Kou Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand crowned by Cecilia Bolocco of Chile. 66 contestants competed in this year.
Results
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1988 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Semi-finalists |
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Special awards
| Awards |
Contestant |
| Miss Congeniality |
- Guam - Liza Marie Camacho
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best National Costume |
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Semi-final scores
| Delegate |
Prelim. Score |
Interview |
Swimsuit |
Evening Gown |
Average |
| Thailand |
8.719 (4) |
9.730 (1) |
9.684 (1) |
9.752 (1) |
9.722 (1) |
 Korea |
8.795 (3) |
9.453 (2) |
9.463 (2) |
9.630 (2) |
9.515 (2) |
 Mexico |
8.497 (7) |
9.266 (3) |
9.144 (3) |
9.233 (3) |
9.214 (3) |
 Japan |
8.409 (9) |
8.922 (4) |
8.866 (5) |
8.944 (5) |
8.910 (4) |
 Hong Kong |
8.505 (6) |
8.744 (6) |
8.666 (7) |
9.074 (4) |
8.828 (5) |
 Dominican Republic |
9.052 (2) |
8.833 (5) |
8.688 (6) |
8.744 (8) |
8.755 (6) |
 Venezuela |
8.518 (5) |
8.543 (8) |
8.900 (4) |
8.811 (7) |
8.751 (7) |
 USA |
9.144 (1) |
8.522 (9) |
8.621 (8) |
8.943 (6) |
8.695 (8) |
 Colombia |
8.440 (8) |
8.712 (7) |
8.588 (9) |
8.644 (9) |
8.648 (9) |
 Norway |
8.368 (10) |
7.555 (10) |
7.977 (10) |
8.077 (10) |
7.869 (10) |
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- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Third runner-up
- Fourth runner-up
- Top 10 semi-finalist
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
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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
- 8.122 France
- 8.105 Thailand
- 8.105 Sweden
- 8.100 Venezuela
- 8.055 Hong Kong
- 8.044 Japan
- 8.011 Costa Rica
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- 8.005 England
- 7.988 Trinidad & Tobago
- 7.977 Holland
- 7.966 Portugal
- 7.937 Ireland
- 7.883 Philippines
- 7.868 Brazil
- 7.805 Republic of China
- 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
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- 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
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- 7.072 Sri Lanka
- 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
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Order of announcements
Top 10
- Hong Kong
- Dominican Republic
- Mexico
- USA
- Japan
- Thailand
- Korea
- Colombia
- Norway
- Venezuela
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Top 5
- Mexico
- Hong Kong
- Korea
- Japan
- Thailand
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Background music
Judges
Contestants
Notes
Returns
Withdrawals
Crossovers
Host city
Helsinki, Finland was elected as the host city after Bob Barker announced he would serve as host for 1988 pageant. On January 3, 1988, the mayor of Helsinki, Raimo Ilaskivi, announced that his city would not host the 1988 pageant due to critical problems. On January 4, 1988, the day after Helsinki cancelled to host the 1988 pageant, the mayor of Taipei, Hsu Shui-teh, announced that his city would serve as host the 1988 pageant.
International broadcasting
These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS) that showed the 1988 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:
References
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External links
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