Miss World 1988
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Miss World 1988 Titlecard
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| Date | 17 November 1988 |
| Presenters | Peter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo |
| Entertainment | Koreana, Donny Osmond |
| Venue | Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
| Broadcaster | Thames Television |
| Entrants | 84 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts | Bulgaria |
| Withdrawals | Brazil, Panama, St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
| Returns | British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda |
| Winner | Linda Pétursdóttir Iceland |
Miss World 1988, the 38th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir (Queen of Europe) from Iceland. She was crowned by Miss World 1987, Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria. Runner-up was Yeon-hee Choi (Queen of Asia) representing Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom. The Miss World 1988 was hosted by Peter Marshall and Alexandra Bastedo, with musical performances of Koreana who sang Hand in Hand in the Seoul Olympics, and the 1970s American pop sensation, Donny Osmond.
Contents
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss World 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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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa |
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| Americas |
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| Asia |
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| Europe |
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| Oceania |
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Special awards
| Awards | Contestant |
| Miss Personality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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Order of announcements
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Contestants
| Nation | Contestant | Hometown | Preliminary Score |
 American Virgin Islands |
Cathy Mae Sitaram | St. Croix | 18 |
 Argentina |
Gabriela Karina Madeira | Buenos Aires | 18 |
 Australia |
Catherine Bushell | Sydney | 26 |
 Austria |
Alexandra Werbanschitz | Graz | 25 |
 Bahamas |
Natasha Rolle | Nassau | 18 |
 Barbados |
Ferida Kola | Bridgetown | 18 |
 Belgium |
Daisy van Cauwenbergh | Limbourg | 19 |
 Belize |
Pauline Young | Belize City | 18 |
 Bermuda |
Sophie Cannonier | Warwick East | 19 |
 Bolivia |
Claudia Nazer | Santa Cruz | 18 |
 British Virgin Islands |
Nelda Felecia Farrington | Tortola | 19 |
 Bulgaria |
Sonia Vassilieva | Varna | 18 |
 Canada |
Morgan Fox | Richmond | 19 |
 Cayman Islands |
Melissa McTaggart | Grand Cayman | 20 |
 Chile |
María Francisca Aldunate Sanhueza | Santiago | 20 |
 China Taiwan |
Wu Yi-Ning | Taipei | 18 |
 Colombia |
Jasmín Oliveros Segura | Bahía Solano | 18 |
 Cook Islands |
Annie Wigmore | Titikaveka | 18 |
 Costa Rica |
Virginia Steinvorth | San José | 18 |
 Curaçao |
Anuschka Cova | Willemstad | 18 |
 Cyprus |
Aphrodite Theophanous | Paphos | 18 |
 Denmark |
Susanne Johansen | Copenhagen | 20 |
 Dominican Republic |
María Josefina Martínez | San Ignacio de Sabaneta | 23 |
 Ecuador |
Cristina Elena López Villagómez | Guayaquil | 20 |
 Egypt |
Dina El Naggar | Giza | 19 |
 El Salvador |
Karla Lorena Hasbún | San Salvador | 19 |
 Finland |
Nina Andersson | Lahti | 24 |
 France |
Claudia Frittolini | Strasbourg | 18 |
 Germany |
Katja Munch | Frankfurt | 21 |
 Ghana |
Dzidzo Abra Amoa | Volta | 20 |
 Gibraltar |
Tatiana Desoiza | Gibraltar | 18 |
 Greece |
Ariadni Mylona | Heraklion | 18 |
 Guam |
Rita Mae Diaz Pangelinan | Yona | 18 |
 Guatemala |
Mariluz Aguilar Rivas | Guatemala City | 23 |
 Guyana |
Christine Jardim | Georgetown | 18 |
 Holland |
Angela Visser | Rotterdam | 23 |
 Honduras |
Alina Díaz | Choluteca | 18 |
 Hong Kong |
Michelle Monique Reis | Kowloon | 23 |
| Iceland |
Linda Pétursdóttir | Vopnafjörður | 31 |
 India |
Anuradha Kottoor | Bombay | 18 |
 Ireland |
Collette Jackson | Pollagh | 23 |
 Isle of Man |
Victoria O'Dea | Douglas | 18 |
 Israel |
Dganit Cohen | Tel Aviv | 21 |
 Italy |
Giulia Gemo | Modena | 20 |
 Jamaica |
Andrea Heynes | Kingston | 21 |
 Japan |
Kazumi Sakikubo | Kobe | 18 |
 Kenya |
Dianna Naylor | Mombasa | 21 |
 Korea |
Choi Yeon-hee | Seoul | 25 |
 Lebanon |
Sylvana Samaha | Beirut | 18 |
 Liberia |
Ollie White | Nimba | 18 |
 Luxembourg |
Chantal Schanbacher | Wiltz | 20 |
 Macau |
Helena de Conceiçao Lo Branco | Macau | 18 |
 Malaysia |
Sue Wong Choy Fun | Penang | 18 |
 Malta |
Josette Camilleri | Marsa | 18 |
 Mauritius |
Veronique Ash | Beau Bassin | 18 |
 Mexico |
Cecilia Cervera Ferrer | Mexico City | 20 |
 New Zealand |
Lisa Corban | Waikato | 19 |
 Nigeria |
Omasan Tokurbo Buwa | Warri | 19 |
 Norway |
Rita Paulsen | Oslo | 25 |
 Papua New Guinea |
Erue Taunao | Port Moresby | 18 |
 Paraguay |
María José Miranda | Asunción | 18 |
 Peru |
Martha Elena Kaik Tasso | Lima | 18 |
 Philippines |
Dana Mayor Narvadez | San Fernando | 19 |
 Poland |
Joanna Gapinska | Szczecin | 20 |
 Portugal |
Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano | Sesimbra | 18 |
 St. Kitts & Nevis |
Hailey Cassius | Newtown | 18 |
 Sierra Leone |
Tiwila Ojukutu | Freetown | 18 |
 Singapore |
Shirley Teo Ser Lee | Singapore | 20 |
 Spain |
Susana de la Llave Varón | Figueres | 26 |
 Sri Lanka |
Michelle Koelmeyer | Colombo | 18 |
 Swaziland |
Thandeka Magagula | Manzini | 19 |
 Sweden |
Cecilia Margareta Hörberg | Gothenburg | 28 |
 Switzerland |
Karina Berger | Zurich | 21 |
 Thailand |
Thaveeporn Hunsilp | Bangkok | 19 |
 Trinidad & Tobago |
Wendy Baptiste | Arouca | 24 |
 Turkey |
Esra Sumer | Istanbul | 18 |
 Turks & Caicos |
Doreen Dickerson | Grand Turk | 18 |
 Uganda |
Nazma Jamal Mohamed | Entebbe | 18 |
 United Kingdom |
Kirsty Roper | Staffordshire | 29 |
 United States |
Diana Magaña | Rancho Palos Verdes | 27 |
 Uruguay |
Gisel Silva Sienra | Montevideo | 18 |
 Venezuela |
Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez | La Guaira | 29 |
 Western Samoa |
Noanoa Hill | Apia | 18 |
 Yugoslavia |
Suzana Žunić | Split | 18 |
Notes
Debuts
- Bulgaria
Returns
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Last competed in 1956:
Last competed in 1964:
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Last competed in 1968:
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Last competed in 1985:
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Withdrawals
- 23x15px 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
Crossovers
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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 at the Hotel Torrequebrada in Benalmádena and Puerto Banús, Spain.
- Dominican Republic, Finland, Guatemala, Holland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, and Trinidad & Tobago missed their spots into the semi-finals after receiving high preliminary scores; therefore they were among the top 20 contestants.
- Spain (Susana de la Llave Varon) was the 1st runner-up in Miss Spain 1987, as pageant organizers rescheduled Miss Spain 1988 to December.
- 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 Miss Universe 1988 and the country hosted the Olympic Games in Seoul that same year.
- Iceland won the Miss World title for the second time in 3 years.
- 1988 was the biggest Miss World pageant to date, with eighty-four contestants.
- United Kingdom's entry, Kirsty Roper, later became a songwriter and the future wife of billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli[1][2][3]
- Half the number of countries which made it into the semi-finals, were not in the semi-finals last year: Korea (1965), Norway (1974), Spain (1979), Australia (1984), and Sweden (1985).
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