Miss International 1988

Miss International 1988, the 28th Miss International pageant, was held on July 17, 1988 in Gifu, Japan and hosted by Masumi Okada. Catherine Alexandra Gude of Norway was crowned at the end of the event.^[1][2][3]

Miss International 1988
Date	July 17, 1988
Presenters	Masumi Okada
Venue	Events Plaza Future Watch, Gifu, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	46
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Austria Indonesia Malta Poland Zaire
Returns	Sweden Uruguay Yugoslavia
Winner	Catherine Alexandra Gude Norway
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Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 1988	Norway - Catherine Gude[1][4]
1st runner-up	United States - Dana Michele Richmond[1]
2nd runner-up	Australia - Toni-Jean Frances Peters[1]
Top 15	Colombia - Adriana María Escobar  Costa Rica - Erika María Paoli  Finland - Sari Susanna Paakkonen  France - Nathalie Marquay Pernaut  Iceland - Gudbjörg Gissurardóttir  Israel - Galit Aharoni  Jamaica - Michelle Samantha Williams  Japan - Yuki Egami  Mexico - María Alejandra Merino  Peru - Susan María León  South Korea - Lee Yoon-hee  Spain - María Carmen Aragall

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Guam - Liza Maria Camacho[2]
Miss Photogenic	Thailand - Passorn Boonyakiat[2]
Best National Costume	Brazil - Elizabeth Ferreira da Silva[2]
Miss Elegance	Mexico - María Alejandra Merino[2]

Contestants

• Argentina - Adriana Patricia Almada
• Australia - Toni-Jene Frances Peters
• Belgium - Alexandra Elisabeth Winkler
• Bolivia - Sonia Montero
• Brazil - Elizabeth Ferreira da Silva
• Canada - Katherine Stayshyn
• Colombia - Adriana Maria Escobar Mejía
• Costa Rica - Erika Maria Paoli González
• Denmark - Tina Maria Jorgensen
• Finland - Sari Susanna Pääkkönen
• France - Nathalie Marquay
• Great Britain - Heather Jane Daniels
• Greece - Vasiliki Gerothodorou
• Guam - Liza Maria Camacho
• Holland - Ellis Adriaensen
• Honduras - Ericka Aguilera Garay
• Hong Kong - Betsy Cheung Fung-Ni
• Iceland - Gudbjörg Gissurardóttir
• India - Shikha Swaroop
• Ireland - Karin May O'Reilly
• Israel - Galit Aharoni
• Italy - Fabiola Rizzi
• Jamaica - Michelle Samantha Williams
• Japan - Yuki Egami
• Luxembourg - Isabelle Seara
• Mexico - María Alejandra Merino Ferrer
• New Zealand - Nicky Lisa Gillett
• Northern Mariana Islands - Gloria Patricia Propst
• Norway - Catherine Gude
• Panama - Xelmira del Carmen Tristán
• Peru - Susan Maria León Carassa
• Philippines - Maria Anthea "Thea" Oreta Robles
• Portugal - Maria Helena Raposo Canelas
• Puerto Rico - Yolanda Martínez
• Singapore - Angeline Lip Lai Fong
• Spain - Maria Carmen Aragall Casadellá
• South Korea - Lee Yoon-hee
• Sweden - Ulrika Helena Westergren
•  Switzerland - Corine Wittwer
• Thailand - Passorn Boonyakiat
• Turkey - Didem Fatma Aksel
• United States - Dana Michelle Richmond
• Uruguay - Gisel Silva Sienra
• Venezuela - María Eugenia Duarte
• West Germany - Christiane Kopp
• Yugoslavia - Alma Hasanbasic