Miss World 1988

Miss World 1988, the 38th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir (Queen of Europe) from Iceland.^[1][2] At the conclusion of the event, she was crowned by Miss World 1987, Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria. Runner-up was Yeon-hee Choi (Queen of Asia) representing South Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom. The Miss World 1988 was hosted by Peter Marshall, who has hosted other Miss World competitions such as Miss World 1986,^[3][4][5] and Alexandra Bastedo,^[4][5] with musical performances by Koreana and 1970s American pop musician Donny Osmond.

Miss World 1988
Miss World 1988 Titlecard
Date	17 November 1988
Presenters	Peter Marshall Alexandra Bastedo
Entertainment	Koreana Donny Osmond
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	Thames Television
Entrants	84
Placements	10
Debuts	Bulgaria
Withdrawals	Brazil Panama Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Returns	British Virgin Islands Egypt Ghana Guyana Liberia Sierra Leone Taiwan Uganda
Winner	Linda Pétursdóttir[1][2] Iceland
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This edition marked the debut of Bulgaria and the return of Egypt, which last competed in 1956, Taiwan last competed (as Free China) in 1964, Ghana last competed in 1968 , Guyana last competed in 1971, Liberia and Uganda last competed in 1985, and the British Virgin and Sierra Leone Islands last competed in 1986

Brazil, Panama, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines withdrew from the competition due to lost Miss World franchise.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1988^[2][6]

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1988	Iceland – Linda Pétursdóttir[1][2]
1st Runner-up	South Korea – Yeon-hee Choi
2nd Runner-up	United Kingdom – Kirsty Roper
Top 5	Spain – Susana de la Llave Varón Venezuela – Emma Rabbe
Top 10	Australia – Catherine Bushell Austria – Alexandra Werbanschitz Norway – Rita Helene Paulsen Sweden – Cecilia Hörberg United States – Diana Magaňa

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Kenya – Dianna Naylor
Americas	Venezuela – Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez
Asia	South Korea – Yeon-hee Choi
Europe	Iceland – Linda Pétursdóttir
Oceania	Australia – Catherine Bushell

Contestants

84 countries participated in Miss World 1988.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Argentina	Gabriela Madeira	19	Buenos Aires
Australia	Catherine Bushell	21	Sydney
Austria	Alexandra Werbanschitz	21	Graz
Bahamas	Natasha Rolle	21	Nassau
Barbados	Ferida Kola	20	Bridgetown
Belgium	Daisy van Cauwenbergh	19	Limbourg
Belize	Pauline Young	19	Belize City
Bermuda	Sophie Cannonier[7]	19	Warwick East
Bolivia	Claudia Nazer	24	Tarija
British Virgin Islands	Nelda Farrington	22	Tortola
Bulgaria	Sonia Vassilieva[8]	19	Varna
Canada	Morgan Fox	18	Richmond
Cayman Islands	Melissa McTaggart	23	Grand Cayman
Chile	María Francisca Aldunate	22	Santiago
Colombia	Jasmín Oliveros	20	Bahía Solano
Cook Islands	Annie Wigmore	17	Titikaveka
Costa Rica	Virginia Steinvort	19	San José
Curaçao	Anuschka Cova	19	Willemstad
Cyprus	Aphrodite Theophanous	18	Paphos
Denmark	Susanne Johansen	24	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	María Josefina Martínez	21	San Ignacio de Sabaneta
Ecuador	Cristina López	20	Guayaquil
Egypt	Dina El Naggar	20	Giza
El Salvador	Karla Hasbún	17	San Salvador
Finland	Nina Andersson	21	Lahti
France	Claudia Frittolini	20	Illzach
Ghana	Dzidzo Abra Amoa	23	Volta
Gibraltar	Tatiana Desoiza	23	Gibraltar
Greece	Ariadni Mylona	19	Chania
Guam	Rita Mae Diaz	23	Windward Hills
Guatemala	Mariluz Aguilar	18	Guatemala City
Guyana	Christine Jardim	20	Georgetown
Holland	Angela Visser	21	Rotterdam
Honduras	Alina Patricia Díaz	19	Choluteca
Hong Kong	Michelle Reis[9]	18	Kowloon
Iceland	Linda Pétursdóttir[1][2][10]	18	Vopnafjörður
India	Anuradha Kottoor	22	Bombay
Ireland	Colette Jackson	22	Coolock
Isle of Man	Victoria O'Dea	17	Douglas
Israel	Dganit Cohen	18	Tel Aviv
Italy	Giulia Gemo	18	Modena
Jamaica	Andrea Haynes	24	Kingston
Japan	Kazumi Sakikubo	22	Kobe
Kenya	Dianna Naylor	21	Mombasa
Lebanon	Sylvana Samaha	19	Beirut
Liberia	Ollie White[11]	19	Nimba
Luxembourg	Chantal Schanbacher	22	Altrier
Macau	Helena da Conceição Lo Branco	19	Macau
Malaysia	Sue Wong	19	Penang
Malta	Josette Camilleri	21	Marsa
Mauritius	Véronique Ash	21	Beau Bassin
Mexico	Cecilia Cervera	20	Tlaxcala
New Zealand	Lisa Corban	19	Tokoroa
Nigeria	Omasan Buwa	22	Warri
Norway	Rita Paulsen	21	Myrvoll
Papua New Guinea	Erue Taunao	19	Port Moresby
Paraguay	María José Miranda	19	Asunción
Peru	Martha Kaik	21	Lima
Philippines	Dana Narvadez	19	Manila
Poland	Joanna Gapinska	20	Szczecin
Portugal	Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano	20	Sesimbra
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Hailey Cassius	21	Newtown
Sierra Leone	Tiwilla Ojukutu	21	Freetown
Singapore	Shirley Teo	23	Singapore
South Korea[a]	Choi Yeon-hee	22	Seoul
Spain	Susana de la Llave	19	Figueres
Sri Lanka	Michelle Koelmeyer	18	Colombo
Swaziland	Thandeka Magagula	22	Manzini
Sweden	Cecilia Hörberg	22	Gothenburg
Switzerland	Karina Berger	20	Zürich
Taiwan[b]	Wu Yi-ning[12]	17	Taipei
Thailand	Prapatsara Chutanutpong[13]	18	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Wendy Baptiste	19	Arouca
Turkey	Esra Sumer	19	Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Islands	Doreen Dickenson	20	Grand Turk
Uganda	Nazma Mohamed	20	Entebbe
United Kingdom	Kirsty Roper	17	Staffordshire
United States	Diana Magaña	23	Rancho Palos Verdes
United States Virgin Islands	Cathy Mae Sitaram	19	St. Croix
Uruguay	Gisel Silva	19	Montevideo
Venezuela	Emma Rabbe	19	La Guaira
West Germany[c]	Katja Munch	19	Frankfurt
Western Samoa	Noanoa Hill	17	Apia
Yugoslavia	Suzana Žunić[14]	17	Split

Notes

1. Competed as Korea in the pageant
2. Competed as China Taiwan in the pageant
3. Competed as Germany in the pageant

Other Notes

• Holland- Angela Visser competed in Miss Universe 1989, in May 1989, she only had 7 months to prepare to Miss Universe before going to win.