Miss World 1998

Miss World 1998
Miss World 1998 Titlecard
Date	26 November 1998
Presenters	Ronan Keating, Eden Harel
Venue	Baie Lazare, Seychelles
Broadcaster	E!, SBC
Entrants	86
Placements	10
Debuts	Angola, Kazakhstan, Sint Maarten
Withdrawals	Cape Verde, Honduras, Latvia, Macau, Namibia, Thailand, Uganda
Returns	Curaçao, Liberia, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria
Winner	Linor Abargil [1]  Israel

Miss World 1998, the 48th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 26 November 1998 at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown. Ronan Keating then lead singer of Boyzone and MTV's Eden Harel hosted the event. This year's winner, Israel's Linor Abargil,^[1] revealed days after the competition that she was raped months before the pageant. She was crowned by Miss World 1997, Diana Hayden of India.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1998^[1][2]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1998	Israel – Linor Abargil [1]
1st runner-up	France – Véronique Caloc
2nd runner-up	Malaysia – Lina Teoh Pick Lim
Semi-finalists	Brazil – Adriana Reis  Chile – Daniella Campos  Czech Republic – Alena Šeredová  Jamaica – Christine Straw  Peru – Mariana Larrabure  South Africa – Kerishnie Naicker  United States – Shauna Gambill

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Kerishnie Naicker
Americas	Chile – Daniella Campos
Asia & Oceania	Malaysia – Lina Teoh
Caribbean	Jamaica – Christine Straw
Europe	Israel – Linor Abargil

Contestants

American Virgin Islands – Wendy Sanchez  Angola – Maria Manuela Cortez de Lemos João  Argentina – Natalia Elisa González  Aruba – Judelca Shahira Briceno  Australia – Sarah-Jane Camille St. Clair  Austria – Sabine Lindorfer  Bahamas – LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham  Belgium – Tanja Dexters  Bolivia – Bianca Bauer Áñez  Bosnia & Herzegovina – Samra Tojaga  Botswana – Earthen Pinkinyana Mbulawa  Brazil – Adriana Reis  British Virgin Islands – Virginia Olen Rubiane  Bulgaria – Polina Petkova  Canada – Leanne Baird  Cayman Islands – Gemma Marie McLaughlin  Chile – Daniella Andrea Campos Lathrop  Colombia – Mónica Marcela Cuartas Jiménez  Costa Rica – María Luisa Ureña Salazar  Croatia – Lejla Šehović  Curaçao – Jeameane Veronica Colastica  Cyprus – Chrysanthi Michael  Czech Republic – Alena Šeredová  Dominican Republic – Sharmin Arelis Díaz Costo  Ecuador – Vanessa Natania Graf Alvear  Estonia – Ly Jürgenson  Finland – Maaret Saija Nousiainen  France – Véronique Caloc  Germany – Sandra Ahrabian  Ghana – Efia Owusuaa Marfo  Gibraltar – Melanie Soiza  Greece – Katia Marie Margaritoglou  Guatemala – Glenda Iracema Cifuentes Ruiz  Holland – Nerena Ruinemans  Hong Kong China – Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi  Hungary – Eva Horvath  India – Annie Thomas  Ireland – Vivienne Doyle  Israel – Linor Abargil [1]  Italy – Maria Concetta Travaglini  Jamaica – Christine Renee Straw  Japan – Rie Mochizuki  Kazakhstan – Anna Kirpota

Korea – Kim Kun-woo  Lebanon – Clemence Achkar  Liberia – Olivia Precious Cooper  Lithuania – Kristina Pakarnaite  Malaysia – Lina Teoh Pick Lim  Malta – Rebecca Camilleri  Mauritius – Oona Sujaya Fulena  Mexico – Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol    Nepal – Jyoti Pradhan  New Zealand – Tanya Hayward  Nicaragua – Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernández  Nigeria – Temitayo Osobu  Norway – Henriette Dankersten  Panama – Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miro  Paraguay – Perla Carolina Benítez Gonzales  Peru – Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso  Philippines – Rachel Muyot Soriano  Poland – Izabela Opęchowska  Portugal – Marcia Vasconcelos  Puerto Rico – Antonia Alfonso Pagán  Russia – Tatiana Makrouchina  Sint Maarten – Myrtille Charlotte Brookson  Seychelles – Alvina Antoinette Grand d'Court  Singapore – Grace Chay  Slovakia – Karolina Cicatkova  Slovenia – Mihaela (Miša) Novak  South Africa – Kerishnie Naicker  Spain – Rocío Jiménez Fernández  Swaziland – Cindy Stanckoczi  Sweden – Jessica Magdalena Therése Almenäs   Switzerland – Sonja Grandjean  Chinese Taipei – Chen Yi-Ju  Tanzania – Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi  Trinidad & Tobago – Jeanette Marie La Caillie  Turkey – Buket Saygi  Ukraine – Nataliya Nadtochey  United Kingdom – Emmalene McLoughlin  United States – Shauna Gene Gambill  Uruguay – María Desiree Fernández Mautone  Venezuela – Verónica Schneider Rodríguez  Yugoslavia – Jelena Jakovljević  Zambia – Chisala Chibesa  Zimbabwe – Annette Kambarami

Judges

Eric Morley Diana Hayden – Miss World 1997 from India Sophie Dahl Pilin Leon – Miss World 1981 from Venezuela [1][2] Jonah Lomu [1][2]

Mark Newson Terry O'Neill Mica Paris Jacques Villeneuve [1][2]

Notes

Debuts

•  Angola
•  Kazakhstan
•  Sint Maarten

Returns

Last competed in 1977:  Nicaragua Last competed in 1988:  Liberia

Last competed in 1994:  Mauritius

Last competed in 1996:  Curaçao  Nigeria

Replacements

Kazakhstan – Dana Tolesh [3] Withdrawals Latvia, Evija Rucevska, withdrew for personal reasons, but competed a year later. Thailand lacked sponsorship to send a delegate. Iraq, Ban Kadret, withdrew because of a disagreement between Eric Morely and the Miss Iraq organizers, due to sanctions placed on Iraq. References "Linor cruises to Miss World title". BBC News. November 27, 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2016. "Miss World goes PC?". BBC News. November 26, 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2016. Жизнь после короны External links Pageantopolis – Miss World 1998