| Miss World 1998 |
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Miss World 1998 Titlecard
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| 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
 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, 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
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss World 1998 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 France – Véronique Caloc
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| 2nd 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 & Oceania |
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| Caribbean |
 Jamaica – Christine Straw
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| Europe |
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Order of announcements
- Top 10
- 1. Israel
- 2. Peru
- 3. Chile
- 4. France
- 5. Brazil
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- 6. United States
- 7. Jamaica
- 8. South Africa
- 9. Malaysia
- 10. Czech Republic
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Judges
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
 Italy – Maria Concetta Travaglini- Jamaica – Christine Renee Straw
 Japan – Rie Mochizuki Kazakhstan – Anna Kirpota
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 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
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Group order
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Group 1
- Malta
- Turkey
- Sint Maarten
- Seychelles
- Italy
- Croatia
- Bolivia
- South Africa
- Ecuador
- Jamaica
- Aruba
Group 2
- Germany
- Switzerland
- France
- Mauritius
- American Virgin Islands
- Gibraltar
- Japan
- Australia
- Korea
- Lithuania
- United Kingdom
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Group 3
- Hungary
- Malaysia
- Chile
- Zimbabwe
- Dominican Republic
- United States
- Colombia
- Sweden
- Finland
- Liberia
- Slovakia
Group 4
- Belgium
- Botswana
- Holland
- Nigeria
- Cyprus
- Nepal
- Guatemala
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
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Group 5
- Tanzania
- Canada
- Brazil
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Argentina
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Zambia
- Hong Kong China
- Spain
- Israel
Group 6
- Estonia
- Ireland
- Ghana
- Lebanon
- Swaziland
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Austria
- Venezuela
- Yugoslavia
- Uruguay
- Czech Republic
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Group 7
- Chinese Taipei
- Puerto Rico
- Costa Rica
- Singapore
- Bahamas
- Panama
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Kazakhstan
- Mexico
- Norway
Group 8
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Greece
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Peru
- India
- Philippines
- Angola
- Nicaragua
- Paraguay
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Note: Contestants who do not speak English during the interview are italicised.
- Background music for Day Wear
- Group 1: Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones
- Group 2: Une Very Stylish Fille – Dimitri from Paris
- Group 3: Garden Party – Mezzoforte
- Group 4:
- Group 5:
- Group 6: Pick Up The Pieces – Average White Band
- Group 7:
- Group 8: Would You Go To Bed With Me – Touch & Go
Notes
Debuts
- Angola
- Kazakhstan
- Sint Maarten
Returns
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Last competed in 1977:
- Nicaragua
Last competed in 1988:
- Liberia
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Last competed in 1994:
- Mauritius
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Last competed in 1996:
- Curaçao
- Nigeria
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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.
Crossovers
Other notes
- Ghana slipped down on stage during the Day Wear Presentation in the finals.
- This is the first time that Miss World had a presentation on Day Wear, while the presentation for the national dress was annihilated. Australia, Sarah-Jane St. Clair, won the award.
- United States, Shauna Gambill, was also Miss California Teen USA 1994 and Miss California USA 1998. She competed in Miss Teen USA 1994 where she won the title and placed 1st runner-up in Miss USA 1998. She is the first Miss Teen USA winner to compete in Miss World.
- France (Véronique Caloc) represented her country although she came from the island of Martinique.
- Republic of China changed the name on its sash to Chinese Taipei.
- After returning to the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong added the word China to its sash.
- 7 out of 10 countries which made it into the semi-finals, were not in the semi-finals last year: Chile (1967), Peru (1977), France and Jamaica (1993), Israel (1995), and Brazil (1996). Czech Republic made into the semi-finals for the first time since the separation from Czechoslovakia in 1993.
- Aruba and Curaçao had sent Spanish-speaking contestants in Miss World for the first time.
References
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