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, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir (Queen of Europe) from Iceland.[1][2] 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, 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
Date17 November 1988
PresentersPeter Marshall, Alexandra Bastedo
EntertainmentKoreana, Donny Osmond
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, London, UK
BroadcasterThames Television
Entrants84
Placements10
DebutsBulgaria
WithdrawalsBrazil, Panama, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
ReturnsBritish Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda
WinnerLinda Pétursdóttir[1][2]
 Iceland

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

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1988
1st runner-up
  •  Korea – Yeon-hee Choi
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
  •  Spain – Susana de la Llave Varon
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •  Kenya – Dianna Naylor
Americas
Asia
  •  Korea – Yeon-hee Choi
Europe
Oceania

Contestants
NationContestantHometownPreliminary Score
 American Virgin Islands'Cathy Mae SitaramSt. Croix18
 ArgentinaGabriela Karina MadeiraBuenos Aires18
 AustraliaCatherine BushellSydney26
 AustriaAlexandra WerbanschitzGraz25
 BahamasNatasha RolleNassau18
 BarbadosFerida KolaBridgetown18
 BelgiumDaisy van CauwenberghLimbourg19
 BelizePauline YoungBelize City18
 BermudaSophie CannonierWarwick East19
 BoliviaClaudia Nazer †Santa Cruz18
 British Virgin IslandsNelda Felecia FarringtonTortola19
 BulgariaSonia VassilievaVarna18
 CanadaMorgan FoxRichmond19
 Cayman IslandsMelissa McTaggartGrand Cayman20
 ChileMaría Francisca Aldunate SanhuezaSantiago20
 China TaiwanYi-Ning WuTaipei18
 ColombiaJasmín Oliveros SeguraBahía Solano18
 Cook IslandsAnnie WigmoreTitikaveka18
 Costa RicaVirginia SteinvorthSan José18
 CuraçaoAnuschka CovaWillemstad18
 CyprusAphrodite TheophanousPaphos18
 DenmarkSusanne JohansenCopenhagen20
 Dominican RepublicMaría Josefina MartínezSan Ignacio de Sabaneta23
 EcuadorCristina Elena López VillagómezGuayaquil20
 EgyptDina El NaggarGiza19
 El SalvadorKarla Lorena HasbúnSan Salvador19
 FinlandNina AnderssonLahti24
 FranceClaudia FrittoliniIllzach18
 GermanyKatja MunchFrankfurt21
 GhanaDzidzo Abra AmoaVolta20
 GibraltarTatiana DesoizaGibraltar18
 GreeceAriadni MylonaHeraklion18
 GuamRita Mae Diaz PangelinanYona18
 GuatemalaMariluz Aguilar RivasGuatemala City23
 GuyanaChristine JardimGeorgetown18
 HollandAngela VisserRotterdam23
 HondurasAlina DíazCholuteca18
 Hong KongMichelle Monique ReisKowloon23
 IcelandLinda Pétursdóttir[1][2]Vopnafjörður31
 IndiaAnuradha KottoorBombay18
 IrelandCollette JacksonPollagh23
 Isle of ManVictoria O'DeaDouglas18
 IsraelDganit CohenTel Aviv21
 ItalyGiulia GemoModena20
 JamaicaAndrea HaynesKingston21
 JapanKazumi SakikuboKobe18
 KenyaDianna NaylorMombasa21
 KoreaChoi Yeon-heeSeoul25
 LebanonSylvana SamahaBeirut18
 LiberiaOllie WhiteNimba18
 LuxembourgChantal SchanbacherWiltz20
MacauHelena da Conceição Lo BrancoMacau18
 MalaysiaSue Wong Choy FunPenang18
 MaltaJosette CamilleriMarsa18
 MauritiusVeronique AshBeau Bassin18
 MexicoCecilia Cervera FerrerTlaxcala20
 New ZealandLisa CorbanWaikato19
 NigeriaOmasan Tokurbo BuwaWarri19
 NorwayRita PaulsenOslo25
 Papua New GuineaErue TaunaoPort Moresby18
 ParaguayMaría José MirandaAsunción18
 PeruMartha Elena Kaik TassoLima19
 PhilippinesDana Mayor NarvadezManila20
 PolandJoanna GapinskaSzczecin20
 PortugalHelena Isabel de Cunha LaureanoSesimbra18
 St. Kitts & NevisHailey CassiusNewtown18
 Sierra LeoneTiwila OjukutuFreetown18
 SingaporeShirley Teo Ser LeeSingapore20
 SpainSusana de la Llave VarónFigueres26
 Sri LankaMichelle KoelmeyerColombo18
 SwazilandThandeka MagagulaManzini19
 SwedenCecilia Margareta HörbergGothenburg28
  SwitzerlandKarina BergerZurich21
 ThailandThaveeporn HunsilpBangkok18
 Trinidad & TobagoMintee NarineSiparia19
 TurkeyEsra SumerIstanbul18
 Turks & CaicosDoreen DickersonGrand Turk18
 UgandaNazma Jamal MohamedEntebbe18
 United KingdomKirsty RoperStaffordshire29
 United StatesDiana MagañaRancho Palos Verdes27
 UruguayGisel Silva SienraMontevideo18
 VenezuelaEmma Irmgard Marina Rabbe RamírezLa Guaira29
 Western SamoaNoanoa HillApia18
 YugoslaviaSuzana ŽunićSplit18

Notes

Debuts
  •  Bulgaria

Returns
  • Last competed in 1956:
    •  Egypt
  • Last competed in 1964:
    •  China Taiwan
  • Last competed in 1968:
    •  Ghana
  • Last competed in 1971:
    •  Guyana
  • Last competed in 1985:
    •  Liberia
    •  Uganda
  • Last competed in 1986:
    •  British Virgin Islands
    •  Sierra Leone

Withdrawals
  •  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

References
  1. "Miss World 1988 winner Linda Petursdottir from Iceland". Daily Express. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. "Bodybuilder crowned Miss World". Observer-Reporter. 19 November 1988. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. "Irish TV presenter Peter Marshall interviews Miss World winner". Getty Images. 13 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. "Alexandra Bastedo - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. "Alexandra Bastedo: Actress best known for her role in the 1960s". The Independent. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. "Former Miss UK lands a billionaire life and enters Rich List in sixth". The Sunday Times. (subscription required)

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