Miss World 1998, the 48th edition of the

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pageant, was held on 26 November 1998 at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in

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, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown.

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, then lead singer of

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, and

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hosted the event. This year's winner,

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, revealed days after the competition that she had been raped several weeks before the pageant. She was crowned by Miss World 1997,

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Debuts, and returns, and withdrawals

This edition saw the debut of Angola, Kazakhstan and Sint Maarten, and the return of Curaçao, Liberia, Mauritius, Nicaragua and Nigeria; Nicaragua, which last competed in

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

, Liberia last competed in

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, Mauritius last competed in

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and Curaçao and Nigeria last competed in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

. Cape Verde, Egypt, Honduras, Latvia, Macau, Namibia, Thailand, and Uganda, withdrew from the competition. The third runner-up of Miss Honduras 1997, Miriam Eloisa Vivas Luna was chosen to participate at Miss World 1998, but she wasn't able to travel to the contest due to the consequences of

Hurricane Mitch Hurricane Mitch was an extremely deadly and catastrophic Atlantic hurricane, which became the second-deadliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin on record. Mitch caused 11,374 fatalities in Central America in 1998, including approximately ...

in November of that year in Central America. She went to Miss Asia-Pacific 1998. Miss Macau pageant stop to held due lack of sponsorship and low televiewers. Only was held in 2008 for 2 years.

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Judges

Eric Morley Eric Douglas Morley (26 September 1918 – 9 November 2000) was an English television host and the founder of the Miss World pageant and ''Come Dancing'' programme. His widow, Julia Morley, is now head of the pageant and his son, Steve Douglas, ...

† – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization *

–

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from India *

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* Pilin Leon –

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from Venezuela *

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† * Mark Newson * Terry O'Neill † *

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Contestants

* – Maria Manuela Cortez de Lemos João † * – Natalia Elisa González * – Judelca Shahira Briceno * – Sarah-Jane Camille St. Clair * – Sabine Lindorfer * – LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham * – Tanja Dexters * – Bianca Bauer Áñez * – Samra Tojaga * – Earthen Pinkinyana Mbulawa * – Adriana Reis * – Virginia Olen Rubiane * – Polina Petkova * –

Leanne Baird Leanne Baird is a Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. She was Miss Canada International 1998. She was chosen Miss Canada International in August 1998 and went to the Seychelles for the Miss World pageant on 26 November 1998. She did not win Mi ...

* – Gemma Marie McLaughlin * – Daniella Andrea Campos Lathrop * – Mónica Marcela Cuartas Jiménez * – María Luisa Ureña Salazar * – Lejla Šehović * – Jeameane Veronica Colastica * – Chrysanthi Michael * –

Alena Šeredová Alena Šeredová (; born 21 March 1978) is a Czech model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Czech Republic 1998 and represented her country at Miss World 1998 where she placed Top 5. Career Šeredová was born in ...

* – Sharmin Arelis Díaz Costo * – Vanessa Natania Graf Alvear * – Ly Jürgenson * – Maaret Saija Nousiainen * – Véronique Caloc * – Sandra Ahrabian * – Efia Owusuaa Marfo * – Melanie Soiza * – Katia Marie Margaritoglou * – Glenda Iracema Cifuentes Ruiz * – Nerena Ruinemans * – Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi * – Éva Horváth * – Annie Thomas * – Vivienne Doyle * –

* – Maria Concetta Travaglini * – Christine Renee Straw * – Rie Mochizuki * – Anna Kirpota * – Clemence Achkar * – Olivia Precious Cooper *

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

– Kristina Pakarnaitė * – Lina Teoh Pick Lim * – Rebecca Camilleri * – Oona Sujaya Fulena * – Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol * – Jyoti Pradhan * – Tanya Hayward * – Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernández * – Temitayo Osobu * – Henriette Dankersten * – Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miro * – Perla Carolina Benítez Gonzales * – Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso * – Rachel Muyot Soriano * – Izabela Opęchowska * – Marcia Vasconcelos * – Antonia Alfonso Pagán * – Tatiana Makrouchina * – Alvina Antoinette Grand d'Court * – Grace Chay * – Myrtille Charlotte Brookson *

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– Karolína Čičatková *

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– Mihaela Novak * – Kerishnie Naicker * – Kun-woo Kim * – Rocío Jiménez Fernández * – Cindy Stanckoczi * – Jessica Magdalena Therése Almenäs * – Sonja Grandjean *

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– Yi-Ju Chen * – Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi * – Jeanette Marie La Caillie *

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– Buket Saygı * – Nataliya Nadtochey * – Emmalene McLoughlin * – Shauna Gene Gambill * – Wendy Sanchez * – María Desiree Fernández Mautone * – Verónica Schneider Rodríguez *

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– Jelena Jakovljević * – Chisala Chibesa * – Annette Kambarami

Scrutineer

* David Boyd

Notes

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, Lina Teoh is the cousin of the owner for Lake Berjaya Resort, Mahé.

Replacements

* - Nadia Rodgers-Albury was originally supposed to compete at Miss World but ended not competing after the Miss Bahamas Committee lost the franchise to a new organization and that organization decided to hold a new contest which crowned another queen that took her place. * –

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1998, Kateřina Stočesová was remplaced with her First Runner up -

due her lack of English Language skills. She later won the Queen of the World 1998 title in same November. * - Véronique Caloc was the first runner-up at Miss France 1998, representing

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. She was chosen to represent France at Miss World, while the winner of Miss France 1998,

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, participated at

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. * – Dana Tolesh

Withdrawals

* - Evija Rucevska - She withdrew for personal reasons, but competed a year later in

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. * -

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1998, Retha Reinders did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship. * - Lacked sponsorship to send a delegate. *

Did not compete

* - Shaila Simi - Miss World Bangladesh 1998 withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. * - Viola Jeffery - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to

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. * - Julina Felida - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to

. * - Ban Kadret - She withdrew because of a disagreement between Eric Morley and the

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organizers, due to sanctions placed on Iraq. * - Miss Suriname 1998, Farah Breeveld did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.

References

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