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{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}}
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo       = [[File:MW 1988 - Thames TV.png|250px]]
| caption     = Miss World 1988 Titlecard
| winner      = [[Linda Pétursdóttir]]<ref name="express.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/2438/Miss-World-Contest-through-the-years/Miss-World-1988-winner-Linda-Petursdottir-from-Iceland-49878|title=Miss World 1988 winner Linda Petursdottir from Iceland|work=[[Daily Express]]|access-date=23 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="OR-1"/> 
| represented = Iceland
| date        = 17 November 1988
|placements   = 10
| presenters  = {{Hlist|[[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]]|[[Alexandra Bastedo]]}}
| acts        = {{Hlist|Koreana|[[Donny Osmond]]}}
| venue       = [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], United Kingdom
| broadcaster = [[Thames Television]]
| entrants    = 84
| debuts      = {{Hlist|Bulgaria}}
| returns     = {{Hlist|British Virgin Islands|Egypt|Ghana|Guyana|Liberia|Sierra Leone|Taiwan|Uganda}}
| withdraws   = {{Hlist|Brazil|Panama|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
| before      = [[Miss World 1987|1987]]
| next        = [[Miss World 1989|1989]]
}}

'''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]].<ref name="express.co.uk"/><ref name="OR-1"/> 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 (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]], who has hosted other Miss World competitions such as [[Miss World 1986]],<ref name="Getty Images 1986">{{cite web | title=Irish TV presenter Peter Marshall interviews Miss World winner | website=[[Getty Images]] | date=November 13, 1986 | url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/irish-tv-presenter-peter-marshall-interviews-miss-world-news-photo/149782880 | access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="TDT-1"/><ref name="The Independent 2014"/> and [[Alexandra Bastedo]],<ref name="TDT-1">{{cite web | website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| date=January 13, 2014 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10569081/Alexandra-Bastedo-obituary.html | title=Alexandra Bastedo - obituary | access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Independent 2014">{{cite web | title=Alexandra Bastedo: Actress best known for her role in the 1960s | website=[[The Independent]] | date=January 12, 2014 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/alexandra-bastedo-actress-best-known-for-her-role-in-the-1960s-television-sci-fi-series-the-9054808.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/alexandra-bastedo-actress-best-known-for-her-role-in-the-1960s-television-sci-fi-series-the-9054808.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref> with musical performances by [[Koreana (band)|Koreana]] and 1970s American pop musician [[Donny Osmond]].

This edition marked the debut of Bulgaria and the return of Egypt, which last competed in [[Miss World 1956|1956]],
Taiwan last competed (as Free China) in [[Miss World 1964|1964]],
Ghana last competed in [[Miss World 1968|1968]] ,
Guyana  last compted in [[Miss World 1971|1971]],
Liberia and Uganda last competed in [[Miss World 1985|1985]],
and the British Virgin and Sierra Leone Islands last competed in [[Miss World 1986|1986]]

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

== Results ==
[[File:Miss World 1988 Map.PNG|thumb|240px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1988<ref name="OR-1"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084350/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/article3822519.ece "Former Miss UK lands a billionaire life and enters Rich List in sixth"]. ''[[The Sunday Times]]''. {{subscription required}}</ref>]]

=== Placements ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Miss World 1988'''
|
* '''{{flag|Iceland}}''' – '''[[Linda Pétursdóttir]]'''<ref name="express.co.uk"/><ref name="OR-1"/>
|-
| 1st Runner-up
|
* {{flag|South Korea}} – Yeon-hee Choi
|-
| 2nd Runner-up
|
* {{flag|United Kingdom}} – [[Kirsty Bertarelli|Kirsty Roper]]
|-
| Top 5
|
* {{flag|Spain}} – Susana de la Llave Varón
* {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Emma Rabbe]]
|-
| Top 10
|
* {{flag|Australia}} – Catherine Bushell
* {{flag|Austria}} – Alexandra Werbanschitz
* {{flag|Norway}} – Rita Helene Paulsen
* {{flag|Sweden}} – Cecilia Hörberg
* {{flag|United States}} – Diana Magaňa
|}

==== Continental Queens of Beauty ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Continental Group
! Contestant
|-
| '''Africa'''
|
* '''{{flagu|Kenya}}''' – Dianna Naylor
|-
| '''Americas'''
|
* '''{{flagu|Venezuela|1954}}''' – [[Emma Rabbe|Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez]]
|-
| '''Asia'''
|
* '''{{flagu|South Korea}}''' – Yeon-hee Choi
|-
| '''Europe'''
|
* '''{{flagu|Iceland}}''' – '''[[Linda Pétursdóttir]]'''
|-
| '''Oceania'''
|
* '''{{flagu|Australia}}''' – Catherine Bushell
|}

== Contestants ==<!-- FOR NAMES OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES, PLEASE STRICTLY ADHERE TO WP:COMMONNAME POLICIES, DO NOT CHANGE IT JUST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MISS WORLD USES. -->
84 countries participated in Miss World 1988.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Country/Territory || Contestant || Age || Hometown 
|-
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Belleza Argentina|Argentina]]|| Gabriela Madeira || 19 || [[Buenos Aires]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]]|| Catherine Bushell || 21 || [[Sydney]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]]|| Alexandra Werbanschitz || 21 || [[Graz]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]]|| Natasha Rolle || 21 || [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BAR}} [[Miss Barbados World|Barbados]]|| Ferida Kola || 20 || [[Bridgetown]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]|| Daisy van Cauwenbergh || 19 || [[Limbourg]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BIZ|1981}} [[Miss Belize|Belize]]|| Pauline Young || 19 || [[Belize City]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BER}} [[Miss World Bermuda|Bermuda]]|| Sophie Cannonier<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hendrickson |first=Sékou |date=11 July 2022 |title=Sophia Cannonier tells court her antibodies 'equal to, if not better than' vaccine |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20220610/sophia-cannonier-tells-court-her-antibodies-equal-to-if-not-better-than-vaccine/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Royal Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> || 19 || [[Warwick, Bermuda|Warwick East]]
|-
| {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]]|| Claudia Nazer || 24 || [[Tarija]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IVB}} [[Miss British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]]|| Nelda Farrington || 22 || [[Tortola]]
|-
|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} [[Miss World Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]|| Sonia Vassilieva<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 July 1989 |title=Red beauty Sonia faces court |language=en |pages=9 |work=The Sunday People |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sunday-people/148385610/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || 19 || [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]
|-
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]]|| Morgan Fox || 18 || [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CAY|old}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]|| Melissa McTaggart || 23 || [[Grand Cayman]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]]|| María Francisca Aldunate || 22 || [[Santiago]]
|-
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]]|| Jasmín Oliveros || 20 || [[Bahía Solano]]
|-
| {{flagicon|COK}} [[Miss Cook Islands|Cook Islands]]|| Annie Wigmore || 17 || [[Titikaveka]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]|| Virginia Steinvort || 19 || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CUR}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]]|| Anuschka Cova || 19 || [[Willemstad]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CYP|1960}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]]|| Aphrodite Theophanous || 18 ||  [[Paphos]]
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]]|| Susanne Johansen || 24 || [[Copenhagen]]
|-
| {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]|| María Josefina Martínez || 21 || [[San Ignacio de Sabaneta]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]]|| Cristina López || 20 || [[Guayaquil]]
|-
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Miss Egypt|Egypt]]|| Dina El Naggar || 20 || [[Giza]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ESA}} [[Reinado de El Salvador|El Salvador]]|| Karla Hasbún || 17 || [[San Salvador]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]]|| Nina Andersson || 21 || [[Lahti]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]]|| Claudia Frittolini || 20 || [[Illzach]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Miss Ghana|Ghana]]|| Dzidzo Abra Amoa || 23 || [[Volta Region|Volta]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GIB}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]]|| Tatiana Desoiza || 23 || [[Gibraltar]]
|-
|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]]|| Ariadni Mylona || 19 || [[Chania]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]]|| Rita Mae Diaz || 23 || [[Yona, Guam|Windward Hills]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]]|| Mariluz Aguilar || 18 || [[Guatemala City]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GUY}} [[Miss Guyana|Guyana]]|| Christine Jardim || 20 || [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]]|| [[Angela Visser]]|| 21 || [[Rotterdam]]
|-
| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]]|| Alina Patricia Díaz || 19 || [[Choluteca, Choluteca|Choluteca]]
|-
| {{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]|| [[Michelle Reis]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wang|first=Zijing|date=23 September 2024|title=Beyond the Crown: Miss Hong Kong's Shifting Influence|url=https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2024/09/beyond-the-crown-miss-hong-kongs-shifting-influence/|access-date=24 April 2025|website=[[The World of Chinese]]|language=en|archive-date=24 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124165059/https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2024/09/beyond-the-crown-miss-hong-kongs-shifting-influence/|url-status=live}}</ref> || 18 || [[Kowloon]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]]|| [[Linda Pétursdóttir]]<ref name="express.co.uk" /><ref name="OR-1" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Guðjónsdóttir|first=Guðrún Ósk|date=13 May 2020|title=Fegurðardrottningar sem leituðu á önnur mið|trans-title=Beauty queens who sought other paths|url=https://www.dv.is/fokus/2020/05/13/fegurdardrottningar-sem-leitudu-onnur-mid/|access-date=27 April 2025|website=[[DV (newspaper)|DV - Frjáls og óháður miðill]]|language=is|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615122641/https://www.dv.is/fokus/2020/05/13/fegurdardrottningar-sem-leitudu-onnur-mid/|url-status=live}}</ref>|| 18 || [[Vopnafjörður]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]]|| Anuradha Kottoor || 22 || [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]]|| Collette Jackson || 22 || [[Coolock]]
|-
| {{IMN}} || Victoria O'Dea || 17 || [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]]|| Dganit Cohen || 18 || [[Tel Aviv]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]]|| Giulia Gemo || 18 || [[Modena]]
|-
| {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]]|| Andrea Haynes || 24 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]]|| Kazumi Sakikubo || 22 || [[Kobe]]
|-
| {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Miss World Kenya|Kenya]]|| Dianna Naylor || 21 || [[Mombasa]]
|-
| {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]]|| Sylvana Samaha || 19 || [[Beirut]]
|-
| {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Miss Liberia|Liberia]]|| Ollie White<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2007 |title=Liberia: Former Miss Liberia Launches School Operation |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200709190631.html |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=The Inquirer Newspaper |via=AllAfrica}}</ref> || 19 || [[Nimba County|Nimba]]
|-
| {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Miss Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]|| Chantal Schanbacher|| 22 || [[Altrier]]
|-
| {{flagicon|MAC|municipal}} [[Miss Macau|Macau]]|| Helena da Conceição Lo Branco || 19 || [[Portuguese Macau|Macau]]
|-
| {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Miss World Malaysia|Malaysia]]|| Sue Wong || 19 || [[Penang]]
|-
| {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]]|| Josette Camilleri || 21 || [[Marsa, Malta|Marsa]]
|-
| {{flagicon|MRI}} [[Miss Mauritius|Mauritius]]|| Véronique Ash || 21 || [[Beau Bassin]]
|-
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]]|| Cecilia Cervera || 20 || [[Tlaxcala]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]]|| Lisa Corban || 19 || [[Waikato]]
|-
|{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|Nigeria]]|| [[Omasan Buwa]]|| 22 || [[Warri]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway at Miss World|Norway]]|| Rita Paulsen || 21 || [[Myrvoll]]
|-
| {{PNG}}|| Erue Taunao || 19 || [[Port Moresby]]
|-
| {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]]|| María José Miranda || 19 || [[Asunción]]
|-
| {{flagicon|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]]|| Martha Kaik || 21 || [[Lima]]
|-
| {{flagicon|PHI|1985}} [[Mutya ng Pilipinas|Philippines]]|| Dana Narvadez || 19 || [[Manila]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Polish People's Republic}} [[Miss Polonia|Poland]]|| Joanna Gapinska || 20 || [[Szczecin]]
|-
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]]|| Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano || 20 || [[Sesimbra]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SKN}} [[Miss St. Kitts & Nevis|Saint Kitts and Nevis]]|| Hailey Cassius || 21 || [[Basseterre|Newtown]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SLE}} [[Miss Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]|| [[Twilla Ojukutu-Macauley|Tiwilla Ojukutu]]|| 21 || [[Freetown]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]]|| Shirley Teo || 23 || [[Singapore]]
|-
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} || Choi Yeon-hee || 22 || [[Seoul]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]]|| Susana de la Llave || 19 || [[Figueres]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Miss World Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]|| Michelle Koelmeyer || 18 || [[Colombo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Miss Swaziland|Swaziland]]|| Thandeka Magagula || 22 || [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]]|| Cecilia Hörberg || 22 || [[Gothenburg]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]]|| Karina Berger || 20 || [[Zürich]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Miss Taiwan|Taiwan]]{{Efn|Competed as China Taiwan in the pageant}} || Wu Yi-ning<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 May 1988 |title=Newest rage in Taiwan |language=en |pages=3 |work=The Free-Lance Star |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHkQAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Wu+Yi-ning%22&pg=PA3 |access-date=4 May 2025 |via=Google Books}}</ref> || 17 || [[Taipei]]
|-
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]|| [[Papassara Techapaibun|Prapatsara Chutanutpong]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 October 1988 |title=Beast in the beauties rears its ugly head |language=en |pages=2 |work=The New Paper |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/newpaper19881018-1.1.2 |access-date=4 May 2025 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 18 || [[Bangkok]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]|| Wendy Baptiste || 19 || [[Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago|Arouca]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]]|| Esra Sumer || 19 || [[Istanbul]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos Islands]]|| Doreen Dickenson || 20 || [[Grand Turk Island|Grand Turk]]
|-
| {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Miss Uganda|Uganda]]|| Nazma Mohamed || 20 || [[Entebbe]]
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]|| [[Kirsty Bertarelli|Kirsty Roper]]|| 17 || [[Staffordshire]]
|-
| {{flagicon|US}} [[United States representatives at Miss World|United States]]|| Diana Magaña || 23 || [[Rancho Palos Verdes, California|Rancho Palos Verdes]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ISV}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]]
|Cathy Mae Sitaram
|19
|[[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Croix]]
|-
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]]|| Gisel Silva || 19 || [[Montevideo]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]|| [[Emma Rabbe]] || 19 || [[La Guaira]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Miss World Germany|West Germany]]{{Efn|Competed as Germany in the pageant}} || Katja Munch || 19 || [[Frankfurt]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SAM}} [[Miss Samoa|Western Samoa]]|| Noanoa Hill || 17 || [[Apia]] 
|-
| {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]|| Suzana Žunić<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 2024 |title=Bila je tiha patnja i želja mnogih muškaraca, no zbog ovog je našeg nogometaša bivša Miss Jugoslavije prošla kroz pakao |trans-title=It was the silent suffering and desire of many men, but because of this our football player, the former Miss Yugoslavia went through hell. |url=https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/mozaik/scena/showbiz/bila-je-tiha-patnja-i-zelja-mnogih-muskaraca-no-zbog-ovog-je-naseg-nogometasa-bivsa-miss-jugoslavije-prosla-kroz-pakao-1373418 |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Slobodna Dalmacija |language=hr-hr}}</ref> || 17 || [[Split, Croatia|Split]] 
|}

== Notes ==
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===Other Notes===
* '''{{flag|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.

== References ==
{{reflist|refs= 
<ref name="OR-1">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19881119&id=5wRlAAAAIBAJ&pg=5368,5769877&hl=en | newspaper=[[Observer-Reporter]] | title=Bodybuilder crowned Miss World | date=November 19, 1988 | access-date=23 January 2016}}</ref>
}}

== Further reading ==
* [http://largeur.ch/expArt.asp?artID=1275 "Le triomphe discret de Kirsty Bertarelli"<!-- Bot generated title -->]. ''[[Largeur.com]]''.

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