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{{Infobox beauty pageant<br />
| winner = [[Lía Borrero]]<br />
| represented = Panama<br />
| date = September 26, 1998 <br />
| presenters = [[Masumi Okada]]<br />
| image = Tokyo kosei nenkin kaikan shinjuku tokyo 2009.JPG<br />
| venue = Koseinenkin Hall, [[Tokyo]], Japan<br />
| broadcaster = [[TV Tokyo]]<br />
| entrants = 43<br />
| placements = 15<br />
| debuts = Latvia<br />
| withdraws = {{Hlist|Brazil|Guatemala|Lebanon|Macau|Malta|Puerto Rico|Russia|Ukraine}}<br />
| returns = {{Hlist|Cyprus|Holland|Iceland|Macedonia|Norway|Panama|Senegal|Togo}}<br />
| before = [[Miss International 1997|1997]]<br />
| next = [[Miss International 1999|1999]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Miss International 1998''' was the 38th [[Miss International]] pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in [[Tokyo]], Japan on 26 September 1998. <br />
<br />
[[Lía Victoria Borrero González|Lía Borrero]] of Panama won and was crowned by Consuelo Adler of Venezuela. It is the first time Panama has won the pageant.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lía Victoria Borrero nueva Miss Internacional |url=https://portal.critica.com.pa/archivo/092798/port2.html|date= 1998|website=portal.critica}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=28 September 1998 |title=Winning ways |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19980928-1.1.6 |access-date=25 June 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=6 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> <br />
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Contestants from forty-three countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by [[Masumi Okada]].<br />
<br />
==Results==<br />
[[File:Miss International 1998 Map.PNG|thumb|250x250px|Miss International 1998 participating countries and territories.]]<br />
<br />
===Placements===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
|-<br />
! Placement<br />
! Contestant<br />
|-<br />
| Miss International 1998<br />
|<br />
* {{flagu|Panama}} – [[Lía Borrero]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Younis |first=Laila C. |date=30 September 1998 |title=An unforgettable experience |pages=6 |work=[[Marianas Variety]] |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10524/51295 |access-date=3 January 2024 |via=eVols}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
| 1st runner-up<br />
|<br />
* {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Daniela Kosán<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniela Kosán se queda sin palabras|url=https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/variedades/daniela-kosan-se-queda-sin-palabras-670123 |date=April 5, 2011| website=panamaamerica}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
| 2nd runner-up<br />
|<br />
* {{flagu|India}} – [[Shvetha Jaishankar]]<ref name=":1" /><br />
|-<br />
| Top 15<br />
|<br />
* {{flagu|Bolivia}} – Liliana Peña<br />
* {{flagu|Colombia}} – Adriana Hurtado<br />
* {{flagu|Czech Republic}} – Petra Faltynova<br />
* {{flagu|Finland}} – Piia Hartikainen<br />
* {{flagu|France}} – Patricia Spéhar<br />
* {{flagu|Japan|1947}} – Megumi Taira<br />
* {{flagu|Macedonia}} – Ana Binovska<br />
* {{flagu|Philippines}} – Colette Centeno<br />
* {{flagu|Poland}} – Agnieszka Osinska<br />
* {{flagu|South Korea}} – Cho Hye-young<br />
* {{flagu|Spain}} – Vanessa Romero<br />
* {{flagu|Tunisia|1959}} – Nejla Kouniali<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Special awards ===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
!Award<br />
!Contestant<br />
|-<br />
|Miss Friendship<br />
|<br />
* {{flagu|Finland}} – Piia Hartikainen<ref name=":1" /><br />
* {{flagu|Togo}} – Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body<ref name=":1" /><br />
|-<br />
|Best National Costume<br />
|<br />
* {{flagu|Colombia}} – Adriana Hurtado<ref name=":1" /><br />
|-<br />
|Miss Photogenic<br />
|<br />
* {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – Daniela Kosán<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Contestants==<br />
Forty-three contestants competed for the title.<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
!Country/Territory<br />
!Contestant<br />
!Age{{Efn|Ages during the competition}}<br />
!Hometown<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Argentina}}<br />
|Maria Fernanda Ortiz<br />
|–<br />
|[[Buenos Aires]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Aruba}}<br />
|Anushka Sheritsa Lew Jen Tai<br />
|18<br />
|[[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Australia}}<br />
|Katherine O'Brien<br />
|18<br />
|[[Sydney]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Bolivia}}<br />
|Liliana Peña<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2024 |title=Liliana Peña en su mejor papel de mamá emprendedora |trans-title=Liliana Peña in her best role as an entrepreneurial mother |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/para-ellas/liliana-pena-en-su-mejor-papel-de-mama-emprendedora_368214 |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=El Deber |language=es-ES}}</ref><br />
|18<br />
|[[Litoral (Bolivia)|Litoral]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Colombia}}<br />
|Adriana Hurtado<br />
|21<br />
|[[Valle del Cauca Department|Valle de Cauca]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Curaçao}}<br />
|Santa Indris Tokaay<br />
|–<br />
|[[Willemstad]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Cyprus}}<br />
|Marianna Panayiotou<br />
|–<br />
|[[Nicosia]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}<br />
|Petra Faltýnová<ref>{{Cite web |last=Velímska |first=Elena |date=22 February 2024 |title=Pamatujete na misku Petru Faltýnovou, bývalku Leoše Mareše? Podívejte, jak dnes vypadá. Poznáte ji ještě? |trans-title=Do you remember the bowl of Petra Faltýnová, Leoš Mareš's ex? See how she looks today. Do you still know her? |url=https://www.dotyk.cz/magazin/petra-faltynova-dnes/ |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=Dotyk |language=cs}}</ref><br />
|21<br />
|[[Prague]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}<br />
|Sorangel Fersobe<br />
|20<br />
|[[San Juan de la Maguana]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Finland}}<br />
|Piia Hartikainen<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 1998 |title=Kokkolan Jonnasta kruunattiin Miss Suomi |trans-title=Kokkola's Jonna was crowned Miss Finland |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/kokkolan-jonnasta-kruunattiin-miss-suomi/5443532 |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=MTV Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref><br />
|20<br />
|[[Rovaniemi]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|France}}<br />
|Patricia Spéhar<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jaeglé|first=Yves|date=5 April 2017|title=Miss France : et revoilà Miss Paris !|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/laparisienne/people/miss-france-et-revoila-miss-paris-01-04-2017-6814971.php|access-date=25 June 2024|website=Le Parisien|language=fr-FR}}</ref><br />
|23<br />
|[[Paris]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Germany}}<br />
|Fiona Ammann<br />
|–<br />
|[[Berlin]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Great Britain}}<br />
|Melanie Devina Jones<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 July 2018 |title=Actress Melanie Hughes died after battle with alcohol |language=en-GB |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-44939436 |access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref><br />
|20<br />
|[[Ewloe]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Greece}}<br />
|Eleni Pliatsika<br />
|–<br />
|[[Athens]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Hawaii}}<br />
|Lori-Ann Lee Medeiros<br />
|–<br />
|[[Honolulu]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Holland}}<br />
|Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen<br />
|22<br />
|[[Amsterdam]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Honduras|1949}}<br />
|Wendy Suyapa Rodríguez<br />
|–<br />
|[[Cortés (department)|Cortés]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Hong Kong}}<br />
|Natalie Ng<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=24 September 1998 |title=Bathing beauties |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19980924-1.1.16 |access-date=25 June 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=16 |via=National Library Board}}</ref><br />
|–<br />
|Hong Kong<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Iceland}}<br />
|Gudbjörg Sigridur Hermannsdóttir<br />
|–<br />
|[[Reykjavík]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|India}}<br />
|[[Shvetha Jaishankar]]<br />
|17<br />
|[[Chennai]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Israel}}<br />
|Galia Abramov<br />
|–<br />
|[[Tel Aviv]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Japan|1947}}<br />
|Megumi Taira<ref name=":2" /><br />
|–<br />
|[[Tokyo]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Latvia}}<br />
|Līga Graudumniece<br />
|–<br />
|[[Riga]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Macedonia}}<br />
|Ana Binovska<br />
|–<br />
|[[Skopje]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Mexico}}<br />
|Karina Mora<br />
|17<br />
|[[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}<br />
|Sonya Pangelinan<ref name=":1" /><br />
|–<br />
|[[Saipan]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Norway}}<br />
|Bjørg Sofie Løvstad<br />
|18<br />
|[[Akershus]]<br />
|-<br />
|'''{{flag|Panama}}'''<br />
|'''[[Lía Borrero]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Concepcion|first=Martha Vanessa|date=18 March 2023|title=Ya se supo. Otra Lía Victoria volverá a llevar la corona de Calle Abajo. La tuna la pedirá esta noche|url=https://www.midiario.com/farandula/ya-se-supo-otra-lia-victoria-volvera-a-llevar-la-corona-de-calle-abajo-la-tuna-la-pedira-esta-noche/|access-date=25 June 2024|website=Midiario.com|language=es}}</ref><br />
|22<br />
|[[Las Tablas, Los Santos|Las Tablas]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Paraguay|1990}}<br />
|Maria Fabiola Roig<br />
|19<br />
|[[Asunción]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Peru}}<br />
|Melissa Miranda<br />
|–<br />
|[[Tacna]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Philippines}}<br />
|Colette Centeno<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=March 17, 1998 |title=RP entries |work=[[Manila Standard]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ZYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4545%2C1803584 |access-date=October 3, 2021}}</ref><br />
|17<br />
|[[Manila]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Poland}}<br />
|Agnieszka Osinska<br />
|20<br />
|[[Frampol]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Portugal}}<br />
|Icilia Berenguel<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morais|first=Carolina|date=21 December 2015|title=Troca de Misses também já aconteceu em Portugal|trans-title=Exchange of Misses has also taken place in Portugal|url=https://www.dn.pt/pessoas/troca-de-misses-tambem-ja-aconteceu-em-portugal-4947818.html|access-date=25 June 2024|website=Diario de Noticias|language=pt-PT}}</ref><br />
|21<br />
|[[Póvoa de Varzim]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Senegal}}<br />
|Maimouna Diallo<br />
|–<br />
|[[Dakar]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Singapore}}<br />
|Sudha Menon<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 July 1998 |title=Stunning Sudha |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/newpaper19980722-1.1.9 |access-date=25 June 2024 |work=The New Paper |pages=9 |via=National Library Board}}</ref><br />
|21<br />
|Singapore<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Slovakia}}<br />
|Martina Kalmanová<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=14 April 2001 |title=Článok z týždenníka PLUS 7 DNÍ, kvôli ktorému prišlo k pokusu o skúpenie nákladu: |url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/35276/clanok-z-tyzdennika-plus-7-dni-kvoli-ktoremu-prislo-k-pokusu-o-skupenie-nakladu.html |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=SME |language=sk}}</ref><br />
|–<br />
|[[Bratislava]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|South Korea}}<br />
|Cho Hye-young<ref name=":2" /><br />
|–<br />
|[[Seoul]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Spain}}<br />
|Vanessa Romero<br />
|20<br />
|[[Alicante]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Togo}}<br />
|Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body<br />
|–<br />
|[[Lomé]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Tunisia|1959}}<br />
|Nejla Kouniali<br />
|–<br />
|[[Tunis]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Turkey}}<br />
|Senay Akay<br />
|18<br />
|[[Istanbul]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|United States}}<br />
|Susan Paez<br />
|22<br />
|[[South Gate, California|South Gate]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}<br />
|Daniela Kosán<br />
|24<br />
|[[Maracay]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
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* {{Official website|https://www.miss-international.org/en/}}<br />
{{Miss International}}<br />
{{Miss International 1998 delegates}}<br />
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[[Category:Miss International|1998]]<br />
[[Category:1998 in Tokyo]]<br />
[[Category:1998 beauty pageants]]<br />
[[Category:Beauty pageants in Japan]]</div>
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