Miss World 1998

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 had been raped several weeks before the pageant. She was crowned by Miss World 1997, Diana Hayden of India.

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, Liberia last competed in 1988, Mauritius last competed in 1994 and Curaçao and Nigeria last competed in 1996.

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 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

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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1998

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1998	Template:Flagu – Linor Abargil
1st Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Véronique Caloc
2nd Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Lina Teoh
Top 5	Template:Flagu – Alena Šeredová Template:Flagu – Kerishnie Naicker
Top 10	Template:Flagu – Adriana Reis Template:Flagu – Daniella Campos Template:Flagu – Christine Straw Template:Flagu – Mariana Larrabure Template:Flagu – Shauna Gambill

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Template:Flagu – Kerishnie Naicker
Americas	Template:Flagu – Daniella Campos
Asia & Oceania	Template:Flagu – Lina Teoh
Caribbean	Template:Flagu – Christine Straw
Europe	Template:Flagu – Linor Abargil

Judges

• Eric Morley † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
• Diana Hayden – Miss World 1997 from India
• Sophie Dahl
• Pilin Leon – Miss World 1981 from Venezuela
• Jonah Lomu †
• Mark Newson
• Terry O'Neill †
• Mica Paris
• Jacques Villeneuve

Contestants

• 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 and 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 KongTemplate:Efn – Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi
• Hungary – Éva Horváth
• India – Annie Thomas
• Ireland – Vivienne Doyle
• Israel – Linor Abargil
• Italy – Maria Concetta Travaglini
• Jamaica – Christine Renee Straw
• Japan – Rie Mochizuki
• Kazakhstan – Anna Kirpota
• Lebanon – Clemence Achkar
• Liberia – Olivia Precious Cooper
• Template:Flagicon Lithuania – Kristina Pakarnaitė
• 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
• Seychelles – Alvina Antoinette Grand d'Court
• Singapore – Grace Chay
• Sint MaartenTemplate:Efn – Myrtille Charlotte Brookson
• Template:Flagicon Slovakia – Karolína Čičatková
• Template:Flagicon Slovenia – Mihaela Novak
• South Africa – Kerishnie Naicker
• South KoreaTemplate:Efn – Kun-woo Kim
• Spain – Rocío Jiménez Fernández
• Template:Country data Swaziland – Cindy Stanckoczi
• Sweden – Jessica Magdalena Therése Almenäs
• Switzerland – Sonja Grandjean
• Template:Flagicon TaiwanTemplate:Efn – Yi-Ju Chen
• Tanzania – Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi
• Trinidad and Tobago – Jeanette Marie La Caillie
• Template:Flagicon Turkey – Buket Saygı
• Ukraine – Nataliya Nadtochey
• United Kingdom – Emmalene McLoughlin
• United States – Shauna Gene Gambill
• United States Virgin IslandsTemplate:Efn – Wendy Sanchez
• Uruguay – María Desiree Fernández Mautone
• Venezuela – Verónica Schneider Rodríguez
• Template:Flagicon Yugoslavia – Jelena Jakovljević
• Zambia – Chisala Chibesa
• Zimbabwe – Annette Kambarami

Scrutineer

• David Boyd

Notes

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

Replacements

• Template:Flagu - 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.
• Template:Flagu – Miss Czech Republic 1998, Kateřina Stočesová was remplaced with her First Runner up - Alena Šeredová due her lack of English Language skills. She later won the Queen of the World 1998 title in same November.
• Template:Flagu - Véronique Caloc was the first runner-up at Miss France 1998, representing Martinique. She was chosen to represent France at Miss World, while the winner of Miss France 1998, Sophie Thalmann, participated at Miss Universe 1998.
• Template:Flagu – Dana Tolesh

Withdrawals

• Template:Flagu - Evija Rucevska - She withdrew for personal reasons, but competed a year later in Miss World 1999.
• Template:Flagu - Miss Namibia 1998, Retha Reinders did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.
• Template:Flagu - Lacked sponsorship to send a delegate.
• Template:Flagu

Did not compete

• Template:Flagu - Shaila Simi - Miss World Bangladesh 1998 withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.
• Template:Flagu - Viola Jeffery - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to Miss Universe 1999.
• Template:Flagu - Julina Felida - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to Miss Universe 1999.
• Template:Flagu - Ban Kadret - She withdrew because of a disagreement between Eric Morley and the Miss Iraq organizers, due to sanctions placed on Iraq.
• Template:Flagu - Miss Suriname 1998, Farah Breeveld did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.