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.jpg) Miss World 1998Linor Abargil | |
| Date | 26 November 1998 |
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| Venue | Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort,Mahé, Seychelles |
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| Entrants | 86 |
| Placements | 10 |
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| Winner | Linor Abargil[1] Israel |
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Miss World 1998, the 48th edition of theMiss World pageant, was held on 26 November 1998 at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort inMahé Island, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown.Ronan Keating, then lead singer ofBoyzone, andMTV'sEden Harel hosted the event. This year's winner,Israel'sLinor Abargil,[1] revealed days after the competition that she had been raped several weeks before the pageant. She was crowned by Miss World 1997,Diana Hayden ofIndia.
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 in1977, Liberia last competed in1988, Mauritius last competed in1994 and Curaçao and Nigeria last competed in1996.
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,[2] but she wasn't able to travel to the contest due to the consequences ofHurricane Mitch in November of that year in Central America.[3] She went toMiss Asia-Pacific 1998.Miss Macau pageant stop to held due lack of sponsorship and low televiewers. Only was held in 2008 for 2 years.[4]
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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[6]
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 Margaritoglou
Guatemala – Glenda Iracema Cifuentes Ruiz
Holland – Nerena Ruinemans
Hong Kong[a] – Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi
Hungary – Éva Horváth[7]
India – Annie Thomas
Ireland – Vivienne Doyle
Israel –Linor Abargil[1]
Italy – Maria Concetta Travaglini
Jamaica – Christine Renee Straw
Japan – Rie Mochizuki
Kazakhstan – Anna Kirpota
Lebanon – Clemence Achkar
Liberia – Olivia Precious Cooper
Lithuania – Kristina Pakarnaitė[8]
Malaysia –Lina Teoh
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 Maarten[b] – Myrtille Charlotte Brookson
Slovakia – Karolína Čičatková[9]
Slovenia – Mihaela Novak[10]
South Africa –Kerishnie Naiker
South Korea[c] – Kun-woo Kim
Spain – Rocío Jiménez Fernández
Swaziland – Cindy Stanckoczi
Sweden –Jessica Almenäs
Switzerland – Sonja Grandjean
Taiwan[d] – Yi-Ju Chen
Tanzania – Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi
Trinidad and Tobago – Jeanette Marie La Caillie
Turkey – Buket Saygı[11]
Ukraine – Nataliya Nadtochey
United Kingdom – Emmalene McLoughlin
United States –Shauna Gambill
United States Virgin Islands[e] – Wendy Sanchez
Uruguay – María Desiree Fernández Mautone
Venezuela –Verónica Schneider
Yugoslavia – Jelena Jakovljević
Zambia – Chisala Chibesa
Zimbabwe – Annette Kambarami Bahamas - 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. Czech Republic –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. France - Véronique Caloc was the first runner-up atMiss France 1998, representingMartinique. She was chosen to represent France at Miss World, while the winner of Miss France 1998,Sophie Thalmann, participated atMiss Universe 1998. Kazakhstan – Dana Tolesh[12]
Latvia - Evija Rucevska - She withdrew for personal reasons, but competed a year later inMiss World 1999.
Namibia -Miss Namibia 1998, Retha Reinders did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.
Thailand - Lacked sponsorship to send a delegate.
Uganda
Bangladesh - Shaila Simi - Miss World Bangladesh 1998 withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.[13]
Belize - Viola Jeffery - Due to lack of sponsors. She went toMiss Universe 1999.
Bonaire - Julina Felida - Due to lack of sponsors. She went toMiss Universe 1999.
Iraq - Ban Kadret - She withdrew because of a disagreement between Eric Morley and theMiss Iraq organizers, due to sanctions placed on Iraq.
Suriname - Miss Suriname 1998, Farah Breeveld did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.
