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. At the conclusion of the event, 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, who has hosted other Miss World competitions such as Miss World 1986, and Alexandra Bastedo, with musical performances by Koreana and 1970s American pop musician Donny Osmond.
This edition marked the debut of Bulgaria and the return of Egypt, which had last competed in 1956, Taiwan last competed (as Free China) in 1964, Ghana last competed in 1968 , Guyana last competed in 1971, Liberia and Uganda last competed in 1985, and the British Virgin and Sierra Leone Islands last competed in 1986
Brazil, Panama, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines withdrew from the competition due to lost Miss World franchise.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 1988 – Linda Pétursdóttir 1st Runner-Up – Yeon-hee Choi 2nd Runner-Up – Kirsty Roper Top 5 – Susana de la Llave Varón – Emma Rabbe Top 10 – Catherine Bushell – Alexandra Werbanschitz – Rita Helene Paulsen – Cecilia Hörberg – Diana Magaňa
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa – Dianna Naylor Americas – Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez Asia – Yeon-hee Choi Europe – Linda Pétursdóttir Oceania – Catherine Bushell
Contestants 84 countries participated in Miss World 1988. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Preliminary Scores Argentina Gabriela Madeira 19 Buenos Aires 18 Australia Catherine Bushell 21 Sydney 26 Austria Alexandra Werbanschitz 21 Graz 25 Bahamas Natasha Rolle 21 Nassau 18 Barbados Ferida Kola 20 Bridgetown 18 Belgium Daisy van Cauwenbergh 19 Limbourg 19 Belize Pauline Young 19 Belize City 18 Bermuda Sophie Cannonier 19 Warwick East 19 Bolivia Claudia Nazer 24 Tarija 18 British Virgin Islands Nelda Farrington 22 Tortola 19 Bulgaria Sonia Vassilieva 19 Varna 18 Canada Morgan Fox 18 Richmond 19 Cayman Islands Melissa McTaggart 23 Grand Cayman 20 Chile María Francisca Aldunate 22 Santiago 20 Colombia Jasmín Oliveros 20 Bahía Solano 18 Cook Islands Annie Wigmore 17 Titikaveka 18 Costa Rica Virginia Steinvort 19 San José 18 Curaçao Anuschka Cova 19 Willemstad 18 Cyprus Aphrodite Theophanous 18 Paphos 18 Denmark Susanne Johansen 24 Copenhagen 20 Dominican Republic María Josefina Martínez 21 San Ignacio de Sabaneta 23 Ecuador Cristina López 20 Guayaquil 20 Egypt Dina El Naggar 20 Giza 19 El Salvador Karla Hasbún 17 San Salvador 19 Finland Nina Andersson 21 Lahti 24 France Claudia Frittolini 20 Illzach 18 Ghana Dzidzo Abra Amoa 23 Volta 20 Gibraltar Tatiana Desoiza 23 Gibraltar 18 Greece Ariadni Mylona 19 Chania 18 Guam Rita Mae Diaz 23 Windward Hills 18 Guatemala Mariluz Aguilar 18 Guatemala City 23 Guyana Christine Jardim 20 Georgetown 18 Holland Angela Visser 21 Rotterdam 23 Honduras Alina Patricia Díaz 19 Choluteca 18 Hong Kong Michelle Reis 18 Kowloon 23 Iceland Linda Pétursdóttir 18 Vopnafjörður 31 India Anuradha Kottoor 22 Bombay 18 Ireland Colette Jackson 22 Coolock 23 Victoria O'Dea 17 Douglas 18 Israel Dganit Cohen 18 Tel Aviv 21 Italy Giulia Gemo 18 Modena 20 Jamaica Andrea Haynes 24 Kingston 21 Japan Kazumi Sakikubo 22 Kobe 18 Kenya Dianna Naylor 21 Mombasa 21 Lebanon Sylvana Samaha 19 Beirut 18 Liberia Ollie White 19 Nimba 18 Luxembourg Chantal Schanbacher 22 Altrier 20 Macau Helena da Conceição Lo Branco 19 Macau 18 Malaysia Sue Wong 19 Penang 18 Malta Josette Camilleri 21 Marsa 18 Mauritius Véronique Ash 21 Beau Bassin 18 Mexico Cecilia Cervera 20 Tlaxcala 20 New Zealand Lisa Corban 19 Tokoroa 19 Nigeria Omasan Buwa 22 Warri 19 Norway Rita Paulsen 21 Myrvoll 25 Erue Taunao 19 Port Moresby 18 Paraguay María José Miranda 19 Asunción 18 Peru Martha Kaik 21 Lima 18 Philippines Dana Narvadez 19 Manila 18 Poland Joanna Gapinska 20 Szczecin 20 Portugal Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano 20 Sesimbra 18 Saint Kitts and Nevis Hailey Cassius 21 Newtown 18 Sierra Leone Tiwilla Ojukutu 21 Freetown 18 Singapore Shirley Teo 23 Singapore 20 South Korea Choi Yeon-hee 22 Seoul 25 Spain Susana de la Llave 19 Figueres 26 Sri Lanka Michelle Koelmeyer 18 Colombo 18 Swaziland Thandeka Magagula 22 Manzini 19 Sweden Cecilia Hörberg 22 Gothenburg 28 Switzerland Karina Berger 20 Zürich 21 Taiwan Wu Yi-ning 17 Taipei 18 Thailand Prapatsara Chutanutpong 18 Bangkok 19 Trinidad and Tobago Wendy Baptiste 19 Arouca 24 Turkey Esra Sumer 19 Istanbul 18 Turks and Caicos Islands Doreen Dickenson 20 Grand Turk 18 Uganda Nazma Mohamed 20 Entebbe 18 United Kingdom Kirsty Roper 17 Staffordshire 29 United States Diana Magaña 23 Rancho Palos Verdes 27 United States Virgin IslandsCathy Mae Sitaram19St. Croix 18 Uruguay Gisel Silva 19 Montevideo 18 Venezuela Emma Rabbe 19 La Guaira 29 West Germany Katja Munch 19 Frankfurt 21 Western Samoa Noanoa Hill 17 Apia 18 Yugoslavia Suzana Žunić 17 Split 18
Notes
Other Notes Angela Visser competed in Miss Universe 1989, in May 1989, she only had seven months to prepare to Miss Universe before going to win.
References
Further reading "Le triomphe discret de Kirsty Bertarelli". Largeur.com.