Miss International 1998 was the 38th Miss International pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 26 September 1998.
Lía Borrero of Panama won and was crowned by Consuelo Adler of Venezuela. It is the first time Panama has won the pageant.
Contestants from forty-three countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 1998 – Lía Borrero 1st runner-up – Daniela Kosán 2nd runner-up – Shvetha Jaishankar Top 15 – Liliana Peña – Adriana Hurtado – Petra Faltýnová – Piia Hartikainen – Patricia Spéhar – Megumi Taira – Ana Binovska – Colette Centeno – Agnieszka Osinska – Cho Hye-young – Vanessa Romero – Nejla Kouniali
Special awards AwardContestantMiss Friendship – Piia Hartikainen – Manuella Nadou Lawson-BodyBest National Costume – Adriana HurtadoMiss Photogenic – Daniela Kosán
Contestants Forty-three contestants competed for the title. Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometownMaria Fernanda Ortiz–Buenos AiresAnushka Sheritsa Lew Jen Tai18OranjestadKatherine O'Brien18SydneyLiliana Peña18LitoralAdriana Hurtado21Valle de CaucaSanta Indris Tokaay–WillemstadMarianna Panayiotou–NicosiaPetra Faltýnová21PragueSorangel Fersobe20San Juan de la MaguanaPiia Hartikainen20RovaniemiPatricia Spéhar23ParisFiona Ammann–BerlinMelanie Devina Jones20EwloeEleni Pliatsika–AthensLori-Ann Lee Medeiros–HonoluluIlona Marilyn van Veldhuisen22AmsterdamWendy Suyapa Rodríguez–CortésNatalie Ng–Hong KongGudbjörg Sigridur Hermannsdóttir–ReykjavíkShvetha Jaishankar17ChennaiGalia Abramov–Tel AvivMegumi Taira–TokyoLīga Graudumniece–RigaAna Binovska–SkopjeKarina Mora17MéridaSonya Pangelinan–SaipanBjørg Sofie Løvstad18AkershusLía Borrero22Las TablasMaria Fabiola Roig19AsunciónMelissa Miranda–TacnaColette Centeno17ManilaAgnieszka Osinska20FrampolIcilia Berenguel21Póvoa de VarzimMaimouna Diallo–DakarSudha Menon21SingaporeMartina Kalmanová–BratislavaCho Hye-young–SeoulVanessa Romero20AlicanteManuella Nadou Lawson-Body–LoméNejla Kouniali–TunisSenay Akay18IstanbulSusan Paez22South GateDaniela Kosán24Maracay
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