Miss Universe 1998
Miss Universe 1998 | |
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Miss Universe 1998 participating nations and results | |
Date | 12 May 1998 |
Presenters | Jack Wagner, Ali Landry, Julie Moran |
Entertainment | K-Ci & JoJo |
Venue | Stan Sheriff Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
Broadcaster | CBS |
Entrants | 81 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts | Angola |
Withdrawals | Bermuda, Cook Islands, Iceland, Turks & Caicos |
Returns | Ghana, Great Britain, Guam, Japan, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Yugoslavia |
Winner |
Wendy Fitzwilliam Trinidad & Tobago |
Congeniality |
Asuman Krause Turkey |
Best National Costume |
Wendy Fitzwilliam Trinidad & Tobago |
Photogenic |
Vladimíra Hreňovčíková Slovak Republic |
Miss Universe 1998, the 47th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 12 May 1998 at the Stan Sheriff Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad & Tobago was crowned by Brook Lee of the USA at the end of the event. Eighty-one contestants competed in this year.
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
Miss Universe 1998 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up | |
Top 5 |
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Top 10 |
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Contestants
- Angola - Emilia Guardano
- Argentina - Marcela Brane
- Aruba - Wendy Lacle
- Australia - Renee Henderson
- Bahamas - Juliette Sargent
- Belgium - Sandrine Corman
- Belize - Elvia Vega
- Bolivia - Veronica Larrieu
- Bonaire - Uzmin Everts
- Brazil - Michella Marchi
- British Virgin Islands - Kaida Donovan
- Bulgaria - Natalia Gourkova
- Canada - Juliana Thiessen
- Chile - Claudia Arnello
- Colombia - Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Guerra
- Costa Rica - Kisha Alvarado
- Croatia - Ivana Grzetić
- Curaçao - Natacha Bloem
- Cyprus - Daniella Iordanova
- Czech Republic - Kristina Fridvalská
- Dominican Republic - Selines Méndez
- Ecuador - Soraya Hogonaga
- Egypt - Karine Fahmy
- El Salvador - María Gabriela Jovel
- Estonia - Mari Lawrens
- Finland - Jonna Kauppila
- France - Sophie Thalmann
- Germany - Katharina Mainka
- Ghana - Francisca Awuah
- Great Britain - Leilani Dowding
- Greece - Dimitra Eginiti
- Guam - Joylyn Munoz
- Guatemala - Astrid Ramírez
- Honduras - Dania Prince
- Hong Kong - Virginia Yung
- Hungary - Agnes Nagy
- India - Lymaraina D'Souza
- Ireland - Andrea Roche
- Israel - Hagit Raz
- Italy - Claudia Trieste
- Jamaica - Shani McGraham
- Japan - Nana Okumura
- Korea - Kim Ji-yeon
- Lebanon - Nina Kadis
- Malaysia - Sherine Wong
- Malta - Carol Cassar
- Mauritius - Leena Ramphul
- Mexico - Katty Fuentes
- Namibia - Retha Reinders
- Netherlands - Jacqueline Rotteveel
- New Zealand - Rosemary Rassell
- Nicaragua - Claudia Alaniz
- Nigeria - Chika Chikezie
- Northern Marianas - Helene Yum Lizama
- Norway - Stine Bergsvand
- Panama - Tanisha Drummond
- Paraguay - Luz Marina González
- Peru - Karim Bernal
- Philippines - Jewel May Lobaton
- Poland - Sylwia Kupiec
- Portugal - Icilia Berenguel
- Puerto Rico - Joyce Giraud
- Romania - Juliana Elena Verdes
- Russia - Anna Malova
- Singapore - Alice Lim
- Slovak Republic - Vladimíra Hreňovčíková
- South Africa - Kerishnie Naicker
- Spain - María José Besora
- Sweden - Jessica Olérs
- Switzerland - Tanja Gutmann
- Taiwan R.O.C. - Annie Tsai
- Thailand - Chalida Thaochalee
- Trinidad & Tobago - Wendy Fitzwilliam
- Turkey - Asuman Krause
- Ukraine - Olena Spirina
- Uruguay - Virginia Russo
- USA - Shawnae Jebbia
- U.S. Virgin Islands - Leah Webster
- Venezuela - Veruska Ramírez
- Yugoslavia - Jelena Trninić
- Zimbabwe - Selina Stuart
References
External links
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