Miss International 1998

Miss International 1998
Date	September 26, 1998
Presenters	Masumi Okada
Venue	Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	43
Placements	15
Debuts	Latvia
Withdrawals	Brazil Guatemala Lebanon Macau Malta Puerto Rico Russia Ukraine
Returns	Cyprus Holland Iceland Macedonia Norway Panama Senegal Togo
Winner	Lía Borrero Panama
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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. ^{[1] [2]}

Contestants from forty-three countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada.

Results

Miss International 1998 participating countries and territories.

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 1998	Panama – Lía Borrero [3]
1st runner-up	Venezuela – Daniela Kosán [4]
2nd runner-up	India – Shvetha Jaishankar [3]
Top 15	Bolivia – Liliana Peña  Colombia – Adriana Hurtado  Czech Republic – Petra Faltynova  Finland – Piia Hartikainen  France – Patricia Spéhar  Japan – Megumi Taira  Macedonia – Ana Binovska  Philippines – Colette Centeno  Poland – Agnieszka Osinska  South Korea – Cho Hye-young  Spain – Vanessa Romero  Tunisia – Nejla Kouniali

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Finland – Piia Hartikainen [3]  Togo – Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body [3]
Best National Costume	Colombia – Adriana Hurtado [3]
Miss Photogenic	Venezuela – Daniela Kosán

Contestants

Forty-three contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age [a]	Hometown
Argentina	Maria Fernanda Ortiz	–	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Anushka Sheritsa Lew Jen Tai	18	Oranjestad
Australia	Katherine O'Brien	18	Sydney
Bolivia	Liliana Peña [5]	18	Litoral
Colombia	Adriana Hurtado	21	Valle de Cauca
Curaçao	Santa Indris Tokaay	–	Willemstad
Cyprus	Marianna Panayiotou	–	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Petra Faltýnová [6]	21	Prague
Dominican Republic	Sorangel Fersobe	20	San Juan de la Maguana
Finland	Piia Hartikainen [7]	20	Rovaniemi
France	Patricia Spéhar [8]	23	Paris
Germany	Fiona Ammann	–	Berlin
Great Britain	Melanie Devina Jones [9]	20	Ewloe
Greece	Eleni Pliatsika	–	Athens
Hawaii	Lori-Ann Lee Medeiros	–	Honolulu
Holland	Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen	22	Amsterdam
Honduras	Wendy Suyapa Rodríguez	–	Cortés
Hong Kong	Natalie Ng [10]	–	Hong Kong
Iceland	Gudbjörg Sigridur Hermannsdóttir	–	Reykjavík
India	Shvetha Jaishankar	17	Chennai
Israel	Galia Abramov	–	Tel Aviv
Japan	Megumi Taira [10]	–	Tokyo
Latvia	Līga Graudumniece	–	Riga
Macedonia	Ana Binovska	–	Skopje
Mexico	Karina Mora	17	Mérida
Northern Mariana Islands	Sonya Pangelinan [3]	–	Saipan
Norway	Bjørg Sofie Løvstad	18	Akershus
Panama	Lía Borrero [11]	22	Las Tablas
Paraguay	Maria Fabiola Roig	19	Asunción
Peru	Melissa Miranda	–	Tacna
Philippines	Colette Centeno [12]	17	Manila
Poland	Agnieszka Osinska	20	Frampol
Portugal	Icilia Berenguel [13]	21	Póvoa de Varzim
Senegal	Maimouna Diallo	–	Dakar
Singapore	Sudha Menon [14]	21	Singapore
Slovakia	Martina Kalmanová [15]	–	Bratislava
South Korea	Cho Hye-young [10]	–	Seoul
Spain	Vanessa Romero	20	Alicante
Togo	Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body	–	Lomé
Tunisia	Nejla Kouniali	–	Tunis
Turkey	Senay Akay	18	Istanbul
United States	Susan Paez	22	South Gate
Venezuela	Daniela Kosán	24	Maracay

Notes

1. Ages during the competition

References

1. "Lía Victoria Borrero nueva Miss Internacional". portal.critica. 1998.
2. "Winning ways". The Straits Times. 28 September 1998. p. 6. Retrieved 25 June 2024– via National Library Board.
3. Younis, Laila C. (30 September 1998). "An unforgettable experience". Marianas Variety . p. 6. Retrieved 3 January 2024– via eVols.
4. "Daniela Kosán se queda sin palabras". panamaamerica. April 5, 2011.
5. "Liliana Peña en su mejor papel de mamá emprendedora" [Liliana Peña in her best role as an entrepreneurial mother]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
6. Velímska, Elena (22 February 2024). "Pamatujete na misku Petru Faltýnovou, bývalku Leoše Mareše? Podívejte, jak dnes vypadá. Poznáte ji ještě?" [Do you remember the bowl of Petra Faltýnová, Leoš Mareš's ex? See how she looks today. Do you still know her?]. Dotyk (in Czech). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
7. "Kokkolan Jonnasta kruunattiin Miss Suomi" [Kokkola's Jonna was crowned Miss Finland]. MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 February 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
8. Jaeglé, Yves (5 April 2017). "Miss France : et revoilà Miss Paris !". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
9. "Actress Melanie Hughes died after battle with alcohol". BBC. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
10. "Bathing beauties". The Straits Times. 24 September 1998. p. 16. Retrieved 25 June 2024– via National Library Board.
11. Concepcion, Martha Vanessa (18 March 2023). "Ya se supo. Otra Lía Victoria volverá a llevar la corona de Calle Abajo. La tuna la pedirá esta noche". Midiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
12. "RP entries". Manila Standard . March 17, 1998. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
13. Morais, Carolina (21 December 2015). "Troca de Misses também já aconteceu em Portugal" [Exchange of Misses has also taken place in Portugal]. Diario de Noticias (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
14. "Stunning Sudha". The New Paper. 22 July 1998. p. 9. Retrieved 25 June 2024– via National Library Board.
15. "Článok z týždenníka PLUS 7 DNÍ, kvôli ktorému prišlo k pokusu o skúpenie nákladu:". SME (in Slovak). 14 April 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

External links

• Official website