Miss International 1998

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Miss International 1998
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DateSeptember 26, 1998
Presenters Masumi Okada
VenueKoseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster TV Tokyo
Entrants43
Placements15
DebutsLatvia
Withdrawals
  • Brazil
  • Guatemala
  • Lebanon
  • Macau
  • Malta
  • Puerto Rico
  • Russia
  • Ukraine
Returns
  • Cyprus
  • Iceland
  • Macedonia
  • Holland
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Senegal
  • Togo
Winner Lía Borrero
Panama
  1997
1999  

Miss International 1998 was the 38th Miss International pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 26 September 1998.

Contents

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. Miss International 1998 Map.PNG
Miss International 1998 participating countries and territories.

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss International 1998
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 15

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Friendship
Best National Costume
Miss Photogenic

Contestants

Forty-three contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Maria Fernanda Ortiz Buenos Aires
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Anushka Sheritsa Lew Jen Tai18 Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Katherine O'Brien18 Sydney
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Liliana Peña [5] 18 Litoral
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Britain Melanie Devina Jones [6] 20 Ewloe
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Adriana Hurtado21 Valle de Cauca
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Santa Indris Tokaay Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Marianna Panayiotou Nicosia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Petra Faltýnová [7] 21 Prague
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Sorangel Fersobe20 San Juan de la Maguana
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Piia Hartikainen [8] 20 Rovaniemi
Flag of France.svg  France Patricia Spéhar [9] 23 Paris
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Fiona Ammann Berlin
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Eleni Pliatsika Athens
Flag of Hawaii.svg  Hawaii Lori-Ann Lee Medeiros Honolulu
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen22 Amsterdam
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Wendy Suyapa Rodríguez Cortés
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Natalie Ng [10] Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Gudbjörg Sigridur Hermannsdóttir Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg  India Shvetha Jaishankar 17 Chennai
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Galia Abramov Tel Aviv
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Megumi Taira [10] Tokyo
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Līga Graudumniece Riga
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Ana Binovska Skopje
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Karina Mora17 Mérida
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Sonya Pangelinan [3] Saipan
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Bjørg Sofie Løvstad18 Akershus
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Lía Borrero [11] 22 Las Tablas
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay Maria Fabiola Roig19 Asunción
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Melissa Miranda Tacna
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Colette Centeno [12] 17 Manila
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Agnieszka Osinska20 Frampol
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Icilia Berenguel [13] 21 Póvoa de Varzim
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Maimouna Diallo Dakar
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Sudha Menon [14] 21Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Martina Kalmanová [15] Bratislava
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Cho Hye-young [10] Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Vanessa Romero20 Alicante
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body Lomé
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia Nejla Kouniali Tunis
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Senay Akay18 Istanbul
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Susan Paez22 South Gate
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Daniela Kosán24 Maracay

Notes

  1. Ages during the competition

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