Miss Universe 1988

Miss Universe 1988
Date	24 May 1988 [a]
Presenters	Alan Thicke Tracy Scoggins
Venue	Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan
Broadcaster	CBS (international) CTS (official broadcaster)
Entrants	66
Placements	10
Withdrawals	Barbados Belize Curaçao Cyprus Greece India Kenya Panama Senegal
Returns	Belgium Bermuda Gibraltar Iceland Luxembourg Republic of China Scotland
Winner	Porntip Nakhirunkanok   Thailand
Congeniality	Liza Maria Camacho   Guam
Best National Costume	Porntip Nakhirunkanok   Thailand
Photogenic	Tracey Williams   England
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Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 May 1988 ^[a] sponsored by Formosa Airlines at the Lin Kou Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. Cecilia Bolocco of Chile crowned Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand at the end of the event. ^[1] 66 candidates competed in this year's edition.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 1988

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1988	Thailand – Porntip Nakhirunkanok
1st Runner-up	Korea – Jang Yoon-jeong
2nd Runner-up	Mexico – Amanda Olivares
3rd Runner-up	Japan – Mizuho Sakaguchi
4th Runner-up	Hong Kong – Pauline Yeung
Top 10	Colombia – Diana Arévalo   Dominican Republic – Patricia Jimenez   Norway – Bente Brunland   United States – Courtney Gibbs   Venezuela – Yajaira Vera

Contestants

•   Argentina - Claudia Gabriela Pereyra
•   Australia - Vanessa Lynn Gibson
•   Austria - Maria Steinhart
•   Bahamas - Natasha Christine Pinder
•   Belgium - Daisy Van Cauwenbergh
•   Bermuda - Kim Lightbourne
•   Bolivia - Ana María Pereyra Parada
•   Brazil - Isabel Cristina Beduschi
•   British Virgin Islands - Nelda Felecia Farrington
•   Canada - Melinda Gillies
•   Chile - Verónica Romero Carvajal
•   Colombia - Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra
•   Costa Rica - Erika Maria Paoli
•   Denmark - Pernille Nathansen
•   Dominican Republic - Patricia Jimenez
•   Ecuador - Cecilia Pozo Caminer
•   Egypt - Amina Sammy Shelbaya
•   El Salvador - Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie
•   England - Tracey Williams
•   Finland - Nina Carita Bjornstrom
•   France - Claudia Frittolini
•   Germany - Christiane Kopp
•   Gibraltar - Mayte Sanchez
•   Greenland - Nuno Nette Baadh
•   Guam - Liza Maria Camacho
•   Guatemala - Silvia Mansilla
•   Holland - Annabet Reindina Berendsen
•   Honduras - Jacqueline Herrera Mejia
•   Hong Kong - Pauline Yeung
•   Iceland - Anna Margret Jonsdóttir
•   Ireland - Adrienne Rock †
•   Israel - Shirly Ben Mordechai
•   Italy - Simona Ventura
•   Jamaica - Leota Suah
•   Japan - Mizuho Sakaguchi
•   Korea - Jang Yoon-jeong
•   Lebanon - Elaine Georges Fakhoury
•   Luxembourg - Lydie Garnie
•   Malaysia - Linda Lum
•   Malta - Stephanie Spiteri
•   Mexico - Amanda Olivares
•   New Zealand - Lana Coc-Kroft
•   Nigeria - Omasan Tokurbo Buwa
•   Northern Marianas - Ruby Jean Hamilton
•   Norway - Bente Brunland
•   Paraguay - Marta Noemi Acosta Granada
•   Peru - Katia Mirella Escudero Lozano
•   Philippines - Perfida Reyes Limpin
•   Portugal - Isabel Martins da Costa
•   Puerto Rico - Isabel Maria Pardo
•   Republic of China - Jade Hu Fei-Tsui
•   Scotland - Amanda Laird
•   Singapore - Audrey Ann Tay
•   Spain - Sonsoles Artigas Medero
•   Sri Lanka - Deepthi Alles
•   Sweden - Annika Davidsson
•   Switzerland - Gabriela Bigler
• Thailand - Porntip Nakhirunkanok ^[2]
•   Trinidad and Tobago - Cheryl Ann Gordon
•   Turkey - Meltem Hakarar
•   Turks and Caicos - Edna Elizabeth Smith
•   Uruguay - Carla Irene Trombotti Moreno
•   United States - Courtney Gibbs
•   U.S. Virgin Islands - Heather Carty
•   Venezuela - Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán
•   Wales - Lise Marie Williams

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 1964:

•   Republic of China

Last competed in 1985:

•   Bermuda

Last competed in 1986:

•   Belgium
•   Gibraltar
•   Iceland
•   Luxembourg
•   Scotland

Withdrawals

•   Barbados
•   Belize
•   Curaçao
•   Cyprus
•   Greece – Tereza Liakou - She got sick before the pageant.
•   India
•   Kenya
•   Panama
•   Senegal
•   Yugoslavia - Alma Hasanbašić - Lack of Founding and Sponsorship. She went to Miss International 1988.

Notes

1. The event was held at 8:00 am Taiwan Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was May 23 in their local times.

Replacement

•   France - Sylvie Bertin refused to compete in both Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. The pageant organizers decided to send her first runner-up, Claudia Frittolini to compete in both pageants instead. ^[3]

References

1. "Thai beauty is Miss Universe 1988 - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
2. "สวยอมตะ! 'ปุ๋ย ภรณ์ทิพย์' ฉลองวันเกิดอายุ 57 ปี หุ่นเป๊ะ-ออร่าสมตำแหน่งนางงามจักรวาล" [Immortal beauty! 'Bui Porntip' celebrates her 57th birthday with a perfect figure and aura worthy of the title of Miss Universe]. Daily News (in Thai). 11 February 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
3. "Miss France pageant scandals" . Retrieved March 22, 2019.

External links

• Miss Universe official website