Results
Placements
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| Miss Universe 1988 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 10 |
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| Miss Universe 1988 | |
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| Date | 24 May 1988 [a] |
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| Venue | Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 66 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Porntip Nakhirunkanok Thailand |
| Congeniality | Liza Camacho (Guam) |
| Best National Costume | Porntip Nakhirunkanok (Thailand) |
| Photogenic | Tracey Williams (England) |
Miss Universe 1988 was the 37th edition of Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Lin Kou Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan, on 24 May 1988.
Cecilia Bolocco of Chile crowned Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand at the conclusion of the event. [1]
Sixty-six candidates competed in this year's edition.
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1988 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 10 |
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Argentina - Claudia Pereyra
Australia - Vanessa Gibson
Austria - Maria Steinhart
Bahamas - Natasha Pinder
Belgium - Daisy van Cauwenbergh
Bermuda - Kim Lightbourne
Bolivia - Ana María Pereyra
Brazil - Isabel Beduschi
British Virgin Islands - Nelda Farrington
Canada - Melinda Gillies
Chile - Verónica Romero
Colombia - Diana Arévalo
Costa Rica - Erika Paoli
Denmark - Pernille Nathansen
Dominican Republic - Patricia Jiménez
Ecuador - Cecilia Pozo
Egypt - Amina Shelbaya
El Salvador - Margarita Vaquerano
England - Tracey Williams
Finland - Nina Björnström 
France - Claudia Frittolini
Gibraltar - Mayte Sanchez
Greenland - Nuno Baadh
Guam - Liza Camacho
Guatemala - Silvia Mansilla
Holland - Annabet Berendssen
Honduras - Jacqueline Herrera
Hong Kong - Pauline Yeung 
Iceland - Anna Margret Jónsdóttir
Ireland - Adrienne Rock
Israel - Shirly Ben Mordechai
Italy - Simona Ventura 
Jamaica - Leota Suah
Japan - Mizuho Sakaguchi
Lebanon - Elaine Fakhoury
Luxembourg - Lydie Garnie
Malaysia - Linda Lum
Malta - Stephanie Spiteri
Mexico - Amanda Olivares 
New Zealand - Lana Coc-Kroft [2] 
Nigeria - Omasan Buwa 
Northern Mariana Islands - Ruby Jean Hamilton
Norway - Bente Brunland
Paraguay - Marta Noemi Acosta
Peru - Katia Escudero
Philippines - Perfida Limpin
Portugal - Isabel da Costa
Puerto Rico - Isabel Pardo
Republic of China - Jade Hu
Scotland - Amanda Laird
Singapore - Audrey Ann Tay
South Korea [b] - Yoon-jeong Jang 
Spain - Sonsoles Artigas
Sri Lanka - Deepthi Alles
Sweden - Annika Davidsson
Switzerland - Gabriela Bigler
Thailand - Porntip Nakhirunkanok [3] 
Trinidad and Tobago - Cheryl Gordon
Turkey - Meltem Hakarar
Turks and Caicos Islands - Edna Smith
United States - Courtney Gibbs 
United States Virgin Islands - Heather Carty
Uruguay - Carla Trombotti
Venezuela - Yajaira Vera
Wales - Lise Williams
West Germany [c] - Christiane Kopp Italy - The original winner of Miss Italia 1987, Mirca Viola was dethroned few days later after it was discovered that she was married and had a child, and less than 1 month later the final contest was repeated and Michela Rocco di Torrepadula won; But a few months later she renounced her right to go to Miss Universe to compete in Miss Europe 1988 in May, where she won the crown. Due to the scandal with the winners, the Miss Universe Organization took away the licence from the Miss Italia Organizers and a new organization called Miss Universo Campione d'Italia held the Italian Selection for Miss Universe pageant from 1988 to 1991. Simona Ventura who competed at Miss Italia 1986 Pageant, won the first edition in 30 March 1988. [4] 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. [5] 
Yugoslavia - Miss Yugoslavia 1987, Matilda Sazdova was a underage before February 1st and was replaced by her runner-up - Alma Hasanbašić.