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

Miss International 1998
DateSeptember 26, 1998
PresentersMasumi Okada
VenueKoseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
BroadcasterTV Tokyo
Entrants43
Placements15
DebutsLatvia
Withdrawals
  • Brazil
  • Guatemala
  • Lebanon
  • Macau
  • Malta
  • Puerto Rico
  • Russia
  • Ukraine
Returns
  • Cyprus
  • Iceland
  • Macedonia
  • Holland
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Senegal
  • Togo
WinnerLía Borrero
Panama
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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
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 15

Special awards

Award Contestant
Miss Friendship
Best National Costume
Miss Photogenic

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
  Britain Melanie Devina Jones[6] 20 Ewloe
  Colombia Adriana Hurtado 21 Valle de Cauca
  Curaçao Santa Indris Tokaay Willemstad
  Cyprus Marianna Panayiotou Nicosia
  Czech Republic Petra Faltýnová[7] 21 Prague
  Dominican Republic Sorangel Fersobe 20 San Juan de la Maguana
  Finland Piia Hartikainen[8] 20 Rovaniemi
  France Patricia Spéhar[9] 23 Paris
  Germany Fiona Ammann Berlin
  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. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ "Actress Melanie Hughes died after battle with alcohol". BBC. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Kokkolan Jonnasta kruunattiin Miss Suomi" [Kokkola's Jonna was crowned Miss Finland]. MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 February 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. ^ Jaeglé, Yves (5 April 2017). "Miss France : et revoilà Miss Paris !". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "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.