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| Miss International 1998 | |
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| Date | September 26, 1998 |
| Presenters | Masumi Okada |
| Venue | Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
| Broadcaster | TV Tokyo |
| Entrants | 43 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Latvia |
| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Lía Borrero Panama |
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
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss International 1998 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| Top 15 |
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Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
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| Miss Friendship | |
| Best National Costume | |
| Miss Photogenic |
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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
- ^ Ages during the competition
References
- ^ "Lía Victoria Borrero nueva Miss Internacional". portal.critica. 1998.
- ^ "Winning ways". The Straits Times. 28 September 1998. p. 6. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via National Library Board.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Daniela Kosán se queda sin palabras". panamaamerica. April 5, 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Actress Melanie Hughes died after battle with alcohol". BBC. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kokkolan Jonnasta kruunattiin Miss Suomi" [Kokkola's Jonna was crowned Miss Finland]. MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 February 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Jaeglé, Yves (5 April 2017). "Miss France : et revoilà Miss Paris !". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Bathing beauties". The Straits Times. 24 September 1998. p. 16. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via National Library Board.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "RP entries". Manila Standard. March 17, 1998. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Stunning Sudha". The New Paper. 22 July 1998. p. 9. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "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
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