Miss Universe 1998, the 47th Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 12, 1998 at the Stan Sheriff Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago was crowned by Brook Lee of the US at the end of the event. This marked the only second (and most recent) time that Trinidad and Tobago has won Miss Universe. 81 contestants competed in this year.

Results

Placements

Final Competition Score

: Winner : First Runner-up : Second Runner-up : Top 5 Finalist : Top 10 Semifinalist :(#) Rank in each round of competition

Order of Announcements

Top 10 # # # # # # # # # # Top 5 # # # # # Top 3 # # #

Contestants

* - Emilia Guardano * - Marcela Brane * - Wendy Lacle * - Renee Henderson * - Juliette Sargent * - Sandrine Corman * - Elvia Vega * - Veronica Larrieu * - Uzmin Everts * - Michella Marchi * - Kaida Donovan * - Natalia Gourkova * - Juliana Thiessen * - Claudia Arnello * - Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Guerra * - Kisha Alvarado * - Ivana Grzetić * - Natacha Bloem * - Daniella Iordanova * - Kristina Fridvalská * - Selinés Méndez * - Soraya Hogonaga * - Karine Fahmy * - María Gabriela Jovel * - Mari Lawrens * - Jonna Kauppila * - Sophie Thalmann * - Katharina Mainka * - Francisca Awuah * - Leilani Dowding * - Dimitra Eginiti * - Joylyn Munoz * - Astrid Ramírez * - Dania Prince * - Virginia Yung * - Agnes Nagy * - Lymaraina D'Souza * - Andrea Roche * - Hagit Raz * - Claudia Trieste * - Shani McGraham * - Nana Okumura * - Kim Ji-yeon * - Nina Kadis * -

Sherine Wong Sherine Wong Sook Ling (; born 28 March 1979) is a Malaysian model, winner of Miss Malaysia Universe in 1998 and represented Malaysia in the Miss Universe 1998. She is currently a full pledge model in Hong Kong. Personal life Born on 28 Ma ...

* - Carol Cassar * - Leena Ramphul * -

Katty Fuentes Katty Fuentes García (born c. 1976) is a Mexican woman from the state of Nuevo León, who won the national beauty pageant of Mexico and represented her country in the Miss Universe 1998 pageant, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. on May 12, 1998. Th ...

* - Retha Reinders * - Jacqueline Rotteveel * - Rosemary Rassell * - Claudia Alaniz * - Chika Chikezie * - Helene Yun Lizama * - Stine Bergsvand * - Tanisha Drummond * - Luz Marina González * - Karim Bernal * - Jewel Lobaton * - Sylwia Kupiec * - Icilia Berenguel * - Joyce Giraud * - Juliana Elena Verdes * -

Anna Malova Anna Malova ( Russian: Анна Малова) is a Russian model who was appointed as "Miss Russia" in the Miss Universe pageant 1998. Biography As a child, Anna was engaged in artistic gymnastics. She finished school in Yaroslavl. After hig ...

* - Alice Lim * - Vladimíra Hreňovčíková * -

Kerishnie Naicker Kerishnie Naiker is a South African beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss South Africa 1997. Naiker placed Top 5 at Miss World 1998 and later that year, she went on Miss Universe 1998 and placed among the Top 10 finalists. Early life ...

* - María José Besora * -

Jessica Olérs Jessica Patricia Marie Olérs, born in 1978 in Borlänge, Sweden, to a Swedish father and a Colombian mother. Jessica is a former Miss Sweden and her country's representative at the Miss Universe 1998 pageant. She has studied marketing in Stockholm ...

* - Tanja Gutmann * - Annie Tsai * - Chalida Thaochalee * - Wendy Fitzwilliam * -

Asuman Krause Asuman Krause (born 1 March 1976) is a Turkish actress, singer, model and TV presenter of Circassian origin who was crowned Miss Turkey in 1998. Early life and career Born to a Circassian mother and a German father in Germany, Krause played for ...

* - Olena Spirina * - Virginia Russo * -

Shawnae Jebbia Shawnae Nicole Jebbia (born September 13, 1971) is an American entertainer and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1998. Jebbia won the Miss Massachusetts USA title in 1997, in her first attempt at a pageant title. She went on to repres ...

* - Leah Webster * -

Veruska Ramírez Veruzhka Tatiana Ramírez (born July 30, 1979) is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Venezuela 1997 and winner of the Best in Swimsuit award and first runner-up to Miss Universe 1998. Miss Venezuela 1997 Ramirez was abandoned a ...

* - Jelena Trninić * - Selina Stuart

Notes

Debut

Withdrawals

* - Joanne Darrell * * - Harpa Lind Hardardttir * - Kricket Hunt

Returns

* Last competed in

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** * Last competed in

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** ** ** ** * Last competed in

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Replacements

* -

Linor Abargil Linor Abargil ( he, לינור אברג'יל, sometimes spelled ''Linor Aberjil''; born February 17, 1980) is an Israeli lawyer, actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss World beauty pageant in 1998, shortly after being raped. Since then ...

, Miss Israel 1998 couldn't compete due underage. Her first runner up- Hagit Raz who was Israel's Maiden of Beauty 1998 (IMB) went in her place. Later that year Abargil won

Miss World 1998 Miss World 1998, the 48th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 26 November 1998 at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown. Ronan Keating, then lead singer ...

crown. * - The winner of Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1998, Tisha Silang had to resign due to her Canadian citizenship. The pageant's first runner-up - Jewel Mae Lobaton of Bacolod City, was selected as the Philippine representative in the Miss Universe 1998.

Awards

* - Miss Congeniality (

) *

Slovak Republic Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

- Miss Photogenic (Vladimíra Hreňovčíková) * - Best National Costume ( Wendy Fitzwilliam)

General references

References

External links

Miss Universe official website
{{Miss Universe 1998 delegates

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