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Miss World 1988, the 38th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was
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Linda Pétursdóttir
Linda Pétursdóttir (born 27 December 1969 in Húsavík) is an Icelandic business woman and beauty queen who won Miss World 1988.
Linda was born in Húsavík and raised there and in Vopnafjörður. She won Miss Iceland on 23 May 1988 and Miss ...
(''Queen of Europe'') from Iceland. She was crowned by Miss World 1987, Ulla Weigerstorfer
Ulla Weigerstorfer (born Ulrike Weigerstorfer 16 August 1967 in Bad Aussee, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian TV host, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1987 in London representing Austria. She became the second titleholder from her countr ...
of Austria. Runner-up was Yeon-hee Choi (''Queen of Asia'') representing Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom. The Miss World 1988 was hosted by Peter Marshall Peter Marshall may refer to:
Entertainment
* Peter Marshall (entertainer) (born 1926), American game show host of ''The Hollywood Squares'', 1966–1981
* Peter Marshall (author, born 1939) (1939–1972), British novelist whose works include ''Th ...
, who has hosted other Miss World competitions such as Miss World 1986, and Alexandra Bastedo
Alexandra Lendon Bastedo (9 March 1946 – 12 January 2014) was a British actress, best known for her role as secret agent Sharron Macready in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction adventure series ''The Champions''. Bastedo was a vegetar ...
, with musical performances by Koreana and 1970s American pop musician Donny Osmond.
Results
Placements
Continental Queens of Beauty
Contestants
84 countries participated in Miss World 1988.Notes
Debuts
*Returns
*Last competed in1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
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*Last competed in 1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
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*Last competed in 1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
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*Last competed in 1971:
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*Last competed in 1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
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*Last competed in 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
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Withdrawals
* lost its Miss World franchise. * lost its national pageant franchise to send delegates to Miss World and to Miss Universe. *References
Further reading
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External links
Pageantopolis – Miss World 1988
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