Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 May 1988[a] sponsored by Formosa Airlines at the Lin Kou Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. Cecilia Bolocco of Chile crowned Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand at the end of the event.[1] 66 candidates competed in this year's edition.
| Miss Universe 1988 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 May 1988[a] |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 66 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Porntip Nakhirunkanok Thailand |
| Congeniality | Liza Maria Camacho  Guam |
| Best National Costume | Porntip Nakhirunkanok Thailand |
| Photogenic | Tracey Williams  England |
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1988 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| 3rd Runner-up |
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| 4th Runner-up | |
| Top 10 |
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Contestants
Argentina - Claudia Gabriela Pereyra
Australia - Vanessa Lynn Gibson
Austria - Maria Steinhart
Bahamas - Natasha Christine Pinder
Belgium - Daisy Van Cauwenbergh
Bermuda - Kim Lightbourne
Bolivia - Ana María Pereyra Parada
Brazil - Isabel Cristina Beduschi
British Virgin Islands - Nelda Felecia Farrington
Canada - Melinda Gillies
Chile - Verónica Romero Carvajal
Colombia - Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra
Costa Rica - Erika Maria Paoli
Denmark - Pernille Nathansen
Dominican Republic - Patricia Jimenez
Ecuador - Cecilia Pozo Caminer
Egypt - Amina Sammy Shelbaya
El Salvador - Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie
England - Tracey Williams
Finland - Nina Carita Bjornstrom
France - Claudia Frittolini
Germany - Christiane Kopp
Gibraltar - Mayte Sanchez
Greenland - Nuno Nette Baadh
Guam - Liza Maria Camacho
Guatemala - Silvia Mansilla
Holland - Annabet Reindina Berendsen
Honduras - Jacqueline Herrera Mejia
Hong Kong - Pauline Yeung
Iceland - Anna Margret Jonsdóttir
Ireland - Adrienne Rock †
Israel - Shirly Ben Mordechai
Italy - Simona Ventura
Jamaica - Leota Suah
Japan - Mizuho Sakaguchi
Korea - Jang Yoon-jeong
Lebanon - Elaine Georges Fakhoury
Luxembourg - Lydie Garnie
Malaysia - Linda Lum
Malta - Stephanie Spiteri
Mexico - Amanda Olivares
New Zealand - Lana Coc-Kroft
Nigeria - Omasan Tokurbo Buwa
Northern Marianas - Ruby Jean Hamilton
Norway - Bente Brunland
Paraguay - Marta Noemi Acosta Granada
Peru - Katia Mirella Escudero Lozano
Philippines - Perfida Reyes Limpin
Portugal - Isabel Martins da Costa
Puerto Rico - Isabel Maria Pardo
Republic of China - Jade Hu Fei-Tsui
Scotland - Amanda Laird
Singapore - Audrey Ann Tay
Spain - Sonsoles Artigas Medero
Sri Lanka - Deepthi Alles
Sweden - Annika Davidsson
Switzerland - Gabriela Bigler
Thailand - Porntip Nakhirunkanok
Trinidad and Tobago - Cheryl Ann Gordon
Turkey - Meltem Hakarar
Turks and Caicos - Edna Elizabeth Smith
Uruguay - Carla Irene Trombotti Moreno
United States - Courtney Gibbs
U.S. Virgin Islands - Heather Carty
Venezuela - Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán
Wales - Lise Marie Williams
Notes
Returns
Last competed in 1986:
Withdrawals
Notes
- ^ a b The event was held at 8:00 am Taiwan Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was May 23 in their local times.
Replacement
- 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.[2]
References
- ^ "Thai beauty is Miss Universe 1988 - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "Miss France pageant scandals". Retrieved March 22, 2019.