| Miss World 1998 | 
Miss World 1998 Titlecard | | Date | 26 November 1998 | | Presenters | Ronan Keating and Eden Harel | | Venue | Baie Lazare, Seychelles | | Entrants | 86 | | Placements | 10 | | Debuts | Angola, Kazakhstan, St. Maarten | | Withdraws | Cape Verde, Honduras, Latvia, Macau, Namibia, Thailand, Uganda | | Returns | Curaçao, Liberia, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria | | Winner | Linor Abargil | | Represented |  Israel |  Countries and territories which sent delegates and results. The 48th Miss World pageant was held 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 of Boyzone and MTV's Eden Harel hosted the event. This year's winner, Israel's Linor Abargil, revealed days after the competition that she was raped months before the pageant. [edit] Results | Final results | Contestant | | Miss World 1998 | | | 1st runner-up | | | 2nd runner-up | | | Finalists | | | Semi-finalists | | [edit] Order of Semi-finalists - 1. Israel
- 2. Peru
- 3. Chile
- 4. France
- 5. Brazil
| - 6. United States
- 7. Jamaica
- 8. South Africa
- 9. Malaysia
- 10. Czech Republic
| [edit] Continental Queens [edit] Delegates [edit] Trivia & Updates [edit] Returning countries and Debuts - Angola, Kazakhstan and St. Maarten competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Nicaragua last competed in 1977.
- Liberia last competed in 1988.
- Mauritius last competed in 1994.
- Curaçao and Nigeria last competed in 1996.
[edit] Withdrawals and Nations not competing - Latvia and Thailand did not compete in Miss World for the first time. Latvia, Evija Rucevska, withdrew in Miss World for personal reasons, but she competed in Miss World a year later. Thailand had a lack of sponsorship by sending a delegate to Miss World.
[edit] Other Notes - Ghana slipped down on stage during the Day Wear Presentation in the finals.
- This is the first time that Miss World had a presentation on Day Wear, while the presentation for the national dress was annihilated. Australia, Sarah-Jane St. Clair won the award.
- United States, Shauna Gambill, was also Miss California Teen USA 1994 and Miss California USA 1998. She competed at Miss Teen USA 1994 where she won the title and placed 1st runner up at Miss USA 1998. She is the first Miss Teen USA winner to compete in Miss World.
- South Africa, Kerishnie Naicker, was a semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1998 in Hawaii, United States, while Jamaica, Christine Straw, later became the semi-finalist in Miss Universe 2004 in Ecuador.
- Belgium, Cayman Islands, Ireland, and Lebanon competed in Miss Universe 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Ukraine (Nataliya Nadtochey) competed in Miss Universe 1997 in Miami.
- France (Véronique Caloc) represented her country although she came from the island of Martinique.
- Republic of China changed the name on its sash to Chinese Taipei.
- After returning to the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong added the word China to its sash.
- 7 out of 10 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Chile (1967), Peru (1977), France and Jamaica (1993), Israel (1995), and Brazil (1996). Czech Republic made into the semi-finals for the first time since the separation from Czechoslovakia in 1993.
- Aruba and Curacao had sent Spanish-speaking contestants in Miss World for the first time.
[edit] Group Order | GROUP 1 - Malta
- Turkey
- St. Maarten
- Seychelles
- Italy
- Croatia
- Bolivia
- South Africa
- Ecuador
- Jamaica
- Aruba
GROUP 2 - Germany
- Switzerland
- France
- Mauritius
- American Virgin Islands
- Gibraltar
- Japan
- Australia
- Korea
- Lithuania
- United Kingdom
GROUP 3 - Hungary
- Malaysia
- Chile
- Zimbabwe
- Dominican Republic
- United States
- Colombia
- Sweden
- Finland
- Liberia
- Slovakia
GROUP 4 - Belgium
- Botswana
- Holland
- Nigeria
- Cyprus
- Nepal
- Guatemala
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
| GROUP 5 - Tanzania
- Canada
- Brazil
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Argentina
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Zambia
- Hong Kong China
- Spain
- Israel
GROUP 6 - Estonia
- Ireland
- Ghana
- Lebanon
- Swaziland
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Austria
- Venezuela
- Yugoslavia
- Uruguay
- Czech Republic
GROUP 7 - Chinese Taipei
- Puerto Rico
- Costa Rica
- Singapore
- Bahamas
- Panama
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Kazakhstan
- Mexico
- Norway
GROUP 8 - Ukraine
- Russia
- Greece
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Peru
- India
- Philippines
- Angola
- Nicaragua
- Paraguay
| Note: Contestants who do not speak English during the interview are italicized. [edit] Judges [edit] External links |
