Miss International 1998
DateSeptember 26, 1998
PresentersMasumi Okada
VenueKoseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
BroadcasterTV Tokyo, GMA Network
Entrants43
Placements15
DebutsLatvia
WithdrawalsBrazil, Guatemala, Lebanon, Macau, Malta, Puerto Rico, Russia, Ukraine
ReturnsCyprus, Iceland, Macedonia, Holland, Norway, Panama, Senegal, Togo
WinnerLía 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 Venezuela has won the pageant, and its first crown in the Big Four international beauty pageants.[1]

Contestants from forty-three countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss International 1998
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 15

Special awards

Award Contestant
Miss Friendship
Best National Costume
Miss Photogenic

Contestants

Forty-three contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
 Argentina Maria Fernanda Ortiz – Buenos Aires
 Aruba Anushka Sheritsa Lew Jen Tai 18 Oranjestad
 Australia Katherine O'Brien 18 Sydney
 Bolivia Liliana Peña – Litoral
 Britain Melanie Devina Jones[4] 20 Ewloe
 Colombia Adriana Hurtado 21 Valle de Cauca
 Curaçao Santa Indris Tokaay – Willemstad
 Cyprus Marianna Panayiotou – Nicosia
 Czech Republic Petra Faltýnová 21 Prague
 Dominican Republic Sorangel Fersobe 20 San Juan de la Maguana
 Finland Piia Hartikainen[5] 20 Rovaniemi
 France Patricia Spéhar 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 – Hong Kong
 Iceland Gudbjörg Sigridur Hermannsdóttir – Reykjavík
 India Shvetha Jaishankar 17 Chennai
 Israel Galia Abramov – Tel Aviv
 Japan Megumi Taira – Tokyo
 Latvia Līga Graudumniece – Riga
 Macedonia Ana Binovska – Skopje
 Mexico Karina Mora 17 Mérida
 Northern Mariana Islands Sonya Pangelinan[2] – Saipan
 Norway Bjørg Sofie Løvstad 18 Akershus
 Panama Lía Borrero 22 Las Tablas
 Paraguay Maria Fabiola Roig 19 Asunción
 Peru Melissa Miranda – Tacna
 Philippines Colette Centeno[6] 17 Manila
 Poland Agnieszka Osinska 20 Frampol
 Portugal Icilia Berenguel 21 Póvoa de Varzim
 Senegal Maimouna Diallo – Dakar
 Singapore Sudha Menon – Singapore
 Slovakia Martina Kalmanova – Bratislava
 South Korea Cho Hye-young – Seoul
 Spain Vanessa Romero 20 Alicante
 Togo Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body – Lomé
 Tunisia Nejla Kouniali – Tunis
 Turkey Senay Akay – Istanbul
 United States Susan Paez 22 South Gate
 Venezuela Daniela Kosán 24 Maracay

References

  1. ↑ "Lía Victoria Borrero nueva Miss Internacional". portal.critica. 1998.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Younis, Laila C. (30 September 1998). "An unforgettable experience". Marianas Variety. p. 6. Retrieved 3 January 2024 – via eVols.
  3. ↑ "Daniela Kosán se queda sin palabras". panamaamerica. April 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Actress Melanie Hughes died after battle with alcohol". BBC. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Kokkolan Jonnasta kruunattiin Miss Suomi" [Kokkola's Jonna was crowned Miss Finland]. MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 February 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "RP entries". Manila Standard. March 17, 1998. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
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